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Aaron Leon Kenin, LAc, MSOM

Leon Kenin is a licensed acupuncturist with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) from Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, and a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM). He holds a BA from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs with a second major in Latin American Studies and is fully bilingual in Spanish and English.  In his clinical practice, Leon focuses on sports and orthopedic acupuncture, and muscular pain such as sciatica-like disorders, back pain, neck, shoulder, arm and hand pain. He uses a personalized approach that combines traditional Chinese acupuncture and herbology with the specialized techniques of trigger-point and motor-point acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, gua sha, and tui na.

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The Clinical Use of Yin-Yang in Chinese Medicine
July 2019 (Vol. 20, Issue 07)
A Brief Discussion of Yin and Yang
April 2012 (Vol. 13, Issue 04)
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