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Brenda Loew, MAc, LAc

Brenda Loew, MAc, LAc, specializes in Toyohari meridian therapy, shonishin (pediatrics) and Manaka treatment approaches at her practice in Seattle, Wash. She is the president of the Toyohari Association of North America, one of the founding members of the Japanese Acupuncture Institute, and has been teaching Japanese-style acupuncture systems since 1994. She can be reached at gentleacupuncture@earthlink.net.

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Toyohari: Effective, Nonstimulatory Acupuncture to Regulate Qi
November 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 11)
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