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February 2015 (Vol. 16, Issue 2)

Acupuncture & Acupressure
The Conscious Evolution of Healing: Importance of Opening the Sensory Portals in Classical Chinese Medicine
Nicholas Sieben, LAc

Acupuncture Techniques
Two for One: The Cervical Distraction Test
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT

Acupuncture Techniques
Animal Acupuncture Gaining in Popularity
Marilyn Allen, Editor at Large

Acupuncture Techniques
The Way of Zen Performance Enhancement
Ronda Wimmer, PhD, MS, LAc, ATC, CSCS, CSMS, SPS

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Environmental Toxins: Cause of Modern Illness, Part 2
Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, LAc

Women's Health
Age and Fertility: Why We Should Worry Less About Age and More About Overall Health
Aimee Raupp, LAc

Acupuncture Techniques
I Felt it in My Fingers First
Kimberly Thompson, LAc

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Happy New Year 2015 Gong Hoy Fat Choi
Marilyn Allen, Editor at Large

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Helping to Create the Healthiest Generation
Kristen E. Porter, PhD, MS, MAc, LAc; Elizabeth Sommers, PhD, MPH, LAc

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Acupuncture and its Place in the Integrative Healthcare Practice: The Need to Move from Modality to Profession
Alan Uretz, Phd, LAc; Jeannette Hoyt

Acupuncture & Acupressure
AWB Makes a Difference in the Yucatan
Anisha Durve; Melanie Rubin, MEd

Acupuncture Techniques
Trouble Down Under: San Zhen Therapy for Lower Jiao Issues
Craig Williams, LAc, AHG

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Your Practice / Business
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Online Appointment Scheduling
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Online Appointment Scheduling

People today want convenience, whether it be from their bank, credit card, favorite retail store, or restaurant. They demand it from the companies who hold their loyalty, including their health care providers (you). They don’t want to call and possibly be put on hold, and they want to use an app or schedule an appointment on your website. Here are three reasons your practice can gain by switching to online appointment scheduling.

Antonio Arias
Chinese & Asian Medicine
Fire and the Pelvis
Fire and the Pelvis

While there aren’t any meridians associated with fire that cross the pelvis, that doesn’t mean the lower tan tien is void of fire. Fire has a more ethereal quality to it in relationship to the pelvis and can be connected through discussion of the lower tan tien, the lower san jjao, the ming men, and the bao mai. In this article, we’ll journey through the anatomy of subtle fire in the pelvic bowl and look a bit at how it is kindled, carried and cultivated.

Krystal Lynn Couture, DPT, LAc
News / Profession
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S. (Pt. 2)
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S.

In 1997, the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health convened a multiday conference on acupuncture to evaluate its clinical utilization and mechanisms of action. The resultant document recommended acupuncture for a wide variety of clinical issues; and also recommended acupuncture be taught in medical schools and brought into mainstream medicine.Twenty-eight years later, acupuncture is far from integrated in the way that the document portends.

Clasina (Sina) Leslie Smith, MS, MA, LAc, MD, Dipl. Ac., FAAMA; Bill Reddy, LAc, Dipl. Ac.