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Musculoskeletal ultrasound is a rapidly growing in-office diagnostic tool across North America. Ultrasound units are becoming significantly more affordable and are already being utilized by a variety of health care practitioners. Physicians, physical therapists and chiropractors are currently using these devices in varying capacities, leading to the obvious question: Where…

This article is about a valuable skill you can develop that will elevate your abilities as a healer and makes good business sense, particularly during this time of sheltering in place and limited opening of our clinics. I have been conducting remote healing sessions for many years, and have introduced…

Traditionally, SA is used to treat cerebral diseases such as paralysis, aphasia, multiple sclerosis, automobile-accident brain trauma and Parkinson’s disease. Its effectiveness has also been observed in treating loss of balance, loss of hearing, dizziness and vertigo.

The majority of patients visiting acupuncture clinics are seeking solutions to clear pain from their lives. This pain be can physical or emotional, and often has been dismissed or ineffectively treated via allopathic avenues. As TCM practitioners, it is crucial to frequently remind ourselves of these realities. All too often,…

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many businesses for a loop, and acupuncture is no exception. Federal and state guidelines have been less than clear at times, with many practices forced to close for weeks, if not months. Some reopened, only to have to close again as infection rates continued to…

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered life as we know it, and one can only speculate what awaits us in the winter season to come. In mid-March 2020, many of us in the Chinese medicine health care field were unexpectedly forced to turn our brick-and-mortar practices into virtual telemedicine in…

Shen Zhu Jian Pi Tang is a commonly used formula for weak digestive system symptoms. This Chinese medicinal formula from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is commonly used in traditional Korean herbal classics for digestive issues.

As I sit here during the ups and downs and ins and outs of Covid-19, it is difficult to imagine what our lives will be like in the future. Uncertainty is at unprecedented levels. However, I do know one thing with relative confidence: Acupuncture will play a pivotal role within…

Airborne / droplet precautions are the new standard for any clinic open to the public, at least until a COVID-19 vaccine is available or transmission risks are otherwise mitigated. In fact, these precautions should be taken with anyone you suspect to have a virus of any kind, whether it be…

Lianhuaqingwen, an herbal formula widely available and utilized in China due to its class A status, is effective and safe for resolving symptoms in COVID-19 patients according to a new clinical trial.

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In your practice, you most likely get your share of patients with sprains, strains and abrasions. Finding a good topical cream for relief might seem like a challenge. But the fact is, there’s a surprisingly effective answer – comfrey cream.

If you have federal student loans, then you know - along with 47 million other borrowers holding nearly $1.7 trillion in debt - that they can be one of the most costly, complicated and time-consuming factors affecting your financial well-being. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Let’s explore…

Zoom? That’s only part of a school’s activism during a pandemic when you talk to Mary Faria, PhD, president and CEO of AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, Texas. As one of the first schools to receive emergency relief funds through the CARES Act, AOMA has offered grants…

One of the most common questions I hear in the clinic is the following: “Is cortisol causing all of my health issues?” I get this question at least once a week, with patients connecting cortisol to everything from weight loss and insomnia, to blood-sugar issues, fatigue and depression, to name…

There is an urgent need for the development of better pain management methods, as 20 percent of American adults have some kind of pain condition and the cost of pain is between $560 billion and $630 billion.

Like any surgery, a cesarean delivery needs help to heal. C-section recovery may vary from other surgeries because a back-surgery patient likely did not exercise the equivalent of marathon running for many, many hours in the lead-up to the surgery, like some woman do in their labor prior to c-section.

Decades of research have looked into the exact mechanisms of how acupuncture effectively reduces chronic pain. Initial animal research discovered the release of endogenous opioids within the central nervous system following electroacupuncture. This release of the body’s own opioids allows for greater activation of the top-down inhibition of pain. Other…

As acupuncturists, our greatest tool in diagnosis is our ability to listen to the messages that the pulses give us about our patient’s health and energetics. I had been taking my mother’s pulses since I started acupuncture school in 2006. I knew them well. We were old friends. They were…