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Happy Holidays, may you, your family and friends have peace, joy and blessings throughout this special time of year. As 2016 comes to a close, we can look back and celebrate the many events and accomplishments for the profession of acupuncture.

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TCM practitioners have spent thousands of years healing patients without knowing or needing the names of their diseases as defined by allopathic medicine. We have syndrome names that are both poetic and efficient. But sometimes, an allopathic term helps you administer care and refer a patient more effectively.

In the constantly evolving profession of acupuncture, one of the least understood areas is medical insurance acceptance. The profession is filled with controversy surrounding this topic: Is it ethical? Is it how I should practice? Does it mean we’re practicing medicine? What can get covered exactly? How do I bill?…

One of the most common medications I see in clinical practice on a daily basis is fluoxetine or Prozac. Consequently, I hear many complaints concerning the side effects of this medication and am frequently asked by patients to help manage these side effects with acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The two…

The 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, brought together more than 15,000 of the world’s leading scientists, activists, funders, policy makers, and consumers from 153 countries. The conference theme, Access Equity Rights Now, focused on protecting the most vulnerable populations by “scaling up” prevention and treatment for women,…

We all know that most patients come to us for some pain complaint: neck pain, back pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel, etc. We also all know that acupuncture is a great first-line care for these issues, as well as supporting overall health and wellness. For many providers, the problem is not…

I have had very good success with pediatric asthma, combining acupuncture with Chinese herbal products. Treatment is given over four to eight months, twice monthly, with herbal formulas rotated every month. Many patients need to follow-up with herbal products and monthly acupuncture visits for up to two years. This approach,…

According to the World Health Organization’s 2003 report titled, “Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Controlled Clinical Trials,” acupuncture has been shown to improve many physical, emotional, and mental conditions. Some of those conditions include depression, alcohol dependence and detoxification, pain, headaches and migraines, addictive drug dependence, and nicotine addiction. Additionally,…

Acupuncturist A has been in practice for six years and has struggled since day one. She spends as much time and money on marketing as she can, but since her practice is slow, her budget isn’t that big. Every month or two, she tries a new strategy in the hopes…

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Sa-Ahm’s five element acupuncture method is known to be one of the most effective acupuncture techniques in Korea because it gives an instant response at the time of treatment and has a high success rate in resolving chronic problems. 1 , 2 This advantage gives patients confidence and lends credibility…

The meridian and collateral system 〈jing luo, hereinafter referred to as “Meridians”〉 is comprised of the main meridian channels (jing mai) and the collateral vessels (luo mai). Jing takes from meaning of the Chinese word pathway (also jing) and are the main branches of the system. Luo means a “net,”…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) lists more than 80 common autoimmune diseases including asthma, Crohn’s disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus. According to the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA), autoimmune diseases can affect up to 50 million Americans. With such a staggering…

Chiropractic neurology, also known as clinical neuroscience or functional neurology, is moving the chiropractic profession forward by leaps and bounds. A chiropractor examining a patient presenting with chronic neck pain, for example, would quickly and easily search for a subluxation in the cervical spine, viewing that as the root cause…

Confirm the answer quickly by the elimination method. Take this case study as an example. After two treatments for back pain, a patient presents for a third session complaining of rapid breathing and wheezing that is made worse during cold weather. The patient also complains of a feeling of fullness…