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The various online marketing options make it a challenge, especially when all you want to do is help your patients feel better. With such a broad topic, I’m going to share some basics you should know about website creation. When you are evaluating and comparing various website companies or individuals,…

With almost 9,000 people killed during the earthquakes in April and May, another 23,000 suffering injuries, hundreds of thousands left homeless when entire villages collapsed, and many sacred sites destroyed, no one in this country of approximately 28 million has been left untouched by the disaster. Everyone has lost something…

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Recently, an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that, “neither laser nor needle acupuncture conferred benefit over sham for pain or function” among older chronic knee pain patients. We, the practitioners of acupuncture and more broadly, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), believe this conclusion is premature. There…

A number of years ago, experimental studies suggested melatonin could block key steps in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, primarily by acting as a brain antioxidant and inhibiting the build-up of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain (a hallmark feature of Alzheimer’s disease). In recent years, several clinical studies have gone…

Our ideas about western medicine have shifted in recent decades, while the public is asking more from health care providers. The old method of referring each symptom to a particular specialist isolated from the whole person has been replaced slowly with alternative forms of health care like acupuncture and Chinese…

I always advise my graduates to examine their group practice or treatment rooms with fresh eyes after they leave my CE workshops. I tell them, “Ask yourselves - is your space qi filled, welcoming and healing? Or is it cold and clinical?” This is especially important if the practice is…

I still remember many years ago, the loud “Yuck” from my wife at the time when we were together watching the Chinese movie “Last Emperor.” A palace physician holds a container close to his face, examining and sniffing the waste freshly passed out by the little boy emperor, then the…

Microneedling has taken the beauty world by storm over the last 10 years. Under the names dermaroller, microneedling or skin needling you will see these treatments listed in the services of nearly every fashionable beauty salon and day spa in the country. Are acupuncturists missing a valuable market by not…

The practice of medicine is both an art and a science. We study and learn the system so that when the time comes to apply it, there is a greater possibility of successfully helping others. Yet, no matter how much one studies, no matter how well one knows the science…

In traditional Chinese medicine, there is historical precedent for the treatment of so-called “Shen” (Heart-Mind) disorder, or disorder/dysregulation of the spirit, which is also considered as distinct but not separate from the cognitive function of the brain. According to Dr. CQ Yang, PhD, LAc, in his self-published book Shen Disturbance…

I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to teach cadaver dissection classes and workshops with Stephen Cina at the New England School of Acupuncture over the past seven years, first through the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Program and later as a NESA elective course. We use unpreserved specimens that are flash…

Dr. Nguyen Nghi (NVN) was born in Vietnam and is one of the most important scholars, writers, teachers and practitioners of modern time. Many of his theories and applications are the source of modern teachers from Europe and the United States. NVN was an allopathic physician. He studied Chinese medicine…

Two San Francisco powerhouses of holistic healing, the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) and California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), are merging. Together they are building a visionary approach to applied integral health. So much so, that Mayor Ed Lee proclaimed the official union on July 1, “Mind,…

We all know there is so much opportunity with online marketing. And, let’s face it, if you don’t have a presence online with a website and social media, you are probably not where you want to be. All the different options make it a challenge, especially when all you want…

The conversation is changing in the broader healthcare community with patients actually moving the discussion toward more integrative topics. Patients today want to know their options. They want forms of care that include mainstream medicine, acupuncture, massage therapy, spiritual counseling, nutrition counseling, and more. Patients don’t necessarily want to just…

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The NCCAOM is excited to announce the launch of the second annual video contest “Because it Works!” 2015. Licensed acupuncturists and acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM) students from around the world are invited to enter for a chance to win a new iPad, iPad mini, and more.

I met Mary Elizabeth Wakefield during her class last summer in Seneca Falls, New York at the Finger Lakes School of Chinese Medicine. I was inspired by her confidence and passion as a teacher of Constitutional Facial Acupuncture and delighted to share her compelling history with all of you.