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Have you ever wondered what’s the truth about meat? Is it really as bad as many people think? When I teach critical thinking and how to analyze research, I point out that despite what we think is true, if an exception exists (and I don’t mean an individual, but an…

When Elaine Wolf Komarow, LAc, received her first acupuncture treatment in 1989, she said it changed her life. “I felt more aware, calmer, and happier. I was so fascinated by the changes that I began to learn everything I could about the underlying philosophy of Chinese medicine,” said Komarow.

Cutaneous (skin) aging generally occurs from either intrinsic or extrinsic processes. Intrinsic aging results from natural skin tissue damage and degeneration. In humans, intrinsic aging is primarily characterized by atrophy of the dermis due to loss of collagen, degeneration in the elastic fiber network, and loss of skin integrity. Extrinsic…

Have you tried to get your patients to change their eating habits or their diet and couldn’t get them to succeed? Were they confused and unsure of what the right thing was to eat? You are not alone! Most patients I work with want to eat healthy and make lifestyle…

Although acupuncture is growing in popularity it continues to be underutilized due to misunderstandings about its true potential. Only a fraction of those who could be helped by acupuncture know enough to seek it out. The roots of these misunderstandings run deep and addressing this problem will take a committed,…

In late April 2014, NCCAOM diplomates received an email survey with the subject line: “End discrimination against acupuncturists” polling CAM practitioners for a Request for Information (RFI) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released in mid-March.

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AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, a leading college of acupuncture & herbal medicine, announced the appointment of Donna LaPoint Hurta, MBA as the new VP of Finance & Operations this Fall.

I first met Wes Burwell in 2011 when he was teaching a class on light. Since then, every time I hear him speak, his understanding of the benefits, function and capacity of light has evolved. His commitment to deepening his understanding has helped innumerable people such as myself.

Patients in our clinics are always seeking happiness. As their health advocate, we need to ensure we inform them that in order to find happiness, they have to make sure to identify what makes them happy in the first place. When I present this material to the public, I ask…

I graduated from the Kotatama Institute under the direction of Drs. Masahilo and Katsuharu Nakazono in 1984. As a student, I was exposed to the practice of most of the various theories and modalites of Oriental Medicine. Included, but not limited to, Akabane treatment, meridian therapy, five element diagnosis and…

Last year, I attended the Pacific Symposium in San Diego for the first time in six or seven years. It was the 25th anniversary of this event, and on one evening there was a panel discussion with the title; “What is Qi?. ” A topic that had been discussed by…

When acupuncturist Eddy De Smedt pursued a career in Traditional Chinese Medicine, he knew he wanted to make a difference. This year, the Belgium-based acupuncturist did just that when he played a critical role in helping Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali win the famous and most rigorous cycling sport in the…

For the prisoners at San Quentin State Prison, life-sentences are the reality of every day life. It is not often that prisoners get the opportunity to use alternative medicine to deal with common ailments they encounter behind bars such as, depression, anxiety and pain.

I recently received an email from one of my fertility patients: “Got my lab results back. FSH is 11, AMH is 0.7. My doctor said these numbers aren’t good. I guess I’m infertile. Just as a thought. Just set up an appointment to speak with an adoption agency.”

I am still finding pearls of wisdom from the books and papers that I inherited from my pulse diagnosis mentor Jim Ramholz. Today I found a crusty book among said materials called Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine published by the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They point to the…