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If you think gender is as simple as having a new client check off the “male” or “female” box on your intake form, we hope this article will expand your understanding and thus the reach of your health care.

Taste is in the eyes… actually the mouth… of the beholder. My food preferences have changed, lightening from the food of my youth. My parents loved heavy eastern European cuisine and I loved it as a child. Now I enjoy leaner, healthier whole foods. Practicing Chinese medicine changes a person,…

On the physical level, the Pericardium is a double-layered sac of fibrous tissue that envelops the Heart. The space between the layers is filled with serous fluid that protects the Heart from external shock or trauma and lubricates to allow for normal Heart movement.

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After receiving a large amount of positive feedback on my San Zhen Protocols series, I have decided to focus this article on some relevant clinical aspects of acupuncture therapy prior to moving on to San Zhen Protocols III. It is important for the student and the experienced clinician alike to…

This year, AOM Day 2014 falls on Friday, (October 24th). This is a great opportunity to make your AOM Day celebration or event even bigger by extending it throughout the weekend! Those of you, who last year took advantage of the opportunity to teach the general public about the benefits…

It’s the beginning of August and Israel and Hamas have just agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire after a month of brutal fighting. In the last four weeks, 1,830 Palestinians and 67 Israelis have been killed. Hamas, the Palestinian Sunni Islamic organization which currently governs Gaza, has shot thousands of rockets…

MPA Media, publisher of Acupuncture Today , among other titles, has been recognized for editorial and design excellence with an unprecendented seven publishing awards by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), the nation’s largest organization for business-to-business publications. Acupuncture Today received the regional awards (known as the AZBEEs)…

Earlier this year, Bayer made a media splash with their decision to buy the Dihon Pharmaceutical Group Co., a Chinese TCM manufacturer. While the move was primarily a strategic approach to achieve deeper penetration into the vast domestic healthcare market in China, it attracted the attention of Western practitioners of…

When speaking to your patients about their health make sure to ponder the following points and have them assess if they are making themselves even more sick by the thoughts they have about life. Are these some of the traits and thoughts that your patients might have?

In Part I of this article, I had gone back to 1969 and tried to describe the atmosphere and events of that year that engulfed many of the younger generation, some who were all the core members of the National Acupuncture Association. It is so difficult to put into words…

The sounds of the city pass through the open window are overwhelming the microphone - car horns, construction machinery - and then there’s the family at the adjacent bed talking loudly on cell phones, yet you can still hear the faint beep of our patients monitoring equipment.

Are you happy right now? Whether yes or no, there are a myriad of reasons why you feel that way. A whole academic discipline has developed to find out what causes or obstructs happiness, and how to amplify it.

As an acupuncturist I tend to see people after they have already suffered for years and “tried everything.” They are so desperate for some relief that they want to know everything about how to get better, right now.

I appreciate the effort and research put into the article written in the June issue of Acupuncture Today regarding pesticides and Chinese herbs. Unfortunately, there are numerous articles that have been published over the years about pesticides that have misled the public. We must be very careful in how we…

Jamie L.

Part 1 and Part II of this series focused on the physical aspect of the Heart and mental emotional aspects of the Heart respectively. Now, I would like to focus on the spiritual aspect of the Heart. It is important to recognize that body, mind and spirit can be separated…