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I’d been practicing Chinese Gung-Fu for four years when I noticed the transformation. The martial arts club had become a staple in my life where I would spend two hours, twice a week (sometimes three) training hard. I originally started in the children’s class because even though I was 14-years-old,…

We think it’s so easy — just take that probiotic to make up for whatever damage might have happened from the prescription antibiotic your doctor gave you, and you’ll be fine, right? And that antibiotic — you hear about antibiotic resistance, but you take it correctly, and you really needed…

Formulas that combine various tonic herbs to treat major systems of the body – qi , blood, yin and yang - are commonly self-prescribed in China, especially as people pass the age of 40. The formulas address the effects of aging, including fatigue, slowing down of metabolism, aching of joints…

I would like to inspire you to consider the criticism you have and will face. To also respect it for what it offers and to determine what life choices you must make to compensate for and benefit by it. Criticism can enhance one’s greatness as a healer. Though the path…

When a patient presents with lower back pain, we expect to see some amount of an antalgic lean. It is understood that this lean is both a conscious and reflexive protective mechanism of the body to reduce the pain and prevent more irritation in the back. Antalgia is a natural…

At the start of every new year, there is the opportunity to begin anew. For acupuncturists residing in six different states, 2014 is a new opportunity to continue the fight toward regulation and licensure.

It seems that the tension between “science” and “spirituality,” which has been going on ever since Copernicus challenged the church’s notion that the Sun revolved around the Earth, has recently taken on some steam. At the time of this writing, the book Proof of Heaven has come under attack. Rupert…

Do you ever wish you could go back and relive portions of your life, with the knowledge you have today? If only I had known about acupuncture and good nutrition when my kids were little!

As a result of my early intervention into American acupuncture in 1971, my practice grew at a steady and very fast rate as more and more people sought acupuncture nationally as a result of the reports of seemingly miraculous clinical response.

Many people ask what they can do to protect themselves from outside influences. This is one of my favorite protective meditations from my medical qi gong teacher, Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson.

It’s the kidney time of year and we can expect to see people who have not been protecting their Kidney qi , haven’t been storing it, don’t even know about it, and who may be suffering through symptoms related to its decline. They may feel more stressed, have liver qi…

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Auricular medicine as developed by Western medical doctors in Europe is a complete modality of diagnosis and treatment. Unlike body acupuncture, auricular acupuncture is treating the central nervous system rather than meridians. As a reflex map of the brain, the ear holds a current read-out of the whole body system,…

When a patient of mine who has practiced yoga for nearly 30 years, told me that she was experiencing panic attacks, I was surprised. “After so many years of training, can’t you turn them off?” I asked. “I do turn them off, but only temporarily,” she replied. This patient is…

Dan and his wife Marla were admiring the beautiful bouquet of flowers at our booth at the Business Expo when our receptionist asked him if he knew anyone who had tried acupuncture. “My daughter is studying acupuncture in Phoenix” he said, “but you can’t help me. I have had four…

Recently in a small, dimly lit treatment room in downtown Taipei, Wesley Chen instructed his patient to lie down. A frayed wire, which he wrapped around a small piece of metal, is now plugged in. He covers the metal with a wet cloth, grips it, and places his hand on…

I recently returned from Haiti. So many people ask whether Haiti has recovered since the earthquake of January, 2010. Once you’ve been to Haiti, you would never ask that question. It doesn’t make any sense. Haiti was desperately poor financially before the earthquake and the earthquake made things worse by…

Many state TCM and acupuncture regulatory bodies and associations are interfering with the success of their members by limiting the number of continuing education credit hours they can earn online.

Acupuncturists make the best detectives. I know this first hand because I’m an acupuncturist and a private investigator and in both professions, there is a need to dig deep to solve the mystery. For the acupuncturist, the mystery is to find the yin within the yang and the yang within…

One of the most rapidly changing areas of healthcare is that of addiction medicine. Advances in brain imaging technology have allowed doctors and scientists to understand addiction, and recovery from addictive disorders, at the level of the individual neuron in the brain. While, older theories of treatment for addiction tended…