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For the past decade, the profession has seen steady growth in stature with legislators and the general public. The growing presence of the profession has been directly reflected in the growth of our publication.

Acupuncture is commonly utilized in the intervention of pain and has also been gaining popularity in sports medicine. Athletes are treated with acupuncture for the relief of soft tissue injuries such as sprains, muscle strains, and tendonitis. The recovery time will vary, depending on each individual and the severity of…

Many people suffering from depression can find a natural and effective way to treat their symptoms with acupuncture, according to the latest study. A study published by researchers from the University of York in the United Kingdom showed patients who suffer from depression may benefit more from acupuncture or counseling…

Acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners and students, as well as providers representing various other health care disciplines, flocked to San Diego’s Catamaran Resort Hotel to attend the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) Annual Symposium on Oct. 24-27.

One of the most common clinical presentations in today’s clinic is patients following a high protein diet. It seems that every year a new version of a high protein diet appears promising weight loss and physical transformation. In this article, we will examine effective ways to manage a patient following…

When it comes to herbs, acupuncturist Cathy Margolin wants her patients and customers to know she is the expert they need. In order to do this, Margolin has studied the marketplace and incorporated key business lessons to build an herbal company that sells and markets herbs to the masses who…

While there are many recognized benefits and advantages to developing partnerships between organizations, the main reason why partnerships are established is relatively simple: There is added value in working together for a common cause or purpose.

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Lately I have been reflecting on my life. I have been assessing where I have been, where I am, where I am headed, and if the pattern of my life is congruent with my highest vision and deepest purpose. Such times of stepping back and looking at my life —…

Oh, the times we live in. How is it that something as seemingly innocuous as eating grains has become such a polarizing topic? From the low-carb revolution to the Paleo Hacks; from the Atkins Diet to the gluten-free frenzy – grains have been pilloried as food item non grata .…

The biggest shift you can make in your career that results in the biggest increase in income and success happens when you embrace marketing. Fundamentally, this means an internal transition from thinking of yourself as an acupuncturist or holistic medical professional to a marketer of acupuncture / holistic medical services.

The current system used for diagnosis coding in the in the United States is the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD9-CM), which was adopted in 1979. This version is becoming obsolete, as it is does not meet the current and future demands of health care data needs.…

My father was a geologist and very much a man of science. He’d pepper our arguments with skepticism. But he was open to challenge. He was a great storyteller and surprised me one day when, while talking to him about qi , he described a fellow geologist who had the…

The Small Intestine Official is known as the separator of the pure from the impure. It is the blood brother to the Heart. This Official is the also called the “transformer of qi ” and is also known as the “Alchemist”– its job is to separate what is pure from…

One of the biggest mistakes I see in nutrition is that we look at life in these narrow “slices” of time, and think this is how things always have been. We might think that nutritionally, we’re a little worse than a while ago (or not), but we don’t have any…

Somehow, people have come to believe that generalized, reproducible knowledge is the truth; that evidence-based medicine is the solution to our troubles. Evidence-based thought, however, is used to prove what we believe to be true. This rant about how we build knowledge will segue a more moderate introduction to the…