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In earlier articles of this series I stressed that your practice is a business and while there are some things unique to being an acupuncturist, basic business principles still apply. One of the most basic business principles I want to cover is that of your accessibility. How accessible are you…

A 42-year-old male junior executive and serious multi-sport athlete consulted my office complaining of severe disabling right wrist pain that he’d been suffering for over a year. He stated the pain was so intense that weekly tennis games had been put on hold and he was forced to resign from…

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Confusion is apparent concerning the term “lapsed status.” By definition, an individual/constituent in “lapsed status” has allowed their certification with the NCCAOM to “expire” and is no longer considered a Diplomate certified by the NCCAOM.

NCCAOM Diplomates in active status may obtain certification in Oriental Medicine by converting from Acupuncture and/or Chinese Herbology certification(s).

When most of us think of acupuncture, we think of needles with a long shaft, but we shouldn’t forget that there are other highly-effective types of needles, too. One of those is the intradermal needle. It’s easy to use, helps extend the effectiveness of acupuncture treatments by remaining in the…

The healthy shen , whether animal, plant or human, chooses behavior that successfully defends and promotes the self. The healthy shen loves the self. This loving relationship (and all loving relationships) is based on trust and the healthy shen trusts the self. That self-trust is the result of habitually paying…

Two years ago when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010, a group of acupuncturists decided to get active to ensure acupuncture would make it into the “essential health benefit” package to be determined by the Secretary of Health and Human…

The Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) has formally endorsed the American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) Botanical Authentication Program “as a valuable program supporting ongoing quality assurance in the herbal products industry.”

After you graduate from acupuncture school, you may find yourself suddenly alone in your new office with no acupuncture colleagues around. Where you were once among 20-30 other acupuncture students with instant community, you may have to start from scratch. Perhaps you’ve moved to a new town where you’re the…

I like to push my consciousness forward. One of my teachers instructed; we can only take our patients as far as we’ve gone. So when someone actually starts to create a new consciousness, it gets my attention. Such a person is author and physician Dr. Andrew Weil. His name is…

After years of taking histories of my cancer patients I have noticed a marked connection between their core emotional issues, their most imbalanced chakras and the location of the tumors. Cancer usually manifests in the body area near the most imbalanced chakra that is most affected by their core issue.

The following interview is with two acupuncturists from the Integrative Therapies Program for Children and Adolescents in New Jersey at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, a member of St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson, New Jersey. Christine Marcarian, MSOM, LMT, L.Ac from Acupuncture Body and…

Through the process of metabolism we are continually recreating ourselves. The food we ingest, after undergoing a transformative process, becomes part of us. Protein becomes flesh, carbohydrates become energy, the chlorophyl of plants becomes blood. This is a magical, alchemical process occurring every day. It is necessary to sustain life.…

The words “American” and “overweight” are quickly becoming synonymous. When you consume an empty diet of sugar, refined grains and hydrogenated oils, the result is an epidemic of obesity, nutritional deficiencies and chronic illness. A large majority of overweight people are actually starving – for real nutrients. The leptin system…

For the sake of this article, I would like to broadly define the word happiness . For some, the word implies something trite. I am using the word here in a very broad way, from a feeling of simple satisfaction to a transformative experience. It is a general state of…

It would be hard to identify any single skill that makes one successful in Hospital Based Acupuncture (HBA). In fact, I find myself increasingly frustrated as I speak with and instruct my fellow colleagues on this subject. It is not a simple matter of mastering one skill. If it were,…

The book ” The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease ” by Robert Scaer is a fascinating look at how important treatment using the therapies of Chinese Medicine is when a person suffers a trauma. I am not suggesting that promoting Chinese Medicine was Scaer’s intent at all,…