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News in Brief: The New England School of Acupuncture (NESA) was awarded a $1.2 million U.S. Department of Defense grant to fund a clinical trial studying the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating Gulf War Illness (GWI). Tai Sophia Institute has elected McCormick & Company Vice President of Research & Development…

It was noon on a Friday afternoon in Las Vegas in late October. After giving my presentation for the American Association of Integrative Medicine, I started exhibiting a low-grade fever, followed by chills and body aches. I had excessive thick and cloudy mucus buildup in my throat and a severe…

An athlete’s quality of food intake is just as important as physical training and mental training. Unfortunately, many athletes are not really aware of this concept unless they are diabetic, vegetarian/vegan, gluten intolerant, and/or have food allergies. Food is a major player with exercise to obtain the desired results. While…

In several of my previous columns, I have discussed the clinical implications of blood stasis and its impact on the progression of joint disease. In this column, I would like to examine the role of blood stasis in cardiovascular disease and explore ways to integrate two key TCM formulas with…

Robert J. Kiltz, MD, is founder and director of central New York’s first successful IVF center, the CNY Fertility Center. He is also owner/director of CNY Healing Arts Center, an accomplished artist and a motivational speaker. His practice embraces both the newest Western technologies and the oldest Eastern philosophies. It…

Once, at an acupuncture conference, someone asked about my practice. When I answered his question he said, “Oh you do that easy acupuncture.” Easy compared to what , I thought, but it wasn’t the first time a private practice acupuncturist had taken a disparaging tone due to their perception of…

I recently had a practitioner ask me about what the World Health Organization (WHO) is doing within the AOM community in the United States and why practitioners should contribute money to this cause. I found out the answers to these questions at a recent a WHO plenary session in Hong…

After my last article was published in Acupuncture Today, where I asked for licensed medical practitioners’ help in studying the effect of double-helix water on many different illnesses, I received 17 responses. In particular, I received an e-mail from one reader, who said: “I currently have a patient who would…

If you have followed my work at all over the past few years, you know that I harp on the importance of developing your business-building and money-making skills. I say this because there are many highly qualified, very smart acupuncturists out there who are struggling to generate the patient volume…

Q: I have a patient who has a limitation of acupuncture services for 20 visits per year but has 45 visits for physical therapy. Is it possible to access and get paid for doing “physical therapy,” which for my state is under my scope of practice as an acupuncturist, when…

Qing Bi Tang is one of the most commonly used herbal formulas for treating sinusitis, rhinitis and sinus infection. It clears nasal obstruction caused by damp heat: stuffy nose, yellow and sticky nasal discharge, sneezing, headache, itchy nose and throat, decreased sense of smell and energy level, and fatigue. The…

I cannot count the number of times I have patients who blame their ailments on “genetics.” In some ways, it has become more of an excuse than a valid reason. “Well, my Dad had a bad back. I must have inherited it from him,” or “Everyone in my family is…

On my first official trip to China in 1973, I was fortunate to have attended lectures in acupuncture at the Tai Chung Medical College in Taipei. While there, an illustration caught my eye. The original had been an etching on the breast plate of a tortoise shell from 3,500 years…

Today, we have the very real opportunity to make our profession great, our practitioners successful, and Oriental medicine much more accessible to those who desperately need our services. By changing our approach to governance, we can embrace transparency and accountability. We can tap our valuable intellectual, financial and organizational resources…

One easy way to be more healthy and cut the risk for diabetes is ask for brown rice instead of white rice the next time you order take-out from your favorite Chinese restaurant. Brown rice is the whole grain before it has been stripped of its bran outer layer, which…