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The following interview took place with Master Yu in Los Angeles a few months ago.

“What Are My Choices?” is here to answer all of those questions and more. What Are My Choices? is an occasional column that gives you the information you need straight from the experts - the companies themselves. This issue’s column focuses on supplements, herbs and teas - items that are…

It’s easy to stay on purpose when you see the results of treatment through your patients. When you help transform the lives of people by restoring their health, it’s easier to focus on your practice.

Beginning when I was an acupuncture student eight years ago and continuing into the present, I have worked as a “moxa assistant” at Kiiko Matsumoto’s busy office in Newton, Massachusetts. Working alongside a dynamic teacher like Kiiko has been an inspiration and an invaluable learning experience. My primary function throughout…

Am I permitted to use therapeutic lasers in my state? How do I comply with FDA guidelines and other legal requirements? What should I look for to ensure that I choose the right laser? How do I acquire knowledge and proficiency? Attempting to answer these and other practical questions is…

The Saturday before Valentine’s Day, I landed in the emergency room with chest pains. What a gift. On arrival, the veteran ER nurse took my blood pressure; it was 220/120. I was immediately taken to a bed and monitored by a small team of medical personnel as I underwent some…

For those who are over the age of 40, there are often concerns about decline in cognitive function and memory loss. Forgetting names and appointments, misplacing keys, forgetting the reason why one has walked into a particular room, and other such instances of memory lapse fuel the belief that the…

In our last column, we discussed working in a hospital setting and interviewed an acupuncturist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). We received a volume of responses to this article, bringing to light the many more questions people have about this format and highlighting the importance of finding ways to integrate…

The Acupuncture Poll question for January/February 2005 was: What is the most important issue facing the AOM profession in 2005?

The Society for Acupuncture Research’s 12th annual conference will be held this October at the La Posada de Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As part of the conference, the Society is holding a call for scientific papers, which can be submitted for either oral or poster presentations.

The November 2004 issue of Acupuncture Today published the names of 54 co-sponsors of the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2003, HR 1477, which was introduced by Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY, 22nd district). This bill covered qualified acupuncturist services under both Medicare Part B and the Federal Employees Health Benefits…

Cancer is one of the most serious diseases we have. Billions and billions of dollars in research funding has poured into using orthodox Western medicine to cure various cancers, but only limited progress has been made in solving this problem. Cancer remains a deadly disease. Can acupuncture help?

The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a bureau of China’s Ministry of Public Health, is in the process of submitting an application to a United Nations agency that would make traditional Chinese medicine a recognized cultural “masterpiece.” If accepted, the application would help to affirm the value of traditional…

Perhaps the most challenging yet rewarding experience of my professional career is supporting the health of patients with cancer. Some people seek support from acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM) after early detection, in the hope of avoiding invasive conventional treatment; some are fighting cancer with surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiation…

As a result of inquiries from across the nation, the American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM) has announced the formation of a new national task force, the CPT Advisory Collaborative. The purpose of the Collaborative is, in part, to prompt collective and broad-based action to correct an error made by…

Politics is a word that we associate with the art and science of American government. For some reason, it’s also a word that seems to strike fear into the hearts of many acupuncturists, who often choose to ignore important political issues, or wish those issues would go simply away. It’s…

This letter is in response to the recent article, “Reform Hope Seen In CA ‘Little Hoover’ Report” in the November 2004 edition of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) publication Guidepoints , containing more “good” news for California acupuncturists and/or all acupuncturists working in the United States, which is apparently…

This past November, David Molony, United States vice chairman to the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), along with representatives Angela Tu and Ming Tian, attended the Third International Congress on Traditional Medicine in Beijing, China, speaking out and voting on international policies regarding the future of Chinese and…

The following tables present each of the four trinity or harmonic partners and their corresponding acupuncture pairs, which comprise the three channel pairings on the arms and legs. This presentation of the meridian clock provides the theoretical support for the acupuncture channel pairs, and reveals that the clock is not…

Nearly five years ago, Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine received a $40,000 grant from The Center for Integrative Health, Medicine and Research to conduct a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture in the rehabilitation of stroke patients. 1 The results of that study have been published in…