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“What Are My Choices?” is here to answer those questions. What Are My Choices? is a periodic column that gives you the information you need straight from the experts - the companies themselves. This issue’s column focuses onpublished products such as books, charts and videotapes - all important components of…

The meridian clock is a multidimensional energetic model used in the practice of Chinese medicine, but the depths of its theory and clinical applications have not been presented to the acupuncture community. The meridian clock is a profound energy system, containing and integrating many principles found in the classic Taoist…

Last June, Tierney Tully left her position as executive director of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance to devote more time to the National Acupuncture Foundation (NAF), an organization she has been associated with since 2001. Before joining the Foundation, she operated a pair of successful private practices, first in…

While we can get by without water for days and food for over a month, our needs for oxygen and to eliminate carbon dioxide are nearly immediate. If you have ever tried to hold your breath for an extended period or to breathe through a straw, you have an idea…

The Acupuncture Poll question for November 2004 was: What percentage of your patients do you refer out to medical doctors or chiropractors each month?

First Acupuncturist Named to APHA’s Governing Council Beth Sommers, MPH, LAc, who co-authors the “Acupuncture in the Public Health Setting” column for Acupuncture Today , has been elected to the Governing Gouncil of the American Public Health Association. She was elected during the organization’s most recent annual meeting in Washington,…

The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine’s (NCCAOM) Board of Commissioners has voted to revise existing recertification requirements. The new requirements, adopted at a board meeting in September 2004, cover areas such as continuing education, research and clinical supervision, and - with one exception - will be implemented…

Moxibustion and acupuncture have always gone together as one compound name in the Chinese classics on treatment of illness. We have explained in previous articles in Acupuncture Today how acupuncture works in terms of modern science. How does moxibustion work in terms of modern science? The simple answer is that…

In one of the largest trials of its kind published to date, researchers in Maryland have found that acupuncture applied to specific points on the leg can provide significant pain relief and improve function in patients who have osteoarthritis of the knee. The results of the trial, published in the…

Almost 5,000 years ago, the Chinese had evolved a unique philosophy of music, which, according to author David Tame, in The Secret Power of Music, involved a “system of musical mysticism.” Music contained an essence of transcendent power, and a composition was an “energy formula,” not unlike the flow of…

If you already know what a blog is, skip ahead. If not—blog is short for “weblog,” a collection of personal writings organized by date. It’s a Web site that services like Blogger make easy to use, including fancy professional templates that make it look like you hired a Web designer.…

In our culture, in January, many of us are still hopeful that the possibly unrealistic goals regarding our body weight and fitness may be achieved. By February, the dust is settling on the gym bag, and the fresh vegetables are mounting up in the icebox. By March, much of one’s…

The experiences you have as a licensed acupuncturist, seeing patients and making the benefits of our medicine known throughout your community, are quite important to us. You can provide us with additional insight on how Acupuncture Today can best serve our profession, and in turn, help you best serve your…

Historic Deal Stuns Some Observers On Oct. 24, 2004, the American Acupuncture Council (AAC) and the American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM) announced the largest sponsorship agreement in the acupuncture profession’s history at the AAOM’s annual meeting in Las Vegas.

Wow! What an experience! I was honored to have been chosen last year as a volunteer to work at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. As part of the Athens Olympic Committee Medical and Health Services Sports Massage Team, I was assigned to the baseball venue and to the…

“What Are My Choices?” is here to answer those questions. What Are My Choices? is a periodic column that gives you the information you need straight from the experts - the companies themselves. This issue’s column focuses on continuing educational unit courses, colleges and educational programs - all important components…

After a few years in practice, I discovered a way to get people to see beyond the Western medical model so they understood that natural health care was a positive alternative. For the last 25 years, I’ve been helping natural health care professionals lead people to discover that they could…

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), genetically engineered (GE) foods and crops, biotech foods and crops, transgenic foods, “Frankenfoods” - these are all synonyms for the same thing: an unprecedented new technology that inserts genetic material from one organism into another. GE foods are here, their affects largely unknown and unexplored, and…

Acupuncturists from the Boston-based PanAfrican Acupuncture Project (PAAP) recently completed the fourth in a series of trainings of health care workers in Uganda. The group was invited to Kampala, Uganda in 2002 to discuss the feasibility of beginning an international collaboration.

How many patients do you refer out to medical doctors or chiropractors each month?