The most common obstacle to restoring natural balance with regard to the patient’s chief complaint is often the pace of their daily grind. Raising clear awareness around the normalization of busyness ...

Recognizing acupuncturists in this manner is crucial in that even Medicare’s current coverage of acupuncture – for chronic ...

Patent formulas are a great starting point for patients who have minimal or limited experience with herbs, but patent formulas have their limitations. This case explores customization of formulas in ...

"In Chinese medicine there are no incurable diseases; only incurable people.” This is a favorite quote from my one of my first teachers. I recall it from my early years as an acupuncturist. This has ...

I see fibrocystic breast changes frequently in clinical practice and treat with a high success rate with various strategies involving acupuncture, herbal medicine, qi gong, and dietary therapies.

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, fascia could be viewed as the “highway” of qi movement throughout the body. Stuck ...

To add fresh insights to our medical knowledge, can we be “living labs” for one another, to document our own personal health challenges when appropriate? Recently I experienced a crippling left hip ...

Heart Rate: A normal heart rate is between 60-80 beats per minute (bpm). Heart rate is most significant when it’s above 110, ...

Continuing our discussion from the previous issue on the importance of treating the gut-lung axis for post-viral conditions, viral syndromes often can cause a disruption at the deepest level of ...

Acupuncture has been a remedy for insomnia and sleep irregularity in China and the Eastern world for centuries. Several studies have indicated that acupuncture significantly helps improve sleep ...