Safety concerns remain a significant barrier to appropriate referral from oncology teams, to use by acupuncturists and to ...

Chinese medicine is quite complex and can be difficult for some people to comprehend. This is because TCM is based, at least ...

Chronic pain afflicts over 20% of the adult population. Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, ...

The number of acupuncture schools in the United States has continued to grow since the creation of the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) and the Council of ...

The electromagnetic spectrum is a very significant component of the human energy system. It acts as the interface between the physical dimension and more subtle energy fields operating in the body.

“Ah, visualize it, and the stiffness and pain implied,” I advised. “Work initially in a chair. First of all, stroke down her ...

Samantha Burris is a licensed acupuncturist in Corning, N.Y., and the owner of Essence Healing (www.essence-healing.com). She is a recent graduate of the Won Institute’s herbal certificate program.

Emotions act as a warning sign to the practitioner, indicating what organs may be involved in a patient’s pattern of imbalance. One of my main treatment goals when working with these patients is to ...

Joni Renee Zalk, MSc, LAc, completed her Master's degree in Chinese Medicine at Middlesex University in London. Along with a part-time practice, Joni provides business consulting for clinics and ...

No one is arguing that someone should get acupuncture instead of going to the emergency room when an appendix bursts, but countless people suffering from conditions dismissed as incurable or ...

Occipital headaches are a common patient complaint. Sometimes, an occipital headache can signify an underlying condition that can be treated with massage and bodywork techniques, followed by ...

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 ...