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Access and Embody Flow: Qigong Taps Wu Wei, Ancient Flow Technology

Roger Jahnke — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:15:26 +0000

By Roger Jahnke, OMD “The most profound medicine is produced naturally—in the human body—for free!” This phrase, from The Healer Within, is the innovative foundation of a profound personalized peak performance and personal vitality system. There are many ways to turn on (activate, create, maximize) this miraculous internal medicine. By enhancing wellbeing and function capacity, …

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Traditional Medicine in the Era of Telehealth

Galina V. Roofener — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:20:57 +0000

Thousands of years ago, during the time of the Yellow Emperor, the most advanced diagnostic technologies available to physicians were observation, palpation, questioning, and listening, recorded in handwritten notes. This was enough for many generations of practitioners, but in the modern world of rapidly changing technologies, the old ways of practice, diagnosis, and record-keeping are …

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Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles

Mary Elizabeth Wakefield — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 21:34:28 +0000

This article, based upon our book Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles, published by Singing Dragon UK in March 2020, focuses on a creative synergy of acupuncture needling with the vibrational qi of tuning forks in treatment protocols for face and body. The addition of these sophisticated, precision-tuned, planetary, vibrational healing tools to a …

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Composting and Human Digestion: the Interdependency of Microbiome Systems

Qihui Jin — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 21:24:14 +0000

Qihui Jin, LAc, Kimberlie Wilson, LAc, DACM,and Yichao Rui, PhD Classical Chinese medicine (CCM) perceives the body through a paradigm of the rot-and-ripen function of the stomach, the transform-and-transport function of the spleen, the combustion function of the lungs, and the descension of waste through the u organs. All of these functions are essential elements …

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Dr. Greg Lane, Pacific College Dean of Graduate Faculty, Interviewed by Healthline on the Rise of Alternative Medicine

Pacific College — Tue, 25 May 2021 18:13:31 +0000

Healthline, a resource for physical and mental wellness, recently interviewed Dr. Greg Lane, DACM, LAc, Pacific College’s Dean of Graduate Faculty, and Tara Scott, MD, medical director of integrative health at Summa Health in Ohio and CMO and founder of Revitalize Academy, on why complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices like acupuncture are becoming less ‘alternative’. …

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Holistic Medicine: A Guide for Beginners

David Sol — Thu, 20 May 2021 20:48:58 +0000

The human body has a wonderful capacity to heal itself, yet many people deprive their bodies of that ability by solely focusing on traditional medicine for most ailments. Holistic medicine takes a whole-person approach to medical care and wellness. As more and more people want to feel better without reliance on drugs, this is an area growing in …

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Answering Clinical Questions by Investigating the Research Evidence: An Acupuncture/Atrial Fibrillation-Based Example

Leslie McCoy — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:06:57 +0000

Atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged as a nascent global epidemic that poses a growing global disease burden.1,2 In the United States, AF affects approximately 9% of those aged 65 years or older.3 It is the most common clinically significant arrhythmia and is acknowledged as one of the most difficult to treat.4 As the most common …

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Report of Findings of a Clinical Case on Lyme Disease

Deidre Chupalio — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:55:15 +0000

By Deidre Chupalio Acupuncture has been around and able to treat a multitude of mysterious symptoms and illnesses over its 3000-year history, including the most common vector-borne disease in North America, Lyme Disease (LD). Understanding Lyme Disease LD is transmitted by ticks infected with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The course of the disease varies among …

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Tan Tien: Strategic Defense for the Emperor

Kiiko Matsumoto — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:50:24 +0000

There are very few concepts in Chinese medicine that are more often mentioned than Tan Tien. Protecting and strengthening the Tan Tien is an important practice to maintain good health. But what exactly is Tan Tien and how can we assess it in the clinic? Let’s break it down. There are three energy centers that …

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How Do You Treat Leaky Gut in Your Clinic?

Jenn Gibbons — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:34:57 +0000

The full piece on this topic, including treatment options by a number of LAcs, will be published in the upcoming issue of The Journal of the American Society for Acupuncturists, V7,1. By Jenn Gibbons, MSTOM, LAc The digestive tract functions as an intermediary between the body and the external environment, taking in what it needs …

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