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Acupuncture Works for Anxiety, Depression & PMS

New research has just been released demonstrating that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of PMS, anxiety and depression. Researchers from the Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) and the Advanced Integrative Rehabilitation and Pain Center (Washington, DC) conclude that “there is high-level evidence to support the use of acupuncture for treating major depressive disorder in […]

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Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Lower Back Pain

[facebook][retweet] Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic lower back pain. Researchers studied back pain patients in an inpatient rehabilitation clinic in Germany. Two groups of patients were compared. Group 1 received acupuncture plus conventional rehabilitation services. Group 2 received only rehabilitation services. The researchers discovered that patients willingly accepted acupuncture as a means

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Acupuncture & Herbs Protect Pregnancy, Prevent Miscarriage

[facebook][retweet] Research published by the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine demonstrated the efficacy of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of recurrent pregnancy losses. A team of acupuncturists combined Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies in a clinical study of a 42 year old female in Bellevue, Washington suffering from chronic, recurrent pregnancy losses.

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Diabetic Neuropathy and Acupuncture

[facebook][retweet] Acupuncture dramatically improves the effects of a diabetes medication for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. This condition includes signs and symptoms such as numbness, tingling, burning and/or electric sensations of the extremities. Patients receiving medications jumped from an approximately 8% neuropathy symptom score success rate to over a 90% effective rate when acupuncture was

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Bonghan Channels in Acupuncture

[facebook][retweet] A few well-placed needles can have such transformative results in my patients. There are many ‘scientific’ explanations that vary from the vague and mystical idea that the needles move qi in the meridians to scientific explanations where the effects of acupuncture stimulus are explained entirely by its influence on the nervous system.  Most of these theories

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The Quiet Mind and Kototama Pulse Reading

[facebook][retweet] I recall a conversation I had with oriental medicine elder Dr. Daniel Altschuler, who learned Chinese acupuncture in Taiwan, in Mandarin Chinese language medium.  When he was hired as a professor the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine, he had to first study the standard acupunsture and Chinese herbal medicine textbooks used in American curricula,

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Acupuncture Boosts Your Gym Workout

[retweet][facebook] Acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping can make your everyday workouts better. Oriental medicine provides remedies for everything from preventing injuries to speeding up recovery to boosting endurance  Runners, golfers, and regular gym members are among the holistic health center clientele lining up to receive these treatments. To reduce pain, try acupuncture. If you’re limping around

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Acupuncture Treats Fibromyalgia Syndrome

[retweet][facebook] New research concludes that acupuncture reduces pain sensitivity for patients suffering from fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The study also showed that patients receiving acupuncture had significant reductions in anxiety and depression. Further, the overall quality of life score improved for FMS patients receiving acupuncture therapy. The treatment method was the application of five acupuncture points

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