[facebook][retweet] Zuo Jin Wan has been shown to fight colon cancer. In Chinese medicine, it is a small, wonderful herbal formula. It clears and drains liver fire, downbears counterflow and checks vomiting. ‘Liver fire’ is a Chinese medical diagnosis that has does not have an exact bio-medical correlate, but as it happens, manifests symptoms seen […]
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[retweet][facebook] Scientists say that meditators benefit from changes in their brains. The researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. The findings will appear in the Jan. 30 issue of
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[facebook][retweet] The sports world was skeptical when New York Knicks shooting guard Allan Houston announced that he was receiving sports acupuncture treatments for an ankle injury. Then he started playing better, and doubt turned into a mixture of surprise and curiosity. However, according to Matt Callison, a faculty member at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
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[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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[retweet][facebook] New research concludes that acupuncture reduces pain and inflammation after knee replacement surgery. The research also finds that acupuncture improves range of motion following knee replacement surgery. Further, physical measurements of the swelling around the knee were significantly lower in the acupuncture group than in the control group. Acupuncture for the Knee Acupuncture was
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[retweet][facebook] New research from Japan and China have confirmed that certain medicinal herbs and their constituents have the ability to directly inhibit influenza as well as stimulate the body’s own immune system in order to counteract the flu virus. The most recent finding is from China’s Northwest A&F University. Here researchers determined that two medicinal
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This is from a New York Times article, about a skilled acupuncturist and her work with pro football players. If it can do this for NFL athletes, what can acupuncture do for you?
Jets fullback Tony Richardson recently had an acupuncture session at his apartment that included 120 needles.
Stretched out on a massage table in his Long Island City condominium, Jets fullback Tony Richardson closed his eyes. Over the next hour, he groaned and grimaced and eventually fell asleep, as Lisa Ripi, the traveling N.F.L. acupuncturist, went to work.
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[retweet][facebook] INFLUENZA A (H3N2) A new strain of influenza A (H3N2) is sweeping through the USA and Europe. The spectrum of clinical manifestations caused by the current influenza virus infection ranges from non febrile, mild upper respiratory tract illness to severe or fatal pneumonia. Most cases appear to have uncomplicated, typical influenza like illness and
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Your capacity to heal yourself is greater than you have ever imagined. You are designed to be self-healer, but pain and illness occur when your self-healing systems aren’t working at capacity. Acupuncture, herbal medicine, and oriental physical therapy are strategies of empowering your own self-healing systems to get back online and function optimally. I don’t just treat your problem, I treat you – all of you, body, mind, and spirit.
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[facebook][retweet] What can you do without needles or herbs? Plenty. I have extensive training in many forms of Oriental physical therapy, such as Tui-Na, which aligns and adjusts joints and the spine in a gentle, harmless, holistic way. No force is used, and it is virtually risk-free. I am also trained in Shiatsu, Thai, and
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