Chinese Traditional Medicine is More Than Acupuncture

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When you talk about Chinese medicine, most people think about acupuncture. What they may not know is that Chinese medicine involves many forms of healing, of which acupuncture is perhaps the best-known. However, acupuncture is only one way in which Chinese medical practitioners help people to heal. The following are descriptions of some of the [...]

How Many Acupuncture Treatments Do You Need?

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As an acupuncturist, I try to talk to my new patients on the day after their first treatment. Generally, they’re new to acupuncture and are unsure as to what effects they should be feeling. I also like to check in because in many cases, new patients assume that they will be symptom-free after that first [...]

Improving Your Memory and Chinese Medicine

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It seems that as more and more members of the baby boomer generation reach their sixties, we are seeing more on healthful aging in all forms of the media. And one of the most common topics is that of memory loss. If you worry that your memory is going, you’re not alone. As we get [...]

Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for Migraines

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Almost everyone suffers from a headache from time to time. Some may be mild and chronic, others may be severe, some are related to stress, others related to PMS. And as someone who has treated many patients who suffer from bad headaches, I can tell you that migraine headaches are in a category all by [...]

Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for Headaches

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If you suffer from chronic headaches, you know that they have certain traits. For example, you know when and how they start, where you feel them, and the quality of the pain, whether dull and achy or sharp and stabbing. In fact, headaches are like people—there are all kinds and they have distinct personalities. Headaches [...]

Acupuncture for Neck Pain & 7 Tips for Chronic Neck Pain Relief

If you suffer from chronic neck pain, you’re no stranger to the pain, tightness, limited range of motion, and sleepless nights that can make your life miserable in general. There are a number of causes of neck pain, including: trauma, such as a car accident, turning and reaching at the same time, drafts and bad [...]

Acupuncture and Fatigue: 7 Factors to Consider

Let me share with you a case study to illustrate how Acupuncture and Chinese medicine view & treat chronic fatigue. “John” struggles with fatigue. He literally can’t get out of bed in the morning, so he needs to take a job that starts later in the day. He has little motivation or energy to do [...]