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Bi-Weekly Newsletter | Issue 20 | March 2006

In this issue you will find: Important PCOM Dates Pacific College – NY Campus Offers New Massage Program Healthy Body, Healthy Sole – Foot Health and Chinese Medicine Tea for Weight Loss Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day Important PCOM Dates March 21 – Chicago Open House March 22 – New York Open House April 29 – World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day Upcoming CEU Events in New York March 25 - Steve Kaplan: Insurance Billing in the Acupuncturist Office Pacific College – New York Campus Offers New Massage Program Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York is pleased to announce the addition of two new degrees in massage therapy. Students will be able to enroll in the Associates of Occupational Studies (AOS) directly out of high school, or pursue a Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS), available to those who have completed 60 units of undergraduate coursework.  This new program will launch in spring 2006, and is expected to reach class capacity.   READ MORE ... Healthy Body, Healthy Sole – Foot Health and Chinese Medicine Feet are an important and often ignored part of the body’s health system. Three out of four Americans experience a serious foot problem in their lifetime, many of which are treatable and preventable. In Chinese medicine, the condition of the feet is crucial to overall health and is considered a separate body related to all body parts and organs. The Podiatric Medical Association says that an average day of walking brings a force equal to several hundred tons down on the feet. This helps explain why the feet are more subject to injury than any other part of the body. READ MORE ...

Tea for Weight Loss

Native Americans made a bitter brew from the yellow root (or rhizome). Used in small doses, Barberry tonic was reputed to be an effective treatment for heartburn, stomach upset, and ulcers. It was also held to stimulate appetite.

Barberry was used in European and American herbal treatments to aid many conditions, especially infections and stomach problems. It has also been used to treat skin conditions.
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Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

“Never tire to study - and teach others.”

Confuciu

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