In this issue you will find:

• Important PCOM Dates
• Acupuncture Debuts on The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Pacific College Welcomes Giovanni Maciocia to Faculty
• Vegetarian Diets Help Prevent Cancer
• Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

Important PCOM Dates

• February 24 – Chicago Chinese New Year Celebration
• March 3 – San Diego Chinese New Year Celebration

Acupuncture Debuts On The Oprah Winfrey Show

On Tuesday February 13, 2007, Oprah’s viewers experienced the life changing benefits of acupuncture first hand. Thanks Daniel Hsu L.Ac., D.A., A.V.I., a doctoral fellow at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, viewers were able to see the true benefits of acupuncture and pain management in a clinical trial held during the show. Daniel Hsu founded the New York AcuHealth Center after completing a Masters of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He is very well known for his meticulous dedication to Chinese medicine.

During the show Dr. Oz, Oprah’s resident medical expert, displayed a true passion for alternative medicine ”acupuncture has been around for 2,500 years in China. There are a billion people in another part of the world who use these therapies.” In a time where Western medicine is slowly opening to global medical techniques, many medical professionals, like Dr. Oz, are becoming extremely interested in therapies that treat the body’s energy. “The next big frontier…in medicine is energy medicine. It’s not the mechanistic part of the joints moving. It’s not the chemistry of our body. It’s understanding for the first time how energy influences how we feel.” Healing energy is the root of Chinese medicine, a fact that many Oprah viewers now understand.
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Pacific College Welcomes Giovanni Maciocia to Faculty

Pacific College of Oriental Medicine is proud to announce that Giovanni Maciocia will be joining our San Diego faculty. As a world-renowned practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine he will be an exciting new force on our campus. Giovanni will be a regular faculty member of our doctoral program and a guest lecturer in our master’s program. He is also slotted to participate in our Pacific Symposium and special events at our Chicago and New York campuses.

Often noted as the father of Chinese medicine in Europe, Giovanni Maciocia is best known as the author of “Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine”, “The Foundations of Chinese Medicine”, “The Practice of Chinese Medicine”, and “Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine”. His textbooks are a learning staple in acupuncture colleges worldwide.

Maciocia’s own education began in England where he attended the International College of Oriental Medicine and graduated with a degree in acupuncture in 1974. Since then he has attended three post-graduate courses at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and graduated from the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in 1977.
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Vegetarian Diets Help Prevent Cancer

By Michelle Fletcher, B.A., www.michellefletcher.net

Vegetarianism is more than just leaves and twigs. It’s also a far cry from the granola-munching we picture from the ’60s. Diverse in colors and flavors as it is in textures and nutrients, vegetarian diets also play a part in preventing and reducing the risk of cancer.

Before you munch on a salad or grab a stick of tofu (it’s much better cooked with some garlic or a little salt and pepper, by the way), hear the facts.

Formerly seen as strange and faddish, vegetarian diets are now recognized by many, including the American Dietetic Association as not only being nutritionally adequate, but also a healthful, natural way to treat chronic diseases. Cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, gallstones and many other chronic diseases are thwarted by integrating a healthful and well-balanced vegetarian diet.
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Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

“Do not fear going forward slowly, fear only to stand still.”

- Book of Odes