In this issue you will find:

• Important PCOM Dates
• Spring and Traditional Chinese Medicine – 5 Elements Theory
• Acupuncture and its Affects During and After Pregnancy
• Chinese Medicine Eases Stress
• Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

Important PCOM Dates

• May 6 (Sunday) --
  San Diego Healing Arts Festival
• May 15 (Tuesday) -- New York
  Open House
• May 16 (Wednesday) -- Chicago
  Open House MSTOM Program
• May 19 (Saturday) -- San Diego
  Open House
• June 2 - 3 (Sat/Sun) -- (Chicago)
  Japanese Tsubos and Effective Acu-Points

Spring and Traditional Chinese Medicine – 5 Elements Theory

Chinese Medicine.  It is based on the observation of the natural cycles and interrelationships in the environment and within ourselves.  For example, there are five environmental elements – fire, earth, metal, water and wood – each corresponding with certain body organs, such as the heart, spleen, lungs, kidneys, liver, intestines, stomach, urinary bladder and gull bladder.  The five different elements are associated with different times of the year: fire with summer, Earth with late summer, metal with autumn, water with winter and wood with spring. 

The five elements interact with each other (they depend on each other).  For example, the liver, belonging to the Wood element, directly affects the spleen, which belongs to the Earth element.  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners try to maintain a balance among the body’s organs.
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Acupuncture and its Affects During and After Pregnancy

Acupuncture, a Chinese medical practice, has been used for thousands of years to treat many conditions in women during and after pregnancy.  Many more women are discovering acupuncture during their pregnancies in search of safe, drug-free treatments for their conditions.  Years of practice have shown that acupuncture treatments throughout pregnancy enhance the health of the mother, prevent complications and influence the development of the baby. 

Morning sickness is just one of many conditions that acupuncture is able to treat.  An Australian study reported that of 593 women less than 14 weeks pregnant, those who received traditional acupuncture treatments reported having less frequent and shorter periods of nausea than the women who received no acupuncture treatments, according to Pregnancy Today.  These improvements were felt immediately and lasted throughout the study’s four-week duration.
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Acupuncture for Addictions

Did you ever think that heroin addiction could be treated with acupuncture? Few of us have. Acupuncture has been used for 3,000 years for everything from allergies to chronic pain, but since 1973 there has been an increase in using acupuncture as a treatment for addictions.

Acupuncture works on the concept of yin and yang- two complementary and opposing dynamics found in nature. When we are healthy, our yin and yang is said to be in balance. Addicts are found to be lacking in yin, and since yin is like water and yang is like fire, a shortage of yin means the fire of yang can grow out of control.
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Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.”

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