Blog

Tue, 04/03/2018 - 16:22

In Your Element: Calculating Your Feng Shui Element and Trigram

By Amanda Collins Determining your personal feng shui element can allow you to bring things in to your environment that will help you to thrive and to position yourself in directions that will improve flow. Essence colors are colors that feed you. For example, if you're a number 9, then your...

AWB volunteer Rhonda Epstein treating evacuees in Southern CA

Tue, 04/03/2018 - 00:04

by PCOM

California Burning… and Healing

By Carla Cassler, Associate Director of Acupuncturists Without Borders, with Melanie Rubin, Associate Director of Acupuncturists Without Borders Last year, California experienced the most devastating wildfire season in its history: over 9,000 distinct fires across more than a million acres with...

Fri, 03/30/2018 - 17:39

by PCOM

Taiji Principles for the Improvement of Modern Posture

By Dr. Angela Lee Chen, LAc, DACM Poor posture is becoming more and more common as people spend ever greater amounts of time sitting at their computers, reading their smartphones, watching TV, or commuting to work. Common problems regularly encountered in the clinic range from mild stiffness all...

Thu, 03/29/2018 - 23:36

by PCOM

New Beginnings: How 9/11 Changed the Face of Acupuncture and Established Community Trauma Medicine

By Dr. Janet Bardini The 2000-year-old medical practice of acupuncture has been brought into the 21st century through proven, effective, researched methods to treat patients in times of shock and trauma. The NADA protocol, developed in the United States by licensed physicians, is currently used on...

I Tried Facial Acupuncture & It Cleared My Acne

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 00:07

by PCOM

Treatment by Lanshin, PCOM-NY Alumna Sandra Lanshin Chiu's Clinic, Featured in New York Times and Refinery29

Sandra Lanshin Chiu, LAc, who earned her MSTOM from PCOM-New York in 2005, had the honor of having the clinic she founded and continues to manage featured by the New York Times and twice by Refinery29 . Sandra continued her post-graduate studies in Beijing where she apprenticed with Dr. Wang Ju-Yi...

Mon, 02/26/2018 - 23:23

by team_3110

What Is Alternative Medicine?

Something big is happening in healthcare, and it’s centered around a desire to have different options within healthcare that considers the whole person. This demand is being filled by alternative medicine and a growing base of practitioners who are dedicated to leading the holistic healthcare...

Crossing The Barrier: Applying TCM Food Therapy to American Cuisine

Tue, 02/13/2018 - 21:41

by PCOM

Crossing The Barrier: Applying TCM Food Therapy to American Cuisine

By: JK DeLapp Oh the weather outside is frightful,   But the fire is so delightful,  And since we've no place to go,  Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!  It doesn't show signs of stopping,  And I've bought some corn for popping,  The lights are turned way down low, Let it snow! Let it snow! Let...

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 16:47

by team_3110

Acupuncture’s Impact on Opioid Addictions and Pain Management

America is being rocked by what medical authorities are deeming an “epidemic” of growing proportions. Opioids, a family of mid- to high-strength painkillers that are routinely prescribed to treat everything from chronic fibromyalgia to pain caused by cancer treatment, are highly addicting. Evidence...

Fri, 01/19/2018 - 20:46

by team_3110

Patients Are Demanding Holistic Healing and Healthcare Needs to Catch Up

The movement toward holistic healing is radically reshaping healthcare. Healthcare professionals around the globe are realizing the benefits of holistic healing and integrative medicine as more patients demonstrate an interest in taking steps to prevent illness. The National Institutes of Health...

A young woman practices yoga on a wall in a clearing in a pine forest.

Wed, 01/10/2018 - 18:19

by PCOM

Leena Guptha, Academic Dean of Graduate Studies, Quoted on Hypertension on "Everyday Health"

As Everyday Health reports, high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects almost half of all American adults. Without treatment or attention of some kind, hypertension, sometimes interlinked with stress, anxiety, and depression, can play a part in causing weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and...

Pages

Chat With Us

Search form

Pages

Subscribe to our newsletter