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Thu, 07/12/2018 - 16:37

The Transformative Power of Deep, Slow Breathing

By Peter Deadman Slow, deep, lower abdominal breathing, a mainstay of Asian internal cultivation practices for millennia, is a powerful tool for healing and transformation. A wide range of emotional and physical problems can be helped by slow breathing and it can be easily taught to patients, both...

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:58

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A Bright Future for Patients Experiencing Acute or Progressive Vision Loss By Dr. Andy Rosenfarb, ND, LAc, Dipl Ac, DiplCH Approximately 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. Many of these conditions are considered untreatable by...

Ripples in the Flow: Nan Jing Pulse Teachings

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:49

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Ripples in the Flow: Nan Jing Pulse Teachings

By Z’ev Rosenberg, LAc This excerpt from Z'ev Rosenberg’s upcoming book, Ripples in the Flow: Nan Jing Pulse Teachings , concerns the diagnostic and clinical strategies unique to the Nan Jing/Classic of Difficult Issues , and explains the concept of the ten variations/十變 shi bian , in the movement...

Newly Formed Shen Nong Society Looks to the Future of East Asian Herbal Medicine

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:43

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Newly Formed Shen Nong Society Looks to the Future of East Asian Herbal Medicine

By Caroline Radice, DACM, LAc As the number of committed practitioners of East Asian herbal medicine has grown, it has become increasingly clear that we, as practitioners, should no longer have our interests and needs subsumed under the larger umbrella of a professional acupuncture association. The...

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:37

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Las Memorias: Volunteering in Mexico

By Dr. Drew Pollack, DAOM, LAc Of the three years I spent at PCOM, the last was my most memorable, when I spent one day a week volunteering in Mexico with the homeless, the poor, and the dying. Prior to embarking on this journey of discovery, I set objectives for myself: to put myself into...

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:32

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Acupuncture and Tourette Syndrome

What is Tourette syndrome? According to the Mayo Clinic, Tourette (too-RET) syndrome is a disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can't be easily controlled. For example, patients might repeatedly blink their eyes, shrug their shoulders, or blurt out unusual...

What is the Standard of Care for Acupuncture?

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:20

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What is the Standard of Care for Acupuncture?

Both a concern and critique of acupuncture frequently espoused by the biomedical community is that “there is no standard of care in acupuncture”. This statement is, at best, disingenuous. FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY Before we get into what determines the standard of care for an acupuncturist, we...

Achieving Clinical Success With Upper Back Pain

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:10

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Achieving Clinical Success With Upper Back Pain

By Justin Mandel, DOM, AP, LAc Chronic upper back pain affects millions of people across the United States every year. Upper back pain does not discriminate and affects people of all ages from highly diverse backgrounds and professions alike. Because upper back pain is so extremely prevalent, the...

Self-Regulated Learning for Acupuncture Students

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:07

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Self-Regulated Learning for Acupuncture Students

By Vladislav Korostyshevskiy, MS, LAc “This is a problem with the education system in America: they don't teach you how to process information,” says Dr. Dmitry Royter. For the last fifteen years, Royter has prepared students for standardized tests such as the GMAT and SAT. When Royter, who runs...

Mon, 04/30/2018 - 23:01

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Combining Old and New in the Clinic

By Tom Ingegno, LAc In 2015, I had been in practice 15 years and had established myself in Baltimore; my lease was coming up and I had to decide what my next steps were. Three options lay before me and all were viable. I could have simplified my life, cut my current office down to a solo practice,...

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