Types of Headaches and How to Find Relief
Headaches can be a real pain! Here’s a guide to identify what kind you’re dealing with, and the best way to treat it.
Category: Research & Articles
Clinical Experience vs. Evidence-Based Practice: Do We Have to Choose?
Developing a manual for integrative practice, research and teaching By Claudia Citkovitz I have spent the last 13 years developing and leading an inpatient acupuncture program at NYU Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. At present, 12 acupuncturists are credentialed there to treat inpatients throughout the hospital. Four of us are preceptors and the …
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Five Elements, Twelve Officials, and the Causative Factor
By Neil R. Gumenick The Five Elements For thousands of years, the Chinese observed Nature’s rhythms and cycles through the model of the Five Elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. These elements are in everything, everyone, and observable in any process. In nature, for a plant to grow, there must be a seed capable of …
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Summer DIY: Green Tea Frozen Yogurt
When facing down the summer, heat, try out our green tea frozen yogurt recipe to cool off while enjoying benefits to your health!
Improve Health Through Touch: The Science Behind Massage Therapy
A handshake, a hug, a massage- touch helps people from all walks of life connect. This connection can help reduce stress and improve health and wellbeing.
What’s Your Dosha? Find Out With This Quiz
Ayurveda, the science of longevity, is a rich traditional medicine of India going back to ancient times. The great seers and sages that produced India’s original systems of yoga and meditation also established Ayurveda. Originating as part of Vedic science, Ayurveda provides a comprehensive view of the entirety of matter, mind, and consciousness. Ayurveda’s Global Influence …
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Kansas Passes Acupuncture Practice Act
May 19, 2016 Big congratulations to Kansas! On May 13, Kansas made great strides forward by passing the Acupuncture Practice Act as part of HB2615, gathering all 40 votes in the Senate and 115-7 in the House. The Acupuncture Practice Act, which has been in the works for more than five years, requires acupuncturists practicing in the state to be licensed. …
Most Popular Essential Oils and Their Uses
Essential oils are a useful tool for alleviating a wide variety of health problems.
Sometimes You Have to Reschedule: When Not to Get a Massage
We live in a hustle-bustle kind of world. Work is constantly on our minds and some of us can barely find the time to grab a bite to eat. We rush to take our kids to soccer practice and walk through our front doors after work only to begin the laundry. The majority of us …
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Treating Erectile Dysfunction in the Clinic: Clinical Pearls from Meridians
Two of PCOM’s faculty (Mitchell Harris and Stephen Bonzak) and one of our alumni (Barbara Ferrero) were featured in the Spring 2016 issue of Meridians: The Journal of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Mitchell Harris, dual chair of clinical procedure and faculty governance at PCOM-Chicago, is also Meridians JAOM’s new Clinical Pearls editor. The topic discussed in …
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