Category: Research & Articles

Public Service Announcement The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Task Force recently wrote a report entitled, “Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations,”  This report is open for public comment until Monday, April 1st, 2019. The Good News:  In this draft, the Task Force very …

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A great way to increase patient satisfaction, improve treatment outcomes and receive more money for your services By East Haradin-Phillips, DAOM, LAc “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you  said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou (This applies to your treatments as well.) After I …

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By Amy Mager, MS, LAc, FABORM, and Christine Cronin, DAOM, LAc Heat therapy is an integral treatment of Chinese medicine. Although we concur with our colleagues that moxa is our best choice for heat therapy, barriers may exist that could prevent a patient from using moxa or being able to use it often enough to …

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The Birth of Acupuncture in America: The White Crane’s Gift is a book on a topic that receives surprisingly little in-depth attention: the history of acupuncture in the United States. With the West Coast cultural revolution of the 1960s and 70s as a backdrop, this book explores history in an intentionally lighthearted yet significant way. The …

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By Andrea K. Ramey, MD Introduction Based on the number of food products that contain high fructose corn syrup, it is safe to assume that many people consume more high fructose corn syrup than is required by the body. This excess intake of sugar disrupts homeostasis, the natural balance of the body. Excess sugar has …

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Kiera Nagle, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine’s Chicago Campus Director of Asian Holistic Health and Massage Therapy, was recently interviewed by Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine on the benefits of prenatal massage. What are the benefits, according to Nagle? Almost too many to count, including “improving relaxation, sleep and digestion, minimizing nausea, decreasing swelling and supporting a …

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By Jennifer Knapp Jennifer Knapp: Hi, Dr. Wen. Thank you for taking the time to talk with me about our newest brand of professional herbal formulas, TCMCeuticals. I’m so excited about this new offering from TCMzone and would like to share some of your insights on this novel approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Let’s get …

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By Kiera Nagle, MA, LMT The client lies prone, on a soft warm table, in a comfortably lit room. The practitioner asks permission to begin, and places her hands in passive touch on the client’s back, ever so gently and thoughtfully. There is the breath, one, and then another. With each exhale, the client softens …

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The Chinese Wellness Yang Sheng-Based Health Care System: An Inspiring Solution to Health and Economic Crisis in America By Roger Jahnke, OMD This article was published in Pacific College’s biannual OM newspaper. Visit our Publications page for a digital copy of the full newspaper, as well as a digital archive of past issues, or sign up to receive …

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In prior articles, this author has detailed the importance of diagnosing a patient’s primary elemental imbalance, also called causative factor (CF), via odor, color, sound, and emotion. Once we have cleared any and all of the energetic blocks to treatment efficacy, in this system of medicine, we turn our attention to supporting, balancing, and harmonizing …

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