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Written by: John K. Chen, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc Reviewed by Tina T. Chen, LAc;聽Donna Chow Sanchez, LAc; and聽Anita Chen Marshall, DAOM, PharmD, PhD, LAc Sulfa, sulfite, sulfate, and sulfur are four terms that sound similar but have very different allergy profiles. As healthcare practitioners, it is important to understand these four terms to establish …

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By Ann Wang, CMD, LAc Without a doubt, the work that has brought me the most joy in my 39 years of practice has been helping my patients to conceive and to bring healthy babies to term. Fertility has become one of my specialties not only because of my growing experience in the field but …

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By Hillary Thing, LAc Lyme and similar devastating stealth infections are on a rise across the world. Chinese medicine practitioners across the United States and beyond are being faced with patients with illnesses that are difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat. Many of us are drawn to Chinese medicine for its refined …

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This article is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published textbook Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach to Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Chinese term ashi, translated as 鈥渢hat鈥檚 the point鈥� or sometimes as another expletive, indicates pain upon palpation of the tissue. Ashi points were first mentioned in the Tang Dynasty text Thousand …

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The following is an extract from Jill Blakeway鈥檚 new book, Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing, published by Harper Collins in April 2019. In 1996, scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, were keeping a radical project under wraps. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, including their colleagues in the scientific …

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Interview by Kara Johnstad This interview was originally published in the April 2019 OMTimes Magazine and is republished here with permission. I have with me in the studio the world-renowned musician, composer, educator, producer, and peace activist Yuval Ron for a discussion about divine attunement and sound consciousness. Yuval Ron began composing professionally for theater …

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By Rick Gold, PhD, MSTOM, LAc Re-printed with permission from the recently published book Seitai (Lymphatic) Shiatsu, Cupping and Gua Sha for a Healthy Immune System, first published in 2019 by Singing Dragon Publishers, an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA …

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By Susan Johnson, LAc, and Eric Renaud, MAc, LAc 聽Excerpted from: Tung鈥檚 Magic Points, Volume One: A Definitive Clinical Guide. Used primarily for women, 11.06 Return to the Nest and 11.24 Gynecological Points are combined to treat all gynecological diseases, such as premenstrual syndrome, menopausal hot flashes and night sweats, infertility, ovarian disease, cyclic migraines, …

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Yesterday In 1986, before many of its current students were born, 91射区 of Oriental Medicine rose from the ashes of the San Diego branch of the California Acupuncture College (CAC). 91射区 offered its first classes in January 1987 to the few dozen students stranded by the demise of CAC. With a couple administrators …

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

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