Our Acupuncture Blog

A colleague recently forwarded me a copy of an article which was published in last years Archives of Internal Medicine that very clearly outlines four simple things that anybody can do to decrease their risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer and diabetes.  Read more

Clinically, we have seen that acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are usually very effective at treating all types of hot flashes and night sweats. We were excited to see that a new study just published online this week in the Journal of Oncology validated what we have seen clinically.  Read more

Many of our acupuncture patients ask if there are any nutritional supplements that we recommend for their specific condition, and fish oil is clearly the one I recommend most frequently.  Read more

If you answered “eight eight-ounce glasses of water per day” you would certainly have given the answer most commonly cited – you would also be wrong!  Read more

As practitioners of so-called ‘alternative medicine’ it sometimes seems that we are constantly on trial. Whereas newly approved medications, with their often multiple and harmful side effects, are deemed to be ‘proven’ successful, a treatment like acupuncture or herbal medicine, which merely boasts thousands of years of history and millions of successful patients, is considered “unproven”.  Read more

Working with acupuncture and herbal medicine, as I do, gives me the opportunity to treat patients with a wide variety of symptoms. One issue we treat repeatedly at our practice is skin conditions.  Read more

As an acupuncture practitioner, I’m constantly amazed by the extent to which doctors prescribe – and patients demand – antibiotics.  Read more

Acupuncturists treat many patients with inflammation – for example, arthritis – but did you know that inflammation is also a component of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and strokes?  Read more

A recently published report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) examines the effectiveness, safety, and adverse effects of various common treatments for osteoarthritis of the knee.  Read more

Here is a link to an entertaining slideshow from Scientific American.  Read more