Our Acupuncture Blog

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

A recent report in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that America may be headed for an epidemic of low back problems.  Read more

One of my favorite medicinal spices, turmeric has been used in India for thousands of years. It has many uses, including flavoring food, and as a dye. However, it is the medicinal uses of turmeric that are attracting increasing attention in the west.  Read more

More than 30 years ago the United States began embracing the theory, clinical practice and research of ancient Asian medical practices including non-contact therapeutic touch (NCTT). Now, according to a study at the University of Missouri, researchers discovered that 73 percent of patients receiving NCTT experienced a significant reduction in pain, had fewer requests for medication, and slept more comfortably following surgery.  Read more

I have copied below a response that I posted online to an article written by the medical reporter David Noonan that appeared in the January 26 issue of Newsweek titled, "My elbow is killing me!" Hits on a couple of issues that are near and dear to my heart. I failed to mention in my response to David that I felt strongly that the health issues he mentions, the garden-variety aches and pains that so many people suffer with on a daily basis, are exactly the types of conditions that acupuncture treats most effectively, with the cost effectiveness.  Read more

I read this study recently, and as Pycnogenol is one of the ingeredients in a product that we commonly recommend, ISO-OPC, I wanted to share it. This is another study which demonstrates this amazing anti-oxidant's ability to reduce inflammation, and it seems that the more we learn about chronic inflammation, the larger role it seems to play for many of the chronic diseases that our patients commonly are confronting.  Read more