acupuncture Tag

Written by Dr. M. Ling, 12 March 2013 In the article on Acupuncture  - A Brief Introduction, we discussed the concept of invisible energy pathways, or meridians that run throughout the body in a closed circuit.   Powerful energy is transmitted through these meridians similarly as the...

12 March, 2013

Effectiveness of strengthened stimulation during acupuncture for the treatment of Bell palsy: a randomized controlled trial by Xu Sha-Bei et al. Published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), February 25, 2013 ABSTRACT Background: The traditional Chinese theory of acupuncture emphasizes that the intensity of acupuncture must reach a threshold...

11 March, 2013

Osteoarthritis and Chinese Medicine: An Overview of Theories and Evidence by Bin Hua and Kylie O'Brien Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, October 2010, No. 94 ABSTRACT  Osteoarthritis (OA) has been treated with Chinese medicine (CM) for hundreds of years, albeit under the auspices of other clinical descriptors understood...

05 March, 2013

Although acupuncture has a history of development and application over thousands of years as part of the holistic medical system of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it is still relatively new in North America.  It was only introduced to, and received here in the mid-1900s.  Many...

02 March, 2013

The Treatment of Parkinson's Disease by Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine by Yu-fang Xue Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine October 2003, No. 73 Parkinson’s disease is the most common central nervous system disorder. It is an idiopathic, slowly progressive degeneration of automatic and gross motor function. Parkinson’s disease is...

14 February, 2013

Clinical Observations of 98 Cases of Wind-stroke Hemiplegia Treated with a Combination of Great Needling, Network Vessel Puncturing & Cupping abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., Dipl. Ac. FNAAOM (USA) Great needling (ju zhen) is one of the "nine needling methods" from the Ling Shu (Spiritual...

03 February, 2013

Study: Acupuncture May Change the Way the Brain Perceives Pain by Alice Park, December 6, 2010 Published in TIME.com The idea of pricking your body with needles in order to relieve pain seems nothing if not counterintuitive, but thousands of acupuncture patients swear the treatments are effective in...

15 January, 2013