Most people do not know that the first place that acupuncture was recognized and regulated as a medical modality was in Nevada. The story behind this regulation which took place in 1973 is quite interesting. This was brought about through the combined efforts of 3 men and one woman: New York attorney Arthur Steinberg, …
I had a conversation with a dental provider a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned that a common ailment many of his patients suffer from is difficult to treat in his dental practice. Temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, pain is felt from teeth clenching tension in the jaw. Some patients spend their sleeping hours tightening their …
Acupuncture, in itself, is an effective way to promote healing within the body. Placed strategically, an acupuncture needle can effect a response that causes the body to heal itself. Now imagine placing a powerful injection into the acupuncture site. Just as a torpedo can break a smaller ship in half, an injection into an acupuncture …
Regulating Acupuncture Therapy with Local Anesthetics: Treating the Nervous System Read More »
A teen came into Renaissance Health Centre to have acupuncture for her chronic constipation. A year previous she had undergone Accutane care for her acne. After having to go through regular blood draws to track her liver and kidney function while under this protocol due to the side effects and risks, this patient was utterly …
Could the expression of gender confusion, or the raging maniac behind the wheel of the car that cut you off on your way home from your son’s soccer game be caused by disharmony of an organ system in the body? Traditional Chinese medicine is fascinating in regards to its tenets on mental health. Each organ …
Anxiety and the Small Intestine: A Chinese Medical Perspective Read More »
All she wanted to do was help her kids during concert season. But her chronic fatigue and excruciating leg pain were causing her to feel discouraged and worn down. When she walked up the stairs in her home, the 46-year-old mother of 3 felt like her quads were being ripped from her bones. How could …
True Stories – How Acupuncture Transformed a Busy Mom’s Life Read More »
Since her early elementary school years, a young girl was emotionally and physically affected by the stress of going to school. So much so, that an autoimmune condition surfaced. Fast forward 10 years, she is still struggling with school, and graduation from high school is at risk. Her frequent headaches, loss of appetite, daily vomiting, …
Have You Heard of The Yin/Yang Balance? Many are familiar with the TaiJi symbol which indicates the balance of not only physical properties but emotional properties as well. Yin is represented as, but not limited to, substances including mother’s milk, blood, sweat, saliva, and ejaculate. These aforementioned substances are key to the body’s ability to …
A thousands-year-old tenet holds that energy within the body when in balance, allows the organism to maintain health. There are factors that cause the body to become out of balance like external environmental factors, emotional imbalance, or inherited genetic response. Acupuncture is the mode of healing the body from imbalances like that of temperature regulation. …
From Lucy’s perspective, her husband Jack didn’t have long to live because she was ready to kill him. No, she is not homicidal. But her husband had been so irritable and distant the last 4 months that at times she felt like killing him. It started late last year after he had an allergic reaction …