When you walk into my office, you will see two framed drawings on the wall. One drawing depicts a cloudy, gloomy, rainy day and says “Life without acupuncture.” The other drawing depicts a sunny day with flowers and palm trees and says “Life with acupuncture.” These drawings were given to me by Cristina, a little […]
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that affects about 2 million Americans. It is characterized by the body’s immune defenses’ inability to differentiate between normal healthy cells and foreign invaders. It behaves as if normal cells need to be destroyed. The joints begin to deteriorate as the cartilage breaks down. Then inflammation (a normally protective
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Seasonal allergies are trying, at best. While we look forward to spring and summer, with that comes the pollen, the grasses, the blooming trees and everything else. In late summer and fall we have the harvesting and burning that plagues many others. An allergy is when your body over-reacts to something normally in the environment.
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If you were to take a test and it asked, “what organ or gland is part of the sugar-control mechanism in the body, is responsible for the management of energy, blood pressure, eye sensitivity to light, the fight or flight response, inflammation, weight loss, sleep and sugar cravings”, would you have guessed the adrenal glands?
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As an adjunct therapy for fighting addiction, acupuncture can be very successful in helping to curb the chemical addiction and behavioral compulsions that feed a person’s addiction to harmful substances or habits. Whether the nature of the addiction is chemical in nature, such as in the cases of substance abuse, alcohol dependency, food addiction and
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Many people have asked, “What is acupuncture?” Acupuncture is the art of placing hair-fine, stainless steel needles into specific points located on the skin referred to as “acu-points”. These acu-points stimulate responses that assist the body in restoring function to the corresponding organ or system addressed. It is used to relieve pain, inflammation, muscle spasms
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Acupuncture. Is it a new, emerging field of medicine or an ancient one? Acupuncture was first recorded about 3,000 years ago. However, evidence suggests and museums contain rock art petroglyphs and other evidence suggesting acupuncture to be as old as 10,000 years. How could something so primitive be so effective today? I recently read something
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It has been known for many decades (actually, many centuries!) that acupuncture is an effective modality for the treatment of pain, including migraines and headaches. In March 15, 2004 a study published in the British Medical Journal, then chronicled By Jennifer Warner and Brunilda Nazario, MD of WebMD Health News: “Researchers found that compared with
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Addictions come in many forms – smoking, alcohol, drugs and food. There are also a myriad of treatments for each one. I, of course have my favorites. Personally, I wouldn’t want the drug approaches because of the side effects that can be expected. However, if an individual doesn’t want to go a more natural route,
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May 10, 2010 a news report with CBS News highlighted the increasing concern about the overuse of acid stopping medications such as Prilosec and Nexium. In their report they stated that more than 50% of prescriptions are unnecessary and there is mounting concern about some of the side effects. They cited an Archives of Internal
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