December 2007
14 posts
Auricular Acupuncture →
My point in posting this is not to encourage a formulaic approach to acupuncture, but to show that the acupuncture points in the ear are a rich area for treatment of various disorders. Excerpt: [The ear…] is an extraordinary sensory organ that not only connects us with the world and each other through the power of hearing, but also serves as a unique and complete microsystem for the...
Can acupuncture provide a cure for the common... →
This is not a Five Elements approach, but intriguing: (Excerpt)The following illustrated acupuncture approach is extremely effective in not only alleviating the symptoms associated with cold or flu but, if used early enough, may potentially prevent the symptoms and condition from developing at all. All of the points shown may be stimulated with noninvasive stimulation devices such as the teishein,...
My third acupuncture treatment
Today Ann (www.qinurse.com) started my ‘elemental’ treatment - apparently, the previous treatments were just to get me to this point (no pun intended). The element we are treating in Five Elements style is Wood. I am looking at one of the two books I have on acupuncture (Traditional Acupuncture: The Law of the Five Elements by Dianne M. Connelly, Ph.D.) and a sentence jumped out at...
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Can acupuncture re-engage the body's natural... →
Excerpt: Although his treatment is rarely acknowledged by the local oncologists as reason for the patient’s recovery, dozens of patients line up at Dr. Fuda’s clinic ready to tell their story of how his acupuncture resulted in their cancer remission. Several patients had exhausted all other medical means and were left with terminal sentences. Some patients, previously given only months...
Modern life and our toxic environment →
Excerpt: As stated in the last column, almost 800 billion dollars is spent in the U.S. and Canada on environmentally caused disease. Why so much disease, and where are these toxins coming from? Just as humans have the three treasures of jing, qi and shen, the Earth has three treasures as well. These are the oceans, the land and the sky. It is no coincidence that these are exactly the places the...
The effect of 'civilization' on our health →
Excerpts: People unaware of what a good diet consists of rely on processed fast foods and meats packed with hormones and antibiotics. In the West, we’re overprescribed antibiotics and other medications; women are reeling from the side-effects of birth control pills; and we regularly take any of a myriad of anti-inflammatories for the slightest ache. It’s no wonder so many people are...
My second acupuncture treatment
I had my second treatment yesterday. This one was very different from the first. Ann located areas of imbalance in the fingers and toes by testing my sensation of heat from a lit stick of incense brought close to specific points on the fingers and toes. Then she used the information to treat me with needles in acupuncture points in the shins (perhaps only my left shin, I am not sure). Again, I...
My first acupuncture treatment
Last week I began to see Ann Furniss, M.Ac., L. Ac., to treat my ‘tennis elbow’. I had injured my elbow while weeding crabgrass in the hardbaked soil of drought-stricken August, and three months of babying my elbow and taking anti-inflammatories had not helped in the least. I also bought a brace to use, to no avail. Ann treated me on Monday. I had some interesting symptoms during...
Immune Enhancement for Oncology Patients through... →
Excerpt [refers to the effects of auricular (ear) acupuncture in oncology patients]: “Documented increases in white blood cell production; heightened energy; regrowth of hair; increased libido; decrease in nausea, vomiting, low appetite, abdominal distention, loose stools or constipation; alleviation of depression, anxiety, fear, irritability or other emotional aberrations; quicker wound...
Infertility, Acupuncture, and IVF- Dr. Raymond... →
Dr. Raymond Chang is the author of What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About Getting Pregnant, published in February 2007. Dr. Chang is a physician-acupuncturist and director of the Meridian Medical Group, an integrative practice in New York City, where he has been practicing for the past 20 years. He also is the president of the Institute of East West Medicine. Dr. Chang received his MD degree...
Acupressure Relieves Nausea in Chemotherapy... →
Excerpt: “Nausea and vomiting are common side-effects experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy. Although antiemetics are often prescribed to curb the incidence of vomiting, these drugs do not provide adequate relief in many instances, which has led researchers to look for more natural methods of vomiting and nausea control.”
Chemotherapy: Use Acupuncture to treat Nausea and... →
To date, more than three dozen randomized controlled studies have been published showing that acupuncture point stimulation can treat or prevent nausea and vomiting. … And because the P6 point is easy to reach, many patients can be instructed to apply acupressure themselves to help reduce nausea.
Acupressure Relieves Nausea in Chemotherapy... →
Subjects in this study were taught acupressure points so that they could control their nausea themselves as needed. Excerpt: “Significant daily differences were seen between the acupressure and control groups in terms of both nausea experience and intensity. Differences in nausea experience of two points or greater were noted in seven of the first ten days after receiving chemotherapy,...
