Heart Attack! Even in ancient times, the idea of heart attacks was not unknown in China. While the old timers obviously did not yet know...

The Skeptics’ Claim We will always hear skeptics harp on and on how there is supposedly no evidence for acupuncture’s effectivity.  When...

Diabetic Neuropathy In my practice, I receive quite a good number of referrals from other healthcare workers about the treatment of...

Sepsis is the overwhelming immune response to infection leading to organ damage due to inflammation.  Septic shock is a possibly fatal...

The Deqi Sensation A common myth among patients is that acupuncturists merely stick acupuncture needles into patients, and that’s it. ...

Acupuncture for Stroke Sequelae Cerebrovascular Disease or stroke is a potentially devastating condition.  Two kinds of paralysis may...

Spinal Cord Injury, Bladder and Bowel Control Spinal cord injury is truly a traumatic experience.  By traumatic I mean more than just the...

A Ridiculous Headline A recent study, which I myself blogged about (Acupuncture in Complementary Cancer Care: Easing Joint Pain From...

Splitting Headaches Migraines are not ordinary headaches.  As one who suffered migraines himself, I can definitely testify to the...

Pancreatic Cancer Our research article today is from the journal Pancreatology.  The article in particular is Electroacupuncture...

Acupuncture In Cancer Treatment My distaste for quacks and charlatans is well known.  I myself have seen cancer victims be bamboozled...

This article originally appeared on qi-spot.com, my old blog, on April 30, 2010.  Dead links have been removed or edited. Enough with...

When a massive earthquake hit our country hard last October 15, everyone was rightfully concerned about the availability of basic...

I have often mentioned to my medical students that the acupoint PC 6 Neiguan is among the acupuncture points most frequently studied in...

I recall the story of a famous surgeon. He was a reputed miracle worker whose talent with the scalpel was unparalleled. Countless lives...

Ever since I personally got involved in sports medicine, I’ve been getting questions about acupuncture for Achilles Tendinitis.  While...

Just recently, I was told by a colleague the story of how a so-called “practitioner” who just finished a few weekends’ worth of...

One thing that many patients may not realize is that there is not one entity called “acupuncture.”  The word, actually, is a loose...

The Holy Grail in medical clinical research is the double-blind, placebo controlled study.  This is the one thing that skeptics claim...

Another of my favorite posts from my previous blog, dated May 3, 2010.  (http://qi-spot.com/2010/05/03/research-shows-which-nerve-fibers-...