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...

It is said that a picture paints a thousand words.  Hence for the symposium (link) held last Friday, well… Dr. Philip Tan-Gatue with UP...

“The Biggest Lie in the History of Medicine” “THIS WON’T HURT A BIT!” How many times have we heard our pediatricians say that to us as...

Holistic Medicine? A common buzzword among so-called non conventional or alternative medicine practitioners, and even among medical...

The Yarrow Group is holding a symposium on Chinese Medicine and Women’s Health, in cooperation with the Philippine Academy of Acupuncture...

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

November 1 is All Saints’ Day.  This is a fact that many people conveniently forget, going about dressed as ghosts and goblins.  True,...

A new patient came into my clinic not too long ago for a consultation. Now, this is not an unusual event. The unusual event was the fact...

A Brief Background My friend VS recently attended a seminar on “alternative” medicine and sent me a message, which I then quote slightly...

Dr. Philip Tan-Gatue appears on the show “Green Living” to talk about Chinese Medicine. Well, the second half of the show. Dr. Philip...

Unlike some other forms of so-called alternative medicine, Chinese Medicine was not born from the experiences of single persons. ...

Sun Simiao or “药王“ – the King of Medicinals There are times during one’s practice of medicine, of whatever tradition, when one feels...

Disclaimer: When I spell Blood with a capital B I am using it in the Chinese Medicine sense.  If I spell blood with a small b, I am using...

This isn’t really related to acupuncture, oriental medicine, or western medicine. Last Tuesday, October 15, 2013, the Philippines was hit...

Originally Posted October 14; I had to restore the site from a backup that did not include this post. Trigeminal Neuralgia is one of the...

The hot topic of the month here in the Philippines is the polarization of the medical profession when it comes to the use of Stem Cell...

A useful infographic.

Today’s blog entry has little to do with my getting stuck in traffic so near my destination, although that’s the situation that triggers...

Just about a month ago, I had written a blog entry entitled “Five Questions to Ask Your ‘Acupuncturist'”.  (link)  The purpose of...