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

In the Philippines these days, it seems that the number of people proclaiming themselves acupuncturists is growing faster than...

A common question that I get when lecturing or making media appearances is whether or not acupuncture is safe in pregnancy.  In general,...

I recall an old Charlie Brown cartoon where our favorite protagonist asks what the meaning of life or something to that effect.  I also...

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...

A bittersweet goodbye to 2012.  This the first time I’m writing a year in review thingee, and so I’ll just go with the flow. Firstly, the...

Much has been discussed with regards to the use of elemental language in acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.  To proponents, it seems to be...

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

The first materia medica to be found in practically all worthy texts on Chinese herbal medicines is Herba ephedrae or Ma Huang.  This...

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

Reporting live from Bandung, Indonesia. I’m here to attend the 2012 WFAS International Congress and Workshop on Acupuncture. The theme is...

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

Original Article from: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/532887 In a previous post (http://acupuncture-philippines.com/2012/10/15/sloan-kett...

Listy time! There are many books about Chinese medicine and acupuncture books out there.  My wife once joked that I have more books about...

Today I would like to write a bit about one glaring observation I have made about many people who wish to study acupuncture. A typical...

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-...

Parkinson’s disease is one of the main reasons I got into acupuncture; my father is a sufferer.  Today I would like to link to a pubmed...

One of the things that has always bothered me as a practitioner trained in both western medicine and Chinese medicine is how to explain...