Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Five Questions to Ask Your “Acupuncturist”
In the Philippines these days, it seems that the number of people proclaiming themselves acupuncturists is growing faster than...
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Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Mar 6, 2013
- 1 min
Acupuncture in Pregnancy
A common question that I get when lecturing or making media appearances is whether or not acupuncture is safe in pregnancy. In general,...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Feb 27, 2013
- 2 min
Raising the Standards
I recall an old Charlie Brown cartoon where our favorite protagonist asks what the meaning of life or something to that effect. I also...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Feb 1, 2013
- 3 min
Pre-Op Jitters? Acupuncture Helps!
I recall the story of a famous surgeon. He was a reputed miracle worker whose talent with the scalpel was unparalleled. Countless lives...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Jan 6, 2013
- 2 min
The Achilles Heel
Ever since I personally got involved in sports medicine, I’ve been getting questions about acupuncture for Achilles Tendinitis. While...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Jan 1, 2013
- 1 min
2012 In Review
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...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Dec 17, 2012
- 2 min
The Elemental Language of Chinese Medicine
Much has been discussed with regards to the use of elemental language in acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. To proponents, it seems to be...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Dec 4, 2012
- 3 min
Safety Precautions in Acupuncture
Just recently, I was told by a colleague the story of how a so-called “practitioner” who just finished a few weekends’ worth of...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 28, 2012
- 2 min
Under the Weather: Customizing Chinese Herbal Medicines According to the Climate and Seasons
The first materia medica to be found in practically all worthy texts on Chinese herbal medicines is Herba ephedrae or Ma Huang. This...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 22, 2012
- 2 min
Ear Acupuncture and Weight Loss
One thing that many patients may not realize is that there is not one entity called “acupuncture.” The word, actually, is a loose...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 16, 2012
- 1 min
Acupuncture Conference in Indonesia
Reporting live from Bandung, Indonesia. I’m here to attend the 2012 WFAS International Congress and Workshop on Acupuncture. The theme is...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 14, 2012
- 2 min
Acupuncture Improves Sleep in Postmenopausal Women
The Holy Grail in medical clinical research is the double-blind, placebo controlled study. This is the one thing that skeptics claim...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 11, 2012
- 3 min
Acupuncture and Cancer-Related Fatigue – A Brief Commentary
Original Article from: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/532887 In a previous post (http://acupuncture-philippines.com/2012/10/15/sloan-kett...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 8, 2012
- 3 min
Top Five Chinese Medicine Books for Patients
Listy time! There are many books about Chinese medicine and acupuncture books out there. My wife once joked that I have more books about...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 7, 2012
- 3 min
Beyond the Point
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...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Nov 2, 2012
- 4 min
Research Shows Which Nerve Fibers Get the Point – Reposting
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-...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Oct 31, 2012
- 2 min
GB 34 Yanglingquan Has Anti-Parkinson Activity
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...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Oct 30, 2012
- 3 min
Scientific Proof of Five Transporting Points Selection in Acupuncture
One of the things that has always bothered me as a practitioner trained in both western medicine and Chinese medicine is how to explain...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Oct 29, 2012
- 2 min
Mai Men Dong Tang for Asthma
I love it when science backs up traditional chinese medicine. Right now I’ve put up the abstract of this study done in Taiwan but...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
- Oct 27, 2012
- 2 min
Acupuncture Helps Irritable Bowel Syndrome
This abstract is taken from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/12/150/abstract Note that this article does not push for acupuncture...
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