Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
What is Chinese Medicine? What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture and Chinese medicine are poorly understood terms. In the Western world, we have developed an unfortunate nomenclature for practitioners of Oriental medicine. We call nearly all practitioners of this fully developed medical…
Why Acupuncture Is Fun & Not So Scary!
Why Acupuncture Is Fun & Not So Scary! After living in Portland, Oregon for five years where an acupuncture or naturopathic clinic is practically on every corner, and people seem almost bored if you tell them you’re an acupuncturist (only…
How to Pick An Acupuncturist
How to Pick An Acupuncturist Through conversations I’ve had with some folks lately, I’ve come to a fresh state of awareness regarding how overwhelming it can be when it comes to picking the right healthcare practitioner. It’s hard enough to…
Acupuncture for Scar Tissue
Acupuncture for Scar Tissue Opinions on scars tend to vary pretty widely. Some people hide them, some wear them proudly, and some even seek them out. A random smattering of famous quotations about scars gives us some scope regarding just…
R.I.C.E. – Ice for Injuries?
R.I.C.E. – Ice for Injuries? There are two divergent trains of thought in medicine today regarding acute injury & illness. On one side is the belief that the immune system largely tends to get in its own way, and thus…
Acupuncture for Allergies (Herbs, Too!)
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs for Allergies It’s that time of year again! The trees are starting to bud out, and bulbs are coming out of the ground (never mind the periodic snows we were still getting in Richmond in mid-March…
Acupuncture for Flu (And Colds, Too!)
Acupuncture for Flu (And Colds, Too!) It’s that time of year again in Richmond – the time when everyone around you is dropping like flies with the flu or some such – so it seems like a perfect time to…
Acupuncture and Bloating
Acupuncture and Bloating One of the most incredible things about acupuncture or Chinese medicine’s approach to disease is that it recognizes that no two people, or their diseases, are the same. If a patient comes in with a cold, for…