Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Basics

Start with these introductory articles:

• Is Your Health Optimal?
• Optimal Medicine in the Real World
• That Elusive "Balance"
• The Key to Changing Your Health

• Questions and Answers about Acupuncture
• Chinese Medicine is Preventive Medicine
• Chinese Medicine is the Ultimate Holistic Medicine
• My Top 10 Favorites Things about Oriental Medicine
• Free Acupressure Chart

Information About Acupuncture:

• Acupuncture and Pain Treatment
• Acupuncture, Biomedical Mechanisms of
• Acupuncture, Challenging the Skeptics
• Acupuncture, Cortisol Levels and
• Acupuncture: Does it Hurt?
• Acupuncture Keeps Athletes Off the Bench
• Acupuncture, Placebo Effect and
• Acupuncture Radio in Small Town Iowa
• Acupuncture, Research on
• Acupuncture, Safety of
• Acupuncture Specialist
• Acupuncturists, Finding them
• Acupuncturists, Do They Burn Out?
• How Acupuncture Works
• Is Acupuncture a Good Job?
• Also see specific diseases and conditions

Comparing Eastern and Western Medicine:

• In Defense of Western Medicine
• Medical Ethics - East and West
• Western and Eastern Medicine
• Can Western Medicine Accept Chinese Medicine?

Miscellany:

• 7 Practical Steps to Preventing Disease with Chinese Medicine
• Alcoholic Diet
• Food Cravings
• Functional Medicine
• A Holistic Approach to the Holidays
• Massage
• Massage Therapist Salary
• Natural Beauty Tips
• One Positive New Activity
• Sweet Tooth

Acupuncture News

• Smyczek finds way to succeed on court (Bradenton Herald)
  Upon turning pro, Tim Smyczek found his greatest opponent wasn't standing on the other end of the tennis court.



• Acupuncture and Myofascial Trigger Therapy Treat Same Pain Areas (Newswise)
  acupuncture and myofascial trigger therapy treat same pain areas, Mayo specialist says.



• Women's Fest to help launch 'New' initiative at RiverView (Crookston Daily Times)
  RiverView Health in Crookston is hosting "Women's Fest" on Monday, May 12 from 3-7 p.m. The event, being held on National Women's Check-up Day, will feature four health educational presentations, several health screening opportunities, an acupuncture demonstration and a tour of the new breast health programs offered in RiverView's radiology department, including the new digital mammography ...



• Allergy treatments go natural, but don't mix with traditional drugs (Reno Gazette-Journal)
  Natural remedies are being seen as solutions for everything these days, even in the allergy world. There are many who believe that natural remedies can be used as a first step for treatment of mild allergen symptoms.



• Health news in brief (Holmen Courier)
  Here are a selection of health-related news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.



• Acupuncture needle was 'left in' (BBC News)
  An inquiry is launched after a woman claims a 2in acupuncture needle was left in her after treatment.