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

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



• 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 ...



• Allergies: How Acupuncture Can Treat Them Naturally (Spooner Advocate)
  Bloomington, Minn. - For the millions of Americans who suffer from allergies, an alternative approach such as acupuncture may provide effective treatment and long-lasting relief.



• 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.



• Catalogue of tragedies got man off the drink (icWales)
  A DEPRESSED man with a drink problem told a court he had been forced to kick his habit.



• San Mateo Daily Journal (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  PORTLAND, Ore. ? Acupuncture is not just for people. It?s also for cities ? if the city is Portland. Adam Kuby has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground down by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more, choosing locations where he figures the city?s ?chi,? or vital energy, needs some help.



• A wish to walk: Man refuses to accept paralysis (Orange County Register)
  Part I: Hunting for a miracle, grasping at a chance to walk again after a diving accident leaves a man a quadriplegic.



• Pamper and cure your pet (The Courier Mail)
  acupuncture, massage and aromatherapy treatments for pampered pets are costing indulgent owners up to $2000 a year.