Emotional stress plays a huge role in our health. Often, a particular event may disturb the mind and creates insomnia. Acupuncture works so well to calm the mind! I absolutely love it. Over the years, I have seen first hand the amazing effect it has on patients. Check out the following case study and let me know [...]
Unless your practice mostly revolves around musculoskeletal issues, you probably use the same 50 or so acupuncture points with varied combinations. I believe most practitioners gravitated towards their favorite points and most will often pick from the pool of "Special Points". Without a doubt, I am definitely one of them. I love to use Ghost points, Back-Shu, [...]
Acupuncture for high Blood Pressure is a safe natural and effective way to treat it! Today I wanted to share a TCM case study on High Blood Pressure and the acupuncture points I selected for this case. Male, age: 44yrs old He was just diagnosed with high blood pressure by his MD. No family history of hypertension. [...]
Back in TCM College, one of my clinic supervisor would always tell it like it is! One day, a new patient came in with lots of knee and back pain, diabetes Type 2, sleep apnea and fatigue. Within the first 10 min of our consultation, he looked at her and said: “You’re too fat! That’s your problem! [...]
I absolutely love the odd one out, the ugly duckling, the exception to the rule, the marginal. They stand out and make a statement! That's how I look at the Dai Vessel in Chinese Medicine. Dai Vessel is the only meridian that is horizontal and not vertical! The Girdle rocks :) In clinical practice, I use the [...]
Recently, I took a two day course on using the 8 Extraordinary Vessels for psycho emotional trauma, with the great Yvonne Farrell. Unexpectedly, I learned of an acupuncture point I didn't know about: KD Prime! I LOVE to learn :) KD Prime is located directly below KD 1 on the lower third of the sole, when it's [...]
