Acupuncturist pokes holes in Western medicine

Acupuncture therapist Yong K. Park stared deeply into staff writer Robin Toepp’s eyes. Using a method called iridology, he says he looks for signs of weakness or stress to help him “diagnose” a patient’s needs. It is just one of several methods of healing Park uses.

Is that what you do when you first meet with a person?

Sometimes, when I see people, many times I look at their eyes because when you look at their eyes, all things are written in there, believe it or not. This is not acupuncture, by the way, I do a little bit more than acupuncture. Checking the iris eye signs and then tell the problem, it’s amazing, you know.
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Acupuncture and Magnet Therapy

Many of my patients ask me why I use magnets during an acupuncture session and how they work. Here is an article written by Michael Tierra who I consider to be one of the major kahunas of TCM and herbology. I think it is the best explaination on the subject. If you are really interested in magnet therapy , I highly recommend his book.

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What is the sound the uterus makes when a woman is suffering from fibroids or endometriosis? What are your options to treat these conditions?

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Cure in burning stick of mugwort

In Chinese, “moxibustion” literally means “warming with fire”.

Modern moxibustion experts speculate that the practice was probably developed when ancient Chinese discovered that the symptoms of some diseases could be alleviated by warming up near the fire.

Through trial and error, ancient Chinese found that burning the dried leaves of the herb mugwort produces the best therapeutic effects.

According to moxibustion practitioner doctor Fan Changwei, the earliest record of moxibustion can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). It was a widely used treatment until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Moxibustion can serve as a treatment on its own, or it can work in concert with acupuncture.

During the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the government declared both acupuncture and moxibustion illegal, because it deemed needles and fire unsafe.

However, ordinary Chinese people continued these practices at home, because they were cheap and effective.

The practices underwent a revival in the 1950s, when New China’s government vigorously promoted them.

A proverb from the time says: “If there’s mugwort at home, one need not see a doctor for years.”

China’s opening up exported acupuncture around the world. However, moxibustion’s spread remained stagnant.

One of the challenges to moxibustion’s spread is that the practice is time-consuming, so the practitioner can only treat one person at a time. Also, moxibustion sticks are very cheap. Doctors only made small profits from moxibustion treatments, so many stopped using it, according to Fu Shoufeng, an old TCM practitioner in Beijing.

The smoke from burning mugwort sticks discouraged both the practitioners and patients to resort to the treatment, he said. Some people have an aversion to the fumes.

As younger generations of Chinese turned away from tradition, public awareness about the practice waned, Fan said.

Last month, the Moxibustion Health Care Special Committee was established as an official organization to save the dying practice. Fan heads the committee.

In addition to researching and promoting moxibustion, the committee has also established standards for the medical practice and organized training courses for both professionals and amateurs.

If practitioners are properly trained, moxibustion can become an effective home therapy, providing pain relief and treatment for many common ailments.

source: China Daily

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com

Poking holes in acupuncture theory
By Dr. MARK KESTNER

You know, I get to choose the topics for this column myself. It’s fun to write about the people I meet and the humorous things that happen in my office.

I don’t know why I don’t just stick to the easy topics. Except that I think you may be interested to hear about interesting things such as acupuncture. I have a unique perspective on acupuncture. I have spent several years studying this ancient way of dealing with human ailments after spending so much time learning the western approach to medicine. Acupuncture is borne out of an approach to healing that is very confusing to anyone with a Western medicine viewpoint.

Imagine you are a modern medical researcher assigned to study acupuncture to determine why it works. In your freshly starched, bright-white lab coat you are interviewing an experienced acupuncturist: “OK, now what is your assessment of this patient?”
click here to read the rest of this great article from the Murfreeboro Post

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com

Got Stress?

•Take a Vitamin B Complex every morning. (Rainbow Light B complex is food-based, easy to digest and a wonderful brand)
•Wear lavender or rose oil.
•Use BACH FLOWER RESCUE REMEDY if you are really stressed.
•Get some form of exercise at least 4 times a week- even if it is just walking your dog or doing laps around the house with your cat.
• Take up Tai Chi or Yoga
• Take a nice hot bath with lavender oil or bath salts. Ahhhhhhhh
•Rent fun movies that make you laugh
•Avoid watching the news before going to bed.
•Listen to a relaxation or meditation tape or CD everyday or before you go to bed. There are some great ones at www.brainsync.com

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com Body & Soul Salem MA

Jeanie Marie is also keeping tails wagging on the North Shore of MA with K9 acupuncture house-calls. Visit FourPawsAcupuncture.com for more information.