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Important News from the Acupuncture Center of Salem
It’s with a heavy heart that I write this: Many of you already know this, but at the end of August, the Acupuncture Center of Salem is closing. My wife Jeanie Marie and I will be moving out of state in mid-September. Through August I will still be available for treatments on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and [...]
Ladies’ Night at the Acupuncture Center of Salem
The Acupuncture Center of Salem welcomes Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac., to the practice beginning January 2011. Jeanie will be treating female patients on Wednesdays from 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Jeanie specializes in pain disorders, stress, and female issues using traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, Tui Na, nutritional counseling, moxibustion, cupping, Bach Flower and [...]
A great youtube for all acupuncturists. Enjoy!
Tai Chi Boosts Efficacy of Antidepressant Therapy in Older Adults
June 21, 2010 (Boca Raton, Florida) — Adding an abbreviated version of Tai Chi to antidepressant therapy with escitalopram improved resilience, quality of life, and cognitive function in adults with major depression 60 years and older, according to new research presented here at the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) 50th Anniversary Meeting. via Tai Chi [...]
Treatment Expectations and Preferences as Predicto… [Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010] – PubMed result
A study of 477 patients with low back pain found that treatment expectations and preferences for acupuncture were not found predictive of treatment outcomes. That is to say, you don’t have to believe in acupuncture for it to work. I’m sure most of my patients have heard me say something like this at one time [...]
Chinese Acupuncture Affects Brain’s Ability To Regulate Pain, UM Study Shows
ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2009) — Acupuncture has been used in East-Asian medicine for thousands of years to treat pain, possibly by activating the body’s natural painkillers. But how it works at the cellular level is largely unknown. Using brain imaging, a University of Michigan study provides novel evidence that traditional Chinese acupuncture affects the brain’s [...]
Pulse – Acupuncture improves exercise tolerance
Acupuncture can ‘remarkably’ improve exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure say German cardiology researchers. Their study included 17 patients with congestive heart failure with mild or marked limitation to their activity- all on optimised medication. They were randomised to receive acupuncture or placebo – a needle that simulates the procedure without piercing the skin. [...]
Kidneys and Adrenals In Traditional Chinese Medicine – EmpowHER.com
The author of the article below, Jody Smith, describes in everyday language the Kidney as perceived in Chinese Medicine, and she maintains an excellent website http://www.ncubator.ca/ describing her journey of recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I recommend a visit to those readers who struggle with CFS. “In traditional Chinese medicine, balance is the goal. The kidneys are [...]
Natural Pain Relief for Osteoarthritis
One of the most painful and crippling autoimmune diseases to affect the joints, osteoarthritis is a condition that affects the articular cartilage and the subchondral bones. Symptoms of this disease include joint pain, tenderness, stiffness, locking and at times, effusion. There can be many different causes of osteoarthritis, like hereditary, developmental, metabolic etc. The basic [...]
Brain Scans Show How Meditation Calms Pain
TUESDAY, June 8 HealthDay News — People who routinely practice meditation may be better able to deal with pain because their brains are less focused on anticipating pain, a new British study suggests.The finding is a potential boon to the estimated 40 percent of people who are unable to adequately manage their chronic pain. It [...]