Acupuncture

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 [...]


Bringing Acupuncture & TCM to Atlantic Vet Hospital

And now some good news for the dogs and cats on the North Shore of MA! Atlantic Veterinary Hospital (AVH) of Marblehead MA is now offering acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for dogs and cats by Jeanie Mossa Kraft L.Ac of Four Paws Acupuncture Combining the best of western veterinary medicine with oriental medicine [...]


Bill May Pass in MA for Insurance to Cover Acupuncture

We Need Your Help!!!!! This is scheduled for a vote on Feb 4, 2011. The day after Chinese New Year Hi Everyone, Wouldn’t you love if insurance was required to pay for your acupuncture session? The Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Society of Massachusetts (AOMSM) Legislative Committee has reintroduced a modified version of last year’s HR [...]


Mind Calming Immune Boosting Acupuncture Session

Special into offer to launch Ladies’ Night at the Acupuncture Center of Salem! For women who have never experienced acupuncture or those who would like to release all of that post traumatic holiday stress, this session is for you. De-stress and revitalize for the new year. Using an acupuncture protocol for calming the mind while [...]


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 [...]


Happy Holidays from
Acupuncture Center of Salem

Wishing you and your family a very happy and healthy holiday season from all of us at Acupuncture Center of Salem. We will be closed Christmas Eve Friday 12/24/10 through Boxing Day Sunday 12/26/10. Appointments for acupuncture sessions are still available for Monday 12/27/10 through Thursday 12/30/10. The office will be closed on New Years [...]


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 [...]