Trigger Point Acupuncture and Dry Needling
I am reprinting this article on Trigger Point Acupuncture and Dry Needling that I wrote way back in the year 2009, for my dear friend Anthony Carey, M.S., the owner of Function First here in San Diego. Function First is a system of corrective exercises first developed...Acupuncture Meridians
What are Acupuncture Meridians? Acupuncture “meridians” are the pathways through which our body’s Qi (pronounced “Chee”) energy flows, as described in the seminal medical text the Nei Jing around 200 B.C.E.. But the term meridian, coined by the...Can Western Medicine Explain How Acupuncture Works?
I was recently responding to this question on Quora: “How does Western medicine explain acupuncture.” and wanted to share my response and to expand upon it. Can Western Medicine Explain How Acupunture Works? Western Medicine, or more exactly, Western...Why Chinese Women Don’t Use Tampons—Its About Qi
Why Chinese Women Don’t Use Tampons—Its About Qi The reason why Chinese Women Don’t Use Tampons has to do both with the lack of a tampon ‘culture’ which, in the USA was created by marketing from tampon companies, but also because of the...Perseid Meteor Shower: Five Elements in Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine
Tonight’s annual Perseid meteor shower got me thinking about the power of cold and the theory of dosha and the five elements in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.. Chinese medicine describe life as a warm process of transformation of food and oxygen into energy....