by Eyton Shalom | Feb 25, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine
I am very excited to have just received my copy of the new, comprehensive and annotated translation of the seminal text of Chinese Medicine, The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic. I have studied this text before in various incomplete or limited translations, but...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 8, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Wellness
While Acupuncture is most often used in the USA to treat an illness that has already occured, since ancient times acupuncture has been used to prevent illness. There are specific discussions on this topic in the Nei Jing, or Yellow Emporer’s Classic. In...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 8, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Green Living, Wellness
Sliding Cups is a specialized method of cupping that involves moving cups along large areas of muscles and fascia, like the IT band or hamstrings, or along the rhomboids, after massaging the skin with Ayurvedic oil, lotion, or counter irritants like Tiger Balm. It is...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 7, 2012 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Articles
Acupuncture for pain relief in San Diego! I use acupuncture to treat Acute and Chronic Pain, Sports Injuries and Repetitive Use Injuries. Unlike drugs, acupuncture removes the cause of your pain, and not just your symptoms. Acupuncure, and dry needling, as completely...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Oct 12, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Articles, Dry Needling, Wellness
Definition and History of Dry Needling, Trigger Points and Trigger Point Acupuncture The Term Dry Needling–History Dry Needling is a term first coined by M.D. clinicians and researchers in England and the USA who treated myofascial pain, or trigger point...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 10, 2011 | Acupuncture Articles, Woman's Health
Hormonal Acne Many women, especially young women, suffer from what can be termed hormonal acne. Hormonal acne typically, but not exclusively, occurs sometime during the 7 days prior to the onset of bleeding, known as, the pre-menstrual phase of the menstrual cycle....