by Eyton Shalom | Jul 14, 2016 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Summer, Wellness
The discussion of Summer in Chinese Medicine begins with a book written in somewhere between 400 and 200 B.C.E., called the Huang Di Nei Jing, called The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic of Medicine. This is the Old Testament of Classical Chinese Medicine, our...
by Eyton Shalom | May 12, 2014 | Acupuncture Articles, Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Dosha, Dry Needling
Vertigo and headache treated with dry needling and classical Chinese acupuncture combines the best of two worlds– the “dry needling” de-activation of anatomically described trigger points and stimulation of motor points, with the manipulation of Qi...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 9, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spices, Summer
In summer we sweat and our yang energy or heat keeps getting dispersed and exhausted. On freezing cold days you feel cold, but on boiling hot days you sweat and become exhausted. In winter in every culture people eat heavy high-calorie foods, but in summer switch to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Apr 21, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Conditions Treated, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Practice, Wellness
A patient came in recently for acupuncture with terrible upper and mid back trigger point pain that began one day recently after taking a nap. In fact, he had woken from this nap with such bad chest and back pain that he rushed to the ER, fearful of a heart attack....
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 17, 2013 | Acupuncture Articles, Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Conditions Treated, Green Living
CBS News Video on Acupuncture for Trigger Point Pain and Other Pain at Montifiore Hospital in New York The M.D. in this video doing acupuncture for trigger point pain is going to hurt his own back if he does not improve his bio-mechanics. If I were him i would use a...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jun 25, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Mindfulness, Natural Food Recipes, Summer
The Chinese and Indian View: Life is a Passage Through Cycles In Chinese Medicine (as also Ayurveda) a fundamental concept is to prepare for what is ahead. This is not just generalized prevention as in eating a healthy diet or sleeping well, but is specific to...