Archive for March, 2009
New places for healing around Portland
Ba Gua from: Wikipedia The Taoist Center in Southeast Portland is open for classes and treatments. The Taoist center is a space for the study of the Dao, but also hold classes, provides acupuncture treatment, and offers bodywork. I’m looking forward to watching the growth of this wonderful place. They also have a blog – [...]
TCM in Pediatric Hospitals
Photo by Spiderwoman Childrens Hospital is integrating acupuncture into treatment plans for kids! Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is collaborating with the Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to provide acupuncture and Chinese medicine to pediatric patients. The Pediatric Acupuncture Program began treating patients in January of this year, and Dr. Jeffery Gold, the director [...]
Acupuncture and moxibustion for breech babies
Moxa by SuperFantastic A research paper was recently published concerning the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of turning breech babies (meaning the baby’s head is up instead of down near the birth canal). With the use of specific acupuncture points and careful moxibustion technique, the results of the review of trials were [...]
