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Chinese Medicine in the Spring
Spring is back , and even though it’s (still) raining here in the great Northwest, it’s time to at least start acting like summer is on it’s way! Spring cleaning season is a great time to clean out your closets, prepare for the potential summer abundance from our gardens by caring for the soil and [...]
Acupuncture Weekly Roundup
Here is a quick “roundup” of a few things that are happening in the acupuncture world (plus a good demonstration video). Jennifer Dubowsky, LAc, wrote a great article about how acupuncture helps with pain in breast cancer patients who are undergoing hormone therapy. Read the excerpt below, then check out her blog post for more [...]
Happy Year of the Tiger!
It’s now the Year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese calendar, and the Year of the Ox has moved on. I’m posting this late as I spent today preparing for the New Year by cleaning and painting a room in my house- whew! Tradition is that you do these things before the New Year [...]
Acupuncture Making a Difference in Haiti
Acupuncturists Without Borders, a non-profit group that travels to places where disasters have occurred and treats those in need at no cost. The most recent group traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to help with pain management, stress, and emotional and physical trauma. Watch the video below to see the work they are doing over in Haiti [...]
Acupuncture in the media
The global spread of Chinese Medicine is taking place before our eyes! Acupuncture is becoming more accepted into the mainstream every day – it’s a great time to be an acupuncturist, and I can’t wait to see where we are in 10 years. *If you are interested in more acupuncture articles, go to WellWire.com and [...]
Acupuncture Relief Project: The First Year
I can’t say enough good things about the Acupuncture Relief Project. The project, which just celebrated it’s one year anniversary, has finished the first six weeks of practitioners in Nepal, and now a new group is on the way in to treat. Acupuncturists from all over the US are taking time out of their lives [...]
Regina Dehen, ND, LAc radio interview
Traditional Chinese Medicine discussed on Portland radio! Regina Dehen, ND, LAc a naturopathic physician, acupuncture practitioner, and instructor at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. Regina is a wealth of information and and incredible instructor, as you will see when you listen to the whole interview. Regina and Ted Douglass discuss what TCM is, Chinese [...]
October 24 is National Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day
Happy Oriental Medicine Day on Saturday! Hug an acupuncturist, or try a delicious (?) Chinese herbal tea! They taste odd, but are oh-so helpful for the body. If you are fortunate enough to live in Portland, Oregon (my beloved city), then get out there and take a look at the massive acupuncture needle in our [...]
Babies and Birthing Naturally
Pregnant Belly by kellyandapril When the words “It’s time!” are spoken by a pregnant woman, panic will often follow. But it doesn’t necessarily have to! That is, if the baby decides to take a little time for the mother to be where she planned…. The ideal situation for an expectant mother is to make a [...]
H1N1 and Traditional Chinese Medicine
I wasn’t planning to write a post about the flu, but the H1N1 ‘situation’ is still around, and I wanted to spread some of the good information I’ve been looking into. The H1N1 flu (we’ll just call it “the flu”) has a lot of people talking and a good deal of media coverage (EVERWHERE!). Now [...]
