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The Side Effects of Acupuncture

On the rare occasions that I get a chance to sit down and stare mindlessly at the television screen, undoubtedly I will see a commercial for one of the fabulous and fantastic pharmaceuticals that our lives are empty and meaningless without. It is at times like these that I think and dream about a commercial [...]

3 Reasons why visiting an acupuncturist is better than going to see the Doctor

1. Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine are wholistic This means that a practitioner of O.M. is going to assess and evaluate what is going on in your body, mind and soul.   Western Medicine does not take into account emotional stress when dealing with physical illness until it is a last resort.  And only then do they [...]

What is Acupuncture, Anyway?

Acupuncture is part of a system of healing known as Traditional Oriental Medicine. Acupuncture is the most well known therapy in this system, which includes massage, herbal medicine, and therapeutic exercise. Acupuncture is the process of inserting very thin, sterile needles into specific points along the body’s surface. The purpose of acupuncture treatment is to [...]

5 Conditions That Chinese Medicine Can Cure That Western Medicine Cannot

The Common Cold The catchy aphorism that a cold takes no less than a week but no more than seven days to run its course does not hold true for a practitioner of Chinese Medicine.    A few acupuncture points, a little bit of guasha, some herbs like Yin Qiao San or Gan Mao Ling [...]

Meridians in Oriental Medicine

Many of us here in New Jersey learned the hard way what it means to have a blockage in the flow of energy this winter. Winter storms downed trees and powerlines and effectively cut off individual houses from the greater flow of energy that is the electric power grid. Traditional Oriental Medicine believes that our body is composed [...]

What is Qi

Qi is a mysterious and exotic concept in the minds of many Americans. Many of us have heard the word with reference to the Asian Culture. For the Chinese people Qi is foundation of everything in the universe. It is the basic building block that holds us and the world around us together. Similar to [...]

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