Acupuncture Blog

Dietetics Recipe for Muscles and Tendons Acupuncture, herbal medicine, the movements arts (Tai Chi, Qi Gong, meditation…), bone medicine and dietetics are five important branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Today, I wanted to talk a little about dietetics. At HealthCMi, Prof. Jeffrey Pang, L.Ac. and I have an ongoing live webinar dietetics lecture series […]

Water and Fire Disharmony Palpitations combined with insomnia are a common complaint treated at an acupuncture clinic. There is often Heart Qi deficiency and Blood deficiency underlying this condition. When these differential diagnostics are present, acupuncture combined with herbal medicine is more effective than either treatment modality alone. Arrhythmias often occur in this situation and […]

Acupuncture for Appendicitis & Hyperemesis The development for protocols within the acupuncture profession for emergency medical interventions is a necessary component for successful clinical outcomes in the hospital setting. At the moment, most licensed acupuncturists have a hands-off approach to emergency interventions for several reasons. The first and most obvious reason is that there are […]

Chinese Herbal Medicine Worldwide Chinese herbal medicine development is seeing an explosion of investment from corporations worldwide. Not surprisingly, companies like Nestlé and Coca-Cola have poured resources into developing healthy beverages and products using traditional Chinese herbal medicines. Already, Coca-Cola is growing their Asian market sales with an array of herbal beverages containing Bai He, […]

Mental Well-being and Acupuncture One of the most rewarding aspects of being a licensed acupuncturist is to deliver fast clinical results that directly improves the life of the patient. Acupuncture for the treatment of panic attacks is one of the more dramatic treatment protocols because of the immediate impact it has on patients’ lives. Often, […]

Acupuncture Billing & Reimbursement Acupuncture insurance billing procedures are on the move. For an acupuncturist, the key is to follow changes in CPT codes and ICD codes. CPT codes are billing codes and ICD codes are the diagnosis codes. The current list of billing codes under the existing ICD-9 structure will change under the new […]

Dietetics Online Courses The Chinese Medicine (CM) dietetics continuing education series expands this year with four new live webinars. HealthCMi will offer these online courses for acupuncture continuing education credit for all licensed acupuncturists in the USA, Canada and Australia. Acupuncturists earn PDA points for NCCAOM recertification, CEUs for California Acupuncture Board credit, Texas CAEs, […]

East and West Researchers now conclude that acupuncture helps in the recovery from total knee replacement surgery. This underscores the difficulty in pitting east versus west when conceptualizing appropriate treatment protocols. Somehow acupuncture is relegated to an unproven oriental model whereas biomedicine is relegated to a proven occidental model. Does this really make sense? Some […]

Acupuncture and Herbs Ease Transition Acupuncture and herbal medicine have long been used for the treatment of menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, difficulty with sleep and mental restlessness. One of the most interesting phenomena is that the combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine has a multiplicative therapeutic effect. Each […]

Chinese Medicine and Mainstream Medicine Acupuncture has seen its undo share of naysayers. In the face of overwhelming clinical and laboratory studies showing the benefits of acupuncture, skeptics assert that existing research is inconclusive and more research is needed. This is reminiscent of politicians establishing a blue ribbon panel to study a problem to stall […]