Acupuncture Blog

Attending live concerts and events is a thrilling experience that combines the joy of music with the excitement of a crowd. However, amidst the euphoria, it is crucial to protect one’s hearing. Prolonged exposure to high decibel levels can cause irreversible hearing damage or tinnitus. This article explores safe sound levels, what to expect at various venues, and how to protect your ears effectively.

HealthCMi (Healthcare Medicine Institute) new live webinars and distance learning acupuncture continuing education courses for state CEU and NCCAOM PDA acupuncture license renewal credit are now available. Certificates of completion apply to the entire United States plus Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and more. Live acupuncture webinars feature the ease and privacy of the Zoom platform and acupuncture distance learning courses are available anytime, 24

Reopening an acupuncture clinic is a personal decision. Evaluate risks associated with reopening in your area. This includes checking for reports of new coronavirus cases in your local region. When comfortable and the data supports a safe reopening of your clinic, the following steps may be helpful.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine categorization of the seven emotions is the following: grief, melancholy, fear, fright, anger, joy, worry. The are naturally occurring emotions without pathological consequences in many instances. However, abrupt, severe, or chronic occurrences may cause pathophysiological consequences. This excess leads to disruption of qi and blood, directly affecting the five zang (heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney) and six fu (gallbladder, stomach,

Thousand Formulas and Thousand Herbs of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Volume Two: Formulas written by Huang Bingshan, Wang Yuxia, Steven K. H. Aung, and Meng Rui is a helpful and insightful herbal medicine book. Published by Heilongjiang Education Press, this book covers many herbal formulas that have not been translated into English in any other work. The pinyin, English name, and Chinese characters for each

Acupuncture is a useful treatment modality for athletes. The HealthCMi news department covers current research on the topic of specific acupuncture treatments for injury prevention and recovery. News Department > An important focus is to increase athletic performance, stop pain, improve range of motion, and speed recuperation times. In this article, a few acupuncture points are covered that are useful for the treatment of

The time of day correlates to the flow of qi through the twelve major meridians and their respective internal organs. The following is the cycle of qi through the channels: Lung Hand-Taiyin Large Intestine Hand-Yangming Stomach Foot Yangming Spleen Foot-Taiyin Heart Hand-Shaoyin Small Intestine Hand-Taiyang Bladder Foot-Taiyang Kidney Foot-Shaoyin Pericardium Hand-Jueyin Triple Burner Hand-Shaoyang Gallbladder Foot-Shaoyang Liver Foot-Jueyin Once the cycle is complete, it

Distance Learning Acupuncture continuing education credit at HealthCMi is valid for state CEUs, NCCAOM PDAs, and many other pre-approved certificates. This covers the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and more. There are also several specialty certifications including ABORM, California nurses, and veterinary medicine. Check our license renewal web page to learn more. HealthCMi acupuncture continuing education online courses cover a wide variety of

The new ICD-10 acupuncture insurance billing diagnosis codes are mandatory beginning October 2015. This system is very different from the old ICD-9 diagnosis codes. Today, let’s go over some simple ways to convert to the new acupuncture insurance billing diagnosis codes. Learn special details in the HealthCMi acupuncture continuing education course entitled Acupuncture Billing #1. A quick background is helpful. The ICD-10 was developed

Acupuncture Practice Management We covered acupuncture CPT billing codes and ICD-9 & ICD-10 diagnosis codes in our prior blog article on acupuncture insurance billing. To learn more about day-to-day acupuncturist insurance billing issues, visit the Acupuncture Billing blog page. Today, we’ll take a look at a few other issues that impact the career of a licensed acupuncturist including special billing requirements, practice management, community