by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 28, 2010 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Lazy Eye, Acupuncture Research, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Children's Health, Chinese Medicine, Health
The December issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology published a small Chinese study that found acupuncture worked better than an eye patch in older kids with lazy eye. Below are some excerpts from an article about the study, written by Alan Mozes for HealthDay. ~...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 26, 2010 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Celebrities, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture Research, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Celebrities and Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Health
1. Flowers Used In Chinese Herbal MedicineLong before western pharmaceutical drugs, flowers were used as herbal remedies and recorded use goes back to 500 AD. Chinese medicine for example has used flowers in herbal remedies to heal a huge variety of afflictions. Here...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 21, 2010 | Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Guest Bloggers, Water Element, Winter, Yin and Yang
It is so cold here in Chicago, I am ready to move the Caribbean. A few years ago I was on vacation in Belize and spied an acupuncture office right of the beach. Maybe I should check back and see if the acupuncturist I met there needs a partner? Very tempting right now...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 13, 2010 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and pain, Acupuncture Research, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Chinese Medicine, Health
The most common question asked about acupuncture is, “How does it work?” A close second is, “Is it all in your head (is it a placebo effect?)” A new study gets close to answering those questions. Researchers at the University Hospital in Essen, Germany, and their...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 9, 2010 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine, Health
That is the title of an article from Time Magazine. They say, “the National Institutes of Health last week assembled a panel of experts… After three days of analyzing studies and interrogating practitioners, the panel was unexpectedly upbeat. ‘It’s time to take...
