Astragalus May be a New Powerful Herb in the Fight Against HIV

Astragalus May be a New Powerful Herb in the Fight Against HIV

This post is in honor of World AIDS DayAstragalus is an herb that is well known to practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I often suggest it to my patients to boost immunity and for respiratory problems. Now, an exciting new UCLA study has found that a...
Acupuncture Used to Help Children With Cancer

Acupuncture Used to Help Children With Cancer

Finding Ways to Help Children With Cancer From The New York TimesBy TINA KELLEYPublished: November 20, 2008 For the past year, Alexa Weitzman, 29, has worked as a research coordinator, licensed acupuncturist and chef at the Integrative Therapies Program for Children...
Studies Find Acupuncture Cuts Post-Surgical Pain

Studies Find Acupuncture Cuts Post-Surgical Pain

Last week I posted Acupuncture Helps Ease Post-Surgical Ills about a recent study done by Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina which found that Acupuncture, may actually work better than drugs. And patients were happier with the treatment. Here are some...
Acupuncture and Depression: An Old Answer to an Old Problem

Acupuncture and Depression: An Old Answer to an Old Problem

By Jennifer Dubowsky L.A.c.Depressive disorders affect almost 19 million Americans, or 9.5% of the population in any given one-year period and are estimated to cost the workplace over 40 billion dollars . At some point in their lives, 10%-25% of women and 5%-12% of...
Acupuncture Helps Ease Post-Surgical Ills

Acupuncture Helps Ease Post-Surgical Ills

From International The NewsFriday, September 26, 2008 Acupuncture, already shown to help ease the nausea patients often suffer after having surgery, may actually work better than drugs, U.S. researchers reported. And patients were happier with the treatment, the team...
Neck Pain Reduced by Acupuncture

Neck Pain Reduced by Acupuncture

This article is from acufinder.comBy: Sam GainesA Norwegian study published in the June 2004 issue of Pain found that people who received acupuncture reported less pain three years later than people with similar pain who received a “dummy” treatment. Researchers at...