by Jennifer Dubowsky | Apr 24, 2011 | Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture and PCOS, Acupuncture Research, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Chinese Medicine and The Menstrual Cycle, Electric Stimulation, Electro-Acupuncture, Fertility, Menstrual Cycle, Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
By Cathy Margolin L.A.c.A recently published study in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism concluded that low frequency electro-acupuncture improved menstrual frequency and balanced sex steroid levels in women with PCOS, polycystic ovarian...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jan 25, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Acupuncture and pain, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Chinese Medicine, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Cupping, Cupping and Chronic Fatigue
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is far more than being tired. It is a frustrating, complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that may worsen with physical or mental activity. Plus it does not improve with rest. People with CFS can get so run down that it...
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 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 | Nov 18, 2010 | Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Herbal Research, Constipation, Healthy Digestion
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, (2 November 2010) just published a study that found a Chinese Herbal Medicine – the hemp seed pill – to be an effective treatment for constipation. Trial 1 determined the optimal dosage of hemp seed pill from among three...
