by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 12, 2013 | Acupuncture History, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, China, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine History, I Ching, Lao Tzu, Lao Zi, The Tao
I just read this very interesting article in the New York Times. About 2,500 muddy bamboo strips were given to the Tsinghua University in Beijing for study by Li Xueqin, a historian and paleographer at the university. After painstakingly cleaning the strips for 3...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 10, 2013 | Acupuncture, Adventures in Chinese Medicine, Being Grateful, Chinese Medicine, DeeDee Trotter, Dr. Linda Edelstein, Happiness, Health
I am deeply grateful to the many people who have been supportive of my new book ‘Adventures in Chinese Medicine’. Of course this includes my family, dear friends and colleagues. However I was surprised and touched by the enthusiasm of my numerous...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 25, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Athletes, Acupuncture and The Olympics, Adventures in Chinese Medicine, Books, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Athletes, DeeDee Trotter, Olympics, tcm007
A few weeks ago I was truly thrilled and touched to see this photo of Olympic bronze medal winner Dee Dee Trotter with MY BOOK! DeeDee posted it to instagram and twitter and she sent me a kind message saying the book was “awesome”!I first wrote about...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 20, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) has proved beneficial in so many ways and, here is another. Researchers were able to watch the brain respond to real and sham acupuncture. Investigators compared two acupuncture points on the foot with a nearby sham acupuncture point...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 17, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and pain, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine, Pain Relief
Last year JAMA (Formerly the Archives of Internal Medicine) reported on a huge meta-analysis of acupuncture studies. This review was led by Andrew Vickers. Ph.D., a researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The researchers looked at data from...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 14, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Celebrities, Acupuncture and IVF, Celebrities and Acupuncture, Celebrities and Cupping, Chinese Medicine, Cupping, Ear Seeds, Jennifer Aniston
1) Jennifer Aniston – Has made many headlines, and a couple of them have involved Chinese Medicine. She is reportedly a fan of both acupuncture and cupping. 2) Matt Damon – A few years back, after Matt was spotted with ear needles, his rep admitted that,...
