by Jennifer Dubowsky | Aug 8, 2011 | China, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Foods
“A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down…” Oh, Mary Poppins, you are sooo yesterday! The Chinese have something much better and certainly healthier. The China Daily has a story about a restaurant that adds herbs to food in order...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Aug 3, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and pain, Acupuncture and The Military, Chinese Medicine, Pain Relief, Veterans
I’ve previously written about the Army’s increased willingness to use acupuncture as a treatment for medical conditions. Here is more good news: army doctors are now considering acupuncture, as well as other holistic treatments, for pain management. ...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 31, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Headaches, Acupuncture and Migraines, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture increases blood flow to the brain without raising arterial blood pressure or pulse rate. A new study, recently published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine reports that using acupuncture to increase blood flow to the brain...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 25, 2011 | Acupuncture and Arthritis, Acupuncture and Autoimmune Disease, Acupuncture and pain, Arthritis, Chinese Medicine, Cupping For Pain Relief, Pain Relief, Rheumatoid Arthritis
By: Diane Joswick, L.Ac., MSOMFrom: Acufinder.com Autoimmune diseases are a group of disorders in which the immune system attacks the body and destroys or alters tissues. There are more than eighty serious chronic illnesses in this category including rheumatoid...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 22, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Depression, Acupuncture and Stress, Chinese Medicine, Depression, Mental Health, Stress Relief
Let me introduce you to a great blogger who writes very helpful posts. Lynn Jaffee is a licensed acupuncturist and author. I have followed many of her posts on Acupuncture Health Insights. I am in strong agreement with many of her explanations and ways of thinking...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 20, 2011 | Chinese Medicine, Cupping, Cupping For Pain Relief, Health
As many of you know, cupping is an effective treatment commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Cupping involves placing sterile cups (they often look like a glass jelly jar) on the appropriate areas of your skin and suctioning out the air to create a vacuum....
