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Excess weight is not just a cosmetic issue; excess weight impacts your health with increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. While Americans spend billions on weight loss products and programs not many of them see real results.
Acupuncture is an effective means of controlling weight and appetite. Acupuncture releases endorphins which may [...]

Acupuncture balances the bodies energy systems and promotes healing naturally. The body has a recuperative component and when the immune system is functioning properly, it can heal physical and emotional dis-ease. When the energy systems and/or immune system isn’t functioning properly then disease can take hold.
Acupuncture is based on the idea that life-force energy, called [...]

Last night I spent some time with an old friend who told me she has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. At our table was another woman who also had Fibromyalgia. This morning after reading the symptoms, I think my mother may have had it too.
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Fibromyalgia affects two percent of the population. Of those, ninety percent [...]

There are more people living with autoimmune diseases than you can believe. Discovering you have an autoimmune condition for the rest of your life doesn’t have to be a life sentence in dwindling health. With management autoimmune diseases can be controlled or minimized and in some cases sent into remission.
There are more than 80 autoimmune [...]

Recently I was asked what sticking needles in your body could possibly have to do with managing diabetes. That a complex disease such as type 2 diabetes needed medication to control the way the body handles excess sugar in the blood.
Acupuncture is a whole body, natural approach to health. When one of the systems in [...]

Chinese Medical theory investigates the root cause of symptoms that would have your Western Medicine doctor diagnosing allergies and prescribing medication. A Chinese Medical Doctor or Acupuncturist would say allergies are a signal that a meridian and one or more of the twelve Organ Systems of your body are out of balance. Organ Systems have [...]

In 2007 there were reports predicting the rise of PCOS in our country. With diabetes on the rise, it makes sense that more women would have issues like PCOS. Just like there’s a connection between diet and diabetes so too is there a connection between diet and PCOS. In most cases it’s the same issue. [...]

Or Traditional Chinese Medicine vs Western Medicine
What is the difference between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine? Besides the fact that insurance companies routinely pay for Western Medicine and rarely for TCM, there are some differences in philosophy that it would be wise for consumers to pay attention to.
For the most part, Western medicine [...]