6 Alternative Treatments to Help with Arthritis
Exercise For those with arthritis, exercise, no matter how little you do, is one of the best natural treatments. For those with severe arthritis, even the smallest amount of walking can make a difference. Swimming is one of the best forms of exercise for those with...
How Acupuncture Can Help With Arthritis
How acupuncture helps Acupuncture treats the patient by addressing the whole body. When the body is out of balance, pain and illness can arise. Acupuncture works by returning the body back to its natural balance and energy flow to eliminate pain and to improve overall...
How the NADA protocol helps treat addiction
NADA, which stands for the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association, was established in 1985 to promote the NADA protocol acupuncture treatment for addiction. The non-profit organization promotes advocacy and the use of a non-verbal, pharmaceutical free...
Acupuncture for Immune Deficiency
There are more than 80 chronic illnesses that are immune related including rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, thyroid disease, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, and celiac disease. Autoimmune diseases result when the immune system mistakenly attacks its own...
Read moreFrom a Chinese Medicine perspective, now is the best time to eat watermelon. In the most yang part of the year, summer, melon is most yin and helps your body maintain an appropriate temperature. Proper nutrition and self care are the best form of preventative medicine.
Watermelon…I just cut into the best of the season!
Watermelon is so delicious. From a Chinese Medicine perspective, now is the best time to eat watermelon. In the most yang part of the year, summer, melon is most yin and helps your body maintain an appropriate temperature. Proper nutrition and self care are the best...
Tailbone Injury – How Your Headache Could’ve Started as a Pain in the…
Have you been suffering with little relief? It could be due to a tailbone injury (coccydynia). Often, these injuries are old sometimes stemming from childhood – we have forgotten about them– and they could be the literal root cause of your painful symptoms. Neck Pain...
First Aid for Spider Bites
Keep Calm and Follow These Tips In my experience, spider bites are painless on occurrence followed by red, painful swelling at the site of injury. Before I became an acupuncturist, I assumed the mark was a mosquito bite until it persisted for more than a week with a...
Low back pain relief.
Do you or someone you know suffer from back pain? It’s not surprising because about 75 to 85 percent of Americans experience some form of back pain. Back pain can be sudden, sharp, debilitating pain or constant, nagging, debilitating pain. Either way, it can affect...
Weekly yoga class provides similar lower back pain relief as twice weekly classes for low-income patients
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found that a weekly yoga class provided similar ...read more Source: ACU News
Mixed results for acupuncture in improving IVF rates
Acupuncture, when used as a complementary or adjuvant therapy for in vitro fertilization (IVF), may be beneficial depending on the ...read more Source: ACU News
Revised CPG on treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee addresses two key changes
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently released its revised clinical practice guideline on the treatment of osteoarthritis of the ...read more Source: ACU News
Often Misdiagnosed: Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis commonly a diagnosis without a clear path to pain relief in traditional channels. However, acupuncture is very effective at treating this Plantar Fasciitis. It is more often caused by other factors, leading to a misdiagnosis of arch and heel pain....
Research highlights benefits of vitamin D, diet changes in patients with Crohn’s disease
Research presented at Digestive Disease Week explores new methods for managing digestive health through diet and lifestyle. ...read more Source: ACU News
Advances in lung cancer treatment have major impact on short- and long-term outcomes
The American College of Chest Physicians third edition of evidence-based lung cancer guidelines, Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ...read more Source: ACU News
Cold/Flu Prevention in Asheville
Here in Asheville it's cold and flu season. During Autumn, we are returning to school, work, and gearing up for the holiday season. According to the laws of nature, it is a time to reduce activity and turn inward to bolster our bodies protective systems from cold,...