Chinese medicine is quite complex and can be difficult for some people to comprehend. This is because TCM is based, at least ...

Dr. Amanda Archuleta is a nationally certified, New Mexico-licensed acupuncturist and board-certified herbalist. She attained her doctorate in acupuncture and oriental medicine from Five Branches ...

Emotions act as a warning sign to the practitioner, indicating what organs may be involved in a patient’s pattern of imbalance. One of my main treatment goals when working with these patients is to ...

Traumatic events that generate stressors in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) will eventually become internalized. In Chinese medicine, if the body is not able to come back to homeostasis after a ...

Feeling the temperature begin to change in the fall, even if ever so slightly in the intensely warm climate of Texas, always reminds me of how the human body is intimately connected to our environment ...

Effective cosmetic acupuncture begins with understanding your patient’s goals and managing their expectations. Understanding your patient’s needs involves listening carefully and setting aside ...

In clinical trials, acupuncture has repeatedly been shown to be effective at treating conditions like low back pain, chronic pain, and migraine. Its herbal medicinals have been shown to have ...

When I was a young student of acupuncture, the channel system I was most intrigued with was the extraordinary vessels. Described as the foundation, I initially wanted to always treat with this channel ...

Characterized by inflammation of the common digital plantar nerve leading to the toes, this condition can cause sharp, burning pain, tingling, or numbness. Acupuncture can reduce pain and inflammation ...

Mariola Strahlberg spent 25 years in the corporate information technology world (Bell Laboratories and Telecom Italia) with its crazy hours, high stress, unhealthy diet, and difficult relationships.

Amanda Azadian is a writer and yoga teacher living in Brooklyn, N.Y., and studying acupuncture at Pacific College of Health and Science. She earned a BS in applied health science with a minor in ...

I have been practicing acupuncture for the past 25 years. This is my second career and I love it. I could retire easily, but I don’t. And why not, you may ask? In the past four years, I moved to ...