23 Dec

Acupuncture and herbs for loss of pigment Vitiligo in DC,VA and MD

Acupuncture can produce very satisfactory results in vitiligo, when loss of color is limited to one or two patches. Treatment is prolonged one but response is there. However in extensive or advanced stage, acupuncture treatment becomes less satisfactory. Herbs treatment therefore, can provide more system treatment for vitiligo based on the Qi blood deficiency and […]

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21 Dec

Too Much of Processed Meat May Worsen Your Asthma

Too Much of Processed Meat May Worsen Your Asthma Here is finding in today’s google health section: “Cured and processed meat is rich in nitrites, which may have a role in airway inflammation — a typical feature of asthma, the study said. The findings showed that individuals who consumed four or more weekly servings of […]

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14 Dec

What was the acupuncture and TCM like in 2000 years ago

Chinese Medicine can be traced back thousands years ago. In the old time, the term “Zhen” is not quite like the current acupuncture needle. They are more types and can be used in more complicated medical applications even in the area of miniature surgery. Current acupuncturists normally do not practice the instruments “Nine needles” documented […]

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07 Dec

Acupuncture treats involuntarily twist dystonia

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder in which a person’s muscles contract uncontrollably. The contraction, with time varied or constant, causes the affected body part to twist involuntarily, resulting in repetitive movements or abnormal postures or locked-up. Dystonia may affect one muscle, a muscle group, or sometimes the entire body. Dystonia can affect different body […]

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07 Dec

Acupuncture treats knee pain

Many people especially athletes experience knee injuries, particularly to the knee ligaments. Everyone are familiar with the acronym ACL, which stands for anterior cruciate ligament. ACL tears can be caused by rapidly twisting or changing directions; landing from a jump or suddenly slow down. Injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) are usually caused by […]

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06 Dec

Acupuncture treats stiff elbow and frozen elbow

Reduced  range of elbow motion can make it difficult to perform even simple tasks. With a stiff elbow, it is difficult to bend or straighten your elbow, turn your palm up (to wash your face), comb hair or turn the palm down. It was said that stiff elbow is caused by inflammation and arthritis.  Sometimes it […]

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04 Dec

Acupuncture helps frozen shoulder

Some of medical publications describe frozen shoulder is commonly caused by inflammation of synovial tissue or thickening of synovial fluid or frozen shoulder occurs mainly in middle-aged people who have a history of shoulder injuries. However, in my practice, frozen shoulder are caused by not use of shoulder joints due to various reasons. Some patients had […]

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04 Dec

acupuncture treats achilles tendinitis

First, heel pain can be plantar fasciitis (bottom of the heel) and Achilles tendinitis (back of the heel). Achilles tendinitis is not as often to happen on people as plantar fasciitis. It is an overuse injury of the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to […]

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04 Dec

Differentiate PLANTAR FASCIITIS from Achilles Tendonitis

Problem in your plantar can never be in your mind or you be minded. But when it happens to you, it can be so painful, bothered and seems never to go away. If your first few steps every morning cause the kind of pain that reminds you the pain that makes you so vulnerable, then […]

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02 Dec

Chinese medicine treats Behcet’s disease

Behcet’s disease is a disease which has oral, eye, genital lesions as the major symptoms, also known as “mouth, eye, genital mucosa ulcerations triad.” or painful oral mucocutaneous ulcerations, Inflammatory eye disease and Inflammatory eye disease.  The disease often involves conditions in the joints, large blood vessels, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal and central nervous system, and even […]

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