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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02 Dec

acupuncture treats tennis elbow

Tennis elbow (known to doctors as lateral epicondylitis) occurs when tendons in the elbow joint become inflamed due to overuse of any kind.The recurring pain can radiate down the forearm, making it difficult to extend the arm. It also causes twinges when lifting or grasping even lightweight objects. Acupuncture has been long treating tennis elbow. […]

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01 Dec

Acupuncture and herbs treat ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), that cause long-lasting inflammation and ulcers (sores) in the digestive tract. Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of large intestine (colon) and rectum. Ulcerative colitis can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to other intestinal disorders and to another type of IBD called Crohn’s […]

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28 Nov

Acupuncture is alternative for smoking cessation or quit smoking

Acupuncture has been long used to help additive cessation. In the early 1970’s, there was a Hong Kong doctor who first started using articular acupuncture in helping smoke cessation. Since then, Body and auricular acupuncture have been popularly used in USA for smoke cessation. According to a research published on ncbi.nlm.nih.gov in 2015,  an observational […]

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28 Nov

acupuncture helps facelift and Facial Rejuvenation beauty

Now a day, people goes with facelift and facial rejuvenation can easily spend five thousand dollars every six months. One of my patient told me that her husband who is an anesthetist can make much more money in beauty clinic than hospital. Therefore, facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture / Acupuncture facelift is becoming a more popular, non-surgical […]

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21 Nov

Hashimoto’s disease leads to hypothyroidism

Hashimoto’s disease is a disorder in which an individual’s immune system attacks his/her thyroid,  causing inflammation of the gland. This can turn into hypothyroidism and affect the thyroid’s ability to produce hormones needed for metabolism, growth and many other functions vital to the body. Typically goiter, a swollen lump that develops at the front of […]

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17 Nov

Dry Needling in Washington DC

Acupuncturist has been using trigger points since 2000 years ago. And there are research done 50 years ago in regarding to the dry needling in China. So the new inclusion of dry needling into DC PT practice is totally market driven as acupuncture has been proven effective treating pain in the past 20 years in […]

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31 Oct

Chinese Medicine Q & A

How Does It Work? Practitioners of TCM seek to promote or restore health by diagnosing and treating “disharmonies” or imbalances in the qi, the natural vital energy of the body.  A typical TCM evaluation will include three components: Yin & Yang: The practitioner first assesses the balance between yin and yang–complementary but opposing qualities that […]

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