Maintain Your Health with Ginger

Ginger is a common recommendation in my clinic. Ginger is wonderful for digestive disorders and it is anti-inflammatory. Below is a very informative article, from Natural News.com, on the many benefits of ginger, it's history and use in Chinese herbal medicine.by: Adrian Baume L.Ac., citizen journalistJuly 25, 2009Ginger has been cultivated and taken as a medicinal by numerous cultures for

Chinese Herbs Provide Relief Following Surgery For Endometriosis

British researchers have concluded that Chinese herbs may provide more relief than drugs following laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. In a review of Chinese research studies, some of which had to be discarded because of poor methodology, women had comparable benefits fewer adverse effects if they treated by Chinese herbal medicine.Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder affecting as many

The Chinese Medicine View Of The Menstrual Cycle

Women generally learn to be aware of the emotional, physical and hormonal ups and downs of their menstrual cycles. In addition to knowledge of your own body, I thought that you would find it interesting to know that Chinese medicine describes 4 universal stages of the menstrual cycle.The 4 stages include:Stage 1 - Chinese medicine considers the actual bleeding period as stage 1. These days

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Attention Chicago Marathon Runners

4 reasons why acupuncture is an essential aspect of successful training1. Acupuncture helps keep you in top form, healthy, high energy and pain free! It boosts your energy when you are awake and helps you sleep at night.2. Acupuncture can help reduce inflammation and relax muscle tension.3. Acupuncture helps injuries to heal faster so you do not miss training time.4. Acupuncture reduces and

Acupuncture and PCOS

PCOS seems to be one of the culprits of infertility these days, not to mention a major risk factor for other serious diseases including insulin resistance, heart disease, and obesity. Even with all of the big time fertility drugs out there, many women put their bodies through a lot of hormonal fluctuations only to wind up getting IVF. Often twice. A small pilot study shows acupuncture and exercise are promising for decreasing the sympathetic nerve activity which is a hallmark of PCOS.

Acupuncture and exercise may bring some relief to the one in 10 women of childbearing age who suffer from a common endocrine disease called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Women with the condition have elevated levels of androgen hormones—including testosterone—and often develop ovarian cysts, irregular menstrual cycles and infertility. A key feature of the disease is an increase in the high muscle sympathetic nerve activity. This regular constricting of blood vessels, which normally occurs during the body's fight or flight response to danger, can increase a woman's chances of developing diabetes and high blood pressure or having a heart attack or stroke.

"The findings that low-frequency electro-acupuncture and exercise decrease sympathetic nerve activity in women with PCOS indicates a possible alternative non-pharmacologic approach to reduce cardiovascular risk in these patients," researcher Elisabet Stener-Victorin of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, said in a news release

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Acupuncture At Sea?

Some days are made for fantasizing... I just read this article in the Examiner about new innovations on Celebrity cruise lines. They now offer Chinese Medicine on their ships, perhaps I should become an acupuncturist of the high seas? What do you think? Here is an excerpt from the article."Celebrity is the first cruise line to offer acupuncture at sea with two to four doctors of oriental

Lao Tzu On Letting Go

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”

Famous Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (Lao Zi) was the author of the Tao Te Ching, the main text of Taoist thought. He is considered the father of Chinese Taoism. To read more about the Tao click here , to read more quotes by Lao Tzu click here

Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

More on Acupuncture and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome From: Acufinder.comBy: Diane Joswick, L.Ac., MSOMCarpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common job-related injuries and is responsible for the highest number of days lost among all work related injuries. It is the reason for over two million visits to physicians' offices and approximately 465,000 carpal tunnel release operations each year,

Study Shows that Acupuncture Effective in Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome is common especially among people who spend a lot of time on the computer. I've had several patients come in over the years complaining of persistent wrist pain. As with other types of pain acupuncture is often a great solution. So I was happy to read about this recent study on the web site Acufinder.com.By: Diane Joswick, L.Ac., MSOMAcupuncture is as effective as the

Fire and the Season of Summer!

By David Tucker from the zen of healing blogFire and the Season of Summer! The summer season is upon us. For the year, it is our most Yang time of year. And the sun is reaching out to love, connect, and warm all of that which grows in Nature. The same is true on an interpersonal level. The emotion connected to the Fire Element is Joy and the sound is Laughter. So the take-home

Acupuncture Provides Relief For Headaches

Headaches are a very common ailment in my clinic. Using acupuncture, I've been able to provide patients with tremendous relief. This article from the web site myOptumHealth.com provides a good explanation of acupuncture's effectiveness so I thought that many of you would like to read it.Needling Away Your Headaches With Acupuncture Suffering from chronic headaches? Studies show that this

Lucy Liu Includes Acupuncture Among Her Beauty Secrets

This is an excerpt from an interview Lucy Liu gave to InStyle.com in 2007You sound very low maintenance. Do you have any beauty indulgences? I splurge on acupuncture. It's preventative medicine: You go in once a month, and you get a little checkup so you're regulated. It keeps you healthy. My parents used to get acupuncture. It has been a part of my culture and my life for a long time, and it

Jing is On Twitter!

I decided twitter was more fun than Facebook, so feel free "Tweet" me.

The 2-D communication is starting to get out of hand though.  One of my clients believes we are going to completely loose the ability to communicate with each other in person and that we all need to get Miss Manners to re-write the rules of etiquette. 

News updates lately have been more of the same. Acupuncture is still good for back pain, chemo side effects, your pets, and combined with exercise for PCOS. I have been reading several "show me the proof" blogs from a lot of folks who have never tried acupuncture and would decry the existence of DNA if they could go back 60 years. In the meantime acupuncturists are trying to lobby for inclusion in national healthcare coverage which should make my practice quite interesting should it go through. As I am up to my neck in my practice, teaching, and preceptorship I am out of time for organizational activity.  

I just know some good research will be up any day now!

Gan Cao (Licorice Root) Offers Protection Against Breast and Skin Cancer

Several interesting articles about two types of cancer and Gan Cao, a commonly used herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine, have come out recently. Gan Cao is also known as licorice root.The Detroit Alternative Medical Examiner reported that licorice has potential for preventing breast cancer. Gan Cao can be effective against breast cancer cells but, when taking the herb, it is important to also

Acupuncture Provides Improvement to Women with PCOS

According to a new study, women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) can benefit from exercise and electro-acupuncture treatments because these treatments reduce sympathetic nerve activity. This finding is significant because elevated sympathetic nerve activity plays a role in hyperinsulinemia (a condition in which there are excess levels of circulating insulin in the blood), insulin

Honor Flight Network

Honor Flight is an organization dedicated to helping every single veteran in America, willing and able to get on a plane or a bus, visit THEIR memorial. Since America felt it was important to build a memorial to the service and the ultimate sacrifice of her veterans, the Honor Flight Network believes it's equally important that they actually get to visit and experience their memorial.

 

Honor Flight will continue do whatever it takes to fulfill the dreams of our veterans and, very importantly, our senior heroes travel absolutely free. With the continued support of grateful Americans, by the end of the 2009 flying season in November, HFN will have transported more than 42,165 veterans of World War II, Korea and Viet Nam to see the memorials built to honor their suffering and sacrifice to keep this great nation free. Check out their website at http://honorflight.org and the Bluegrass chapter at http://honorflightbluegrass.org

 

In celebration of Independence Day, Jing Acupuncture will donate 10% of all July sales to the Honor Flight Network. We are generally open by appointment only, but you can visit anytime during the day on Mondays and Thurdays. Whether you are interested in acupuncture, herbal therapy, or health gifts including herbal teas, books, or pain relieving liniments, stop in and get healthy while giving back!

Summer and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Summer is the time of year that is most yang. High yang means heat, maximum activity, and moving outward with our lives and into nature.In TCM, the element associated with summer is fire which includes: the color red, the emotion of joy, bitter tasting foods, and the body organs of heart and small intestine and it relates to the tongue. When the fire element is in balance, your heart is strong

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Obama Positive Toward Acupuncture

This article is from Acupuncture TodayJuly, 2009, Vol. 10, Issue 07By Editorial StaffDuring a recent Q&A session of a Presidential Town Hall meeting in St. Louis, one licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist in Florissant, Mo., got to ask President Barack Obama what must certainly be one of the most important questions in the minds of all alternative health practitioners.Q: I'm a licensed