Please Help Us Make Acupuncture Available To More People !!!!

The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM) is working hard to get acupuncture included in the Affordable Care Act as an Essential Health Benefit.

This means that acupuncture would be covered by the Affordable Care Act, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in March 2010.  The goal of the Act was to get patients better access to care,

Even President's Love Acupuncture !

The Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva "told a reporter with the newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo that he had no doubts about the effectiveness of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) after his Chinese doctor "cured his arthritis of the shoulder with some tiny needles". He even takes along his Chinese doctor on his overseas visits." I love it ! He's got my vote ! 

Now if only

Anger and The Element of Wood

Angry?We all get angry sometimes, right? I certainly can get furious and I'm sure many of you have plenty of angry moments. It hurts to feel angry and it is often treated as an unacceptable emotion. But, Traditional Chinese Medicine has a different view of anger.Classical Five Element Chinese Medicine theory says that each of each of the five elements has a particular emotion related to it. The

The Element of Wood and President Obama 1 Year Later

We just marked the 1 year anniversary of President Obama's Inauguration, so everyone has been reviewing his performance during this time. It seems fitting to share a post that was written by a fellow TCM blogger (Chinese Medicine Notes) in Israel when Obama won. The post is 1 year old - see if you think that it was accurate. Yael analyzes our President by using the theory of the five Chinese

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

Chinese Face Reading – President Barack Obama

Chinese Physiognomy, commonly known as Face Reading, has a 3,000 year history. It has been used to help practitioners of Chinese Medicine to diagnose their patients’ imbalances. Today, many people use Face Reading to learn more about themselves and others.
First, let’s look at President Obama’s entire face. It is a very well balanced face; his features are matched and no single feature is