Thanks for Making Us a Top Blog!

Wow - Acupuncture News was just voted brilliant! Here is part of the e-mail I received with links to other genius blogs like this one

Congratulations! Acupuncture News, was determined to be one of the best blogs to exude overall brilliance. And so, it has received our 2010 Top 40 Acupuncture Blogs award presented by Medical Billing and Coding!

You can see your name amongst our winners here at:
www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/top_acupuncture/#Acupuncture_News

Winners were chosen through a scoring system that included internet nominations, which came from your reader base!

And yes, I realize this is largely to get people to click on the link to the medical billing and coding site. Crafty, isn't it?!

Cupping Is A Popular Trend In Hollywood

Cupping fans continue to pop up all over Hollywood. Gwyneth Paltrow , Victoria Beckham and now Denise Richards have all shown off their tell tale marks. Last month the U.K. paper The Daily Mail published photos of Denise in Malibu, wearing a strapless maxi dress and cupping marks on her back. She gave the camera a big smile and I'm sure that is because she felt so refreshed after undergoing the

Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice......

Cinnamon, Gui Zhi, is one of the oldest spices around and it is mentioned frequently in the Bible as an ingredient for making holy anointed oil. even earlier, cinnamon received much attention in China. It is mentioned in one of the earliest books (approximately 2,700 B.C.) about Chinese botanical medicine.

Today, the cinnamon twig is one of the most important circulatory herbs in Chinese

"Water With No Ice, Please"

For years, I have recommended drinking plenty of water - but "no ice".  I always do this, strongly advise my patients to do the same and have successfully converted my family. Whenever we are eating out, we all look up at the waiter and ask, "Water With No Ice, Please."  I'm surprised that many people are still unaware of the benefits so, when I came across this article published on the

A Fabulous Fungus ~ Cordyceps

Last month I wrote about a heist in Vancouver, Canada of a Chinese Herbal store. One of the expensive items stolen was the well known Chinese cure all cordyceps. Many of you may ask what is so special about this fungus ? Well here is Cathy with an answer for you.
From pacherbsBy Cathy Margolin L.A.c.

Shopping at a farmers market is always a favorite activity of mine, checking out the best

“Old age ain’t for sissies.” - Bette Davis 

Ancient Chinese Medicine May Help Chemotherapy Patients

Yale University and a company called PhytoCeutica, Inc.,  recently published a study that has great potential for people who are undergoing chemotherapy. The researcher made a drug from boiling peony root, licorice root, red dates and skullcap root, all Traditional Chinese Medicine remedies that help the gastro-intestinal tract, especially when you are suffering from diarrhea, nausea and vomiting