an acupuncturist puts a needle into a patients ankle

I’ve tried acupuncture and it doesn’t work

I can't tell you how often I have had this conversation, once someone finds out I'm an acupunk: "Yeah, I've tried acupuncture." (Non-committal look.) Me: "Oh yeah? How did you find it?" Them: "It didn't really work for me. I don't think…

Mind-Body Medicine

Mind-body medicine.  This is often a term used for any form of treatment that isn't pharmaceutical or nutritional in nature.  It's also a term that really rubs me the wrong way, especially when it's applied to acupuncture. The thing about…

Walk (another) Three Miles

Today I'd like to introduce you to one of my favorite acupoints:  ZuSanLi.  This point is part of the Stomach meridian system, and is also denoted by the code ST 36. ZuSanLi translates into English as "Walk Three Miles" and when I learned…

Acupuncture: Placebo?

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Is Acupuncture Safe?

A recent A-Channel Segment (see below) talked about a study done in Hong Kong regarding the safety of acupuncture. The study claims that acupuncture is a vehicle for AIDS, Hepatitis, and as Arlo Guthrie would say, "all kinds of mean and nasty…
close up of the acupuncturist treating someones ankle

Does acupuncture work?

Several people relaxing after receiving acupuncture. Acupuncturist removes needles from a patient in the foreground
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Benefits of Acupuncture

Here is a quick run down of some of the syndromes and disorders acupuncture can  benefit.  Acupuncture is commonly known to treat pain and injury of all types: back injury, tennis elbow, migraines, sports injuries, knee pain and the like. …

18 Things that hurt more than Acupuncture

So, do you think acupuncture hurts? Here is a list of 18 Things That Hurt MORE Than Acupuncture: biting your tongue a mosquito bite a hypodermic needle injection stubbing your toe a paper cut going through "security" at…
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Bill C-51

Here is an article I wrote that appeared in the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine's online publication, Qi - Unity Report Canadian Health Regulations Act Bill C-51 - is TCM at risk? By Jean-Paul Thuot, RAc Bill…