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Don’t Fear the Needle

When people get acupuncture for the first time, they will often admit to being nervous about the needles.  Which isn’t surprising, they’re probably imagining a hypodermic or a sewing needle, when in actual fact, an acupuncture needle is…
Person lays in bed wide awake, counting the hours until morning

Get Poked; Sleep Better.

It seems that folks these days are pretty sleep deprived.   So many of our patients here at Stillpoint spend their nights tossing and turning.  It wouldn’t be such a big deal if these people were napping to make up for the lost hours of…
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?