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TEAM Dietary and Herbal Therapies for Cancer Patients
Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) provides significant support for cancer patients undergoing aggressive treatments like chemotherapy and radiation. A 2025 retros...
Should You Be Changing Your Fees This Year?
The landscape for acupuncture reimbursement is shifting significantly, with 2026 Medicare Relative Value Units (RVUs) seeing notable increases. This article highlights...
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S. (Pt. 6)
The 2020 U.S. Acupuncture Profession Planning Project provides a critical snapshot of the current acupuncture workforce, revealing a mature and stable profession. Data...
Why Acupuncture Students Should Be Familiar With Acupuncture Research
Research literacy is becoming a cornerstone of modern acupuncture education, yet students often face a decline in research interest as they progress through their prog...
The Laser Learning Curve for Light-Based Fertility Treatments
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), or photobiomodulation, is gaining popularity in fertility care for its ability to reduce inflammation and stimulate mitochondrial activ...
Transformational Work With Anxiety (Pt. 3): Hypervigilance
Hypervigilance is a chronic stress pattern, often rooted in past trauma, where the body remains in a habitual state of anxiety and alertness even when safe. This const...
Open the Orifices: Point Combinations for Allergy Presentations
Managing seasonal and chronic allergies requires addressing complex underlying patterns like Liver/Spleen disharmony and phlegm rather than just surface wind symptoms....
Face Diagnosis: The Face as Microcosm
In Chinese medicine, the face serves as a microcosm of a person’s internal health, governed by the principle of biao li—the idea that the exterior manifests the interi...
Functional Nutrition's HIDDEN Message
Functional nutrition offers a framework to decode complex, chronic conditions like long-COVID and Lyme disease by viewing the body as an interconnected web. The HIDDEN...
Bridging Paradigms: Integrating Acupuncture With Western Medicine
Dr. Hua Bing Wen, an experienced practitioner and educator, advocates for the strategic integration of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) into modern healthcare throug...
Protecting Your Practice in 2026
As healthcare technology evolves, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is increasing its scrutiny of how acupuncturists use digital tools on their websites. A major conce...
Integrating Intermittent Fasting Therapy Into Acupuncture Practice: A Clinical Perspective
Acupuncturists often encounter "non-responders" whose progress plateaus due to systemic inflammation and metabolic dysregulation, which can blunt the body's responsive...
Four Things No One Told Me About Successful Acupuncture
Success in acupuncture practice requires more than just clinical skill; it demands honesty, business savvy, and self-preservation. Author Dr. Ann Kirby reflects on a d...
From Needle to Knife
This narrative explores a unique metamorphosis from a licensed acupuncturist to a colon and rectal surgeon, using the Large Intestine (LI) meridian as a powerful metap...
Acupuncture Isn't the Whole of TCM: Why Titles and Training Matter
Modernizing the acupuncture profession involves adopting a shared language of titles and training standards to ensure integration with global health systems. While the...
Protect the Delicate: Five Patent Medicines for the Lung Organ
In Chinese medicine, the lung is considered the "delicate organ," governed by a wide conceptual field that includes the skin and the body's overall qi. During cold win...
Acupuncture and Moxibustion for IBS-D
New research into Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) highlights the critical role of gut microbiota in both the development and recovery of the cond...
Transformational Work With Anxiety (Pt. 2): Changing the Inner Story
Anxiety often manifests as a persistent "inner story" with predictable somatic repercussions rooted in childhood coping strategies. Because these patterns are repeatab...
Asian Medical Bodywork Opens Another Door to The Profession
The Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine (SIEAM) is launching a new Certificate in Asian Medical Bodywork (CAMB) program in May 2026, offering a fresh entry point ...
The Metal Element’s Relationship to Mercury – and Associated Use of Herbs
This article explores the profound functional and symbolic links between the Metal element, the planet Mercury, and the mineral mercury. Both Mercury and Metal govern ...