Here’s a summary of an article using acupuncture to treat sciatica. The results of the aforementioned research indicate that acupuncture is an effective treatment modality for sciatic nerve impairment. Researchers demonstrate that acupuncture improves motor function and conduction velocity of the sciatic nerve while inhibiting nerve cell death by regulating pathways responsible for providing neuroprotective effects. Check it out here. https://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1916-acupuncture-sciatic-nerve-neuroprotective-mechanism-found

Here is a great paper on acupuncture versus dry needling. This is written by the ASA our national society for acupuncture. http://www.asacu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ASA-Acupuncture-and-Dry-Needling-Myth-Versus-Fact-2018.pdf

This is an amazing story of how acupuncture is helping children. Watch, share, and get the word out. Acupuncture works!! https://acunow.org/getting-to-the-point/

Allergy season is here. Did you know that acupuncture can help relieve symptoms? It can and it will help you get through the season.

I have long believed that antibiotics are being overprescribed and I always urge my patients to research which medications they are taking. If you ever have questions about any of your medications please talk to your pharmacist, doctor, or at the least search online. My patients are always welcome to ask me about the medications that they are taking. Here’s a cautionary tale about one persons experience with a prescribed medication. https://mountainsandmustardseedssite.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/this-antibiotic-will-ruin-you/

Acupuncture is often looked at as placebo reserved for Patchouli drenched hippies suffering from backaches as a result of too many hours in a sweat lodge. Maybe I’m exaggerating, but sometimes I feel like people are hearing me confess to subscribing to a cult mindset when I tell them that I’m a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. The good news is there are new scientific studies coming out all the time that are proving the efficacy of Acupuncture. Most importantly these studies are following sound scientific procedures and monitored clinical trials including placebo acupuncture as a control. Here is a link to an article from Harvard about one of these great studies discussing how acupuncture is a viable and effective treatment for headaches. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/acupuncture-for-headache-2018012513146 With data like this Sandals may become taboo in Acupuncture!

Pub Med Article about Acupuncture for Chronic Pain. Check it out here… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29198932

Here is a great article about vaccines check it out here…http://truthcommand.com/2017/11/now-official-fda-announced-vaccines-causing-autism/

Yunnan Baiyao is a Chinese Herbal Pattent that we use to stop bleeding. Here is a great article about Yunnan Baiyao. Check it out here… http://www.internalartsinternational.com/free/many-uses-yunnan-baiyao-yunnan-paiyao-essential-part-chinese-first-aid-medicine

This is a well done white paper on acupunctures role in solving the opioid epidemic. Check it out… https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B13W8wPqccKHc3BvRmIyM1pIcDA/view

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