Ancient healing systems

I am a gardening geek. I love to get outside in the spring to see what plants are peeking through the wet, still-frozen ground. To me, there is nothing better ...

During my first class in the study of Chinese medicine, I was told that the Chinese way of ...

I hate to wait. Put me in a line that's more than three people long, and I am ...

My neighbor Marie is hardly ever home. She's out during the day at one of her volunteering gigs ...

At my acupuncture clinic, I see a number of patients who work too hard. I see a busy ...

The effective treatment of depression and emotional conditions by acupuncture is best explained through the element of Wood, spring, ...

The Chinese have some traditions that if followed will hopefully increase  your good fortune in the Chinese New ...

MRI imaging and clinical research confirms that acupuncture relieves internet addiction disorder. Neuroimaging demonstrates that acupuncture normalizes brain ...

When modern health experts talk about a balanced diet, they are referring to a judicious mix of proteins, ...

As we get older, our physical and mental abilities decline, but it doesn't have to be that way. ...

During the last couple of months, I have had so many people coming into my Chicago acupuncture office complaining of ...

Acupuncture effectively reduces pain according to research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Acupuncture groups had ...

1) Reduce stress – A cold winter could stress anyone and we all know that stress has a negative ...

Chinese Medicine is an ancient science that many people find mysterious. I was drawn to practice this amazing medicine ...

I grew up on a bluff overlooking the Connecticut River. Looking out our front window gave us a ...

Halloween is here; a time when small people transform from children to goblins, superheroes, princesses—and of course, ghosts. ...

Modern science now confirms why humans have been practicing yoga since the beginning of recorded history: it is ...

Fall has returned! In this season, nature lets go of its abundant creation of the past year in ...

True meditation is a living practice that can't be defined in terms of particular steps to take—there is ...

Yesterday, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou became one of three biologists to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine ...

Yoga can make people with arthritis feel better both physically and mentally, according to a study of patients ...

Acupuncture has been around for at least 4,000 years in the East—but only widely known in the West for ...

It's happening … we are approaching autumn. For those of us in Chicago (and in many other parts ...

Yoga exercises the mind, body, and spirit. It relieves tension and improves health. It can even change a ...

Researchers conclude that acupuncture combined with ginger moxibustion has a curative effect on patients with intractable tinnitus. Patients with ...

Let it go! How many times a day do you say that aloud or silently to yourself? Quite often, ...

New lab experiments reveal acupuncture has antidepressant effects. An examination of brain cells following acupuncture treatments uncovered important mechanisms ...