Category: Research & Articles
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Acupuncture for Your Pets
Categories: Research & ArticlesNew waves of veterinary medicine Lately, veterinary acupuncture has received a great deal of attention in the medical community. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a 3,000-year-old practice has skirted the edges of mainstream in Western culture for the past 50 years. A system of medicine based on Taoist principles and texts, it views health as a…
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Acupuncture for Children
Categories: Research & ArticlesAcupuncture is being practiced more and more in the Western world. Many more Western-medicine practitioners are agreeing that it is a great supplemental therapy for many conditions. It is a great way of treating pain, and it doesn’t have the side effects that pain medications do, like nausea, drowsiness, addiction, etc. Acupuncture is even used…
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An Alternative to Suffering with Arthritis
Categories: Research & ArticlesIt hurts to get up in the morning. Climbing the stairs isn’t as easy as it used to be. Every once in a while, you swear you can hear your joints popping or creaking. Your rings don’t fit anymore. Your general mobility is limited and worse, it’s making you depressed. Why? You have arthritis. According…
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Pacific Sports Massage Clinic Scores with Students
Categories: Research & ArticlesPacific College of Oriental Medicine massage students got a chance to practice their skills, not only on real patients, but on serious athletes dealing with sport related injury. Eighteen members of the San Diego and Palomar Triathlon Teams received complementary massage sports injury treatment from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine’s Sports Tui Na class on…
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Huperzia for Alzheimer’s
Categories: Research & ArticlesHuperzia is a club moss indigenous to China. It is a non-flowering ground cover that has changed very little since prehistoric times. In Traditional Chinese Medicine the entire moss was used in making a decoction for treating pain, fever, and inflammation. It can also be implemented as an anti-spasmodic and diuretic. Modern medical scientists are…
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PCOM Proud to Play Role in IL. Dry Needling Legislation Victory
Categories: Research & ArticlesAddition of this technique without any educational standards or meaningful oversight of the practice would expose the public to undue risk of harm. “Our passion helped us win out—because we truly knew we were in the right. We want patients to have access to effective treatments with practitioners who are thoroughly trained in the techniques…
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Acupuncture to Ease the Side Effects of AIDS Drugs
Categories: Research & ArticlesAs drug cocktails continue to be used as a course of treatment for those who have HIV and AIDS, more patients are suffering through debilitating side effects that are caused by these medications. Often patients complain of a wide range of symptoms including, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, depression, insomnia, anxiety, peripheral neuropathy, muscle pains, and…
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Tai Chi in the Mainstream
Categories: Research & ArticlesTai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese exercise system, is making its way into the Western mainstream. In ancient China, Tai Chi was a closely guarded secret passed down from family to family. In the 19th century it was revealed to the masses and quickly became the national exercise of China. Today, Tai Chi is practiced as…
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TCM During Summer
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe Five Element Theory serves as a major diagnostic and treatment tool in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is based on the observation of the natural cycles and interrelationships in the environment and within ourselves. For example, there are five environmental elements – Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood – each corresponding with certain body organs,…
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Massage Beneficial for Older Athletes
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy Michelle Fletcher, B.A. It seems alternative and mainstream publications alike are praising the benefits of massage therapy. From those overcoming chemotherapy to colicky newborns, millions are reaping the many benefits of this ancient and practiced art form. Professional athletes are among the largest groups who participate in regular massage therapy treatments. Whether a weekend…