As practitioners of Chinese medicine, we are actually bilingual clinicians. We have the unique ability to translate between traditional Chinese medicine and modern biomedical frameworks. When ...

Editor’s Note: Article authored by Thomas Kouo, DAOM, LAc, Dipl. OM, Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (CCAHM) president; Benjamin W. Griffith II, DAc, LAc, Dipl. Ac., CCAHM vice ...

The popliteus is a muscle located behind the knee, connecting the femur to the tibia. It traverses the knee pit and aids in tibial rotation, overall knee stabilization and, as luck would have it, ...

Chinese medicine is built on a foundation of observations of the natural world, and yet planetary astrology and movements are overlooked. Saturn and the water element in Chinese medical theory share ...

The positive effects of acupuncture and specific herbal therapies in randomized, controlled trials and systematic reviews suggest TCM provides a valuable complementary method for improving symptom ...

Constipation is a common occurrence during pregnancy. The American Pregnancy Association estimates half of all pregnant women experience constipation at some point. Constipation during pregnancy is ...

The field of acupuncture in the U.S. continues to grow in visibility, patient demand and clinical effectiveness. While the profession is rooted in centuries of healing tradition, modern economic ...

Each year, ICD-10-CM is updated on Oct. 1. For 2026, there are 74,179 total codes, 487 additions, 28 deletions, and 38 revisions. Key rule: Code changes are based on date of service, not the claim ...

Patients frequently present with fatigue, mood disturbances, systemic inflammation, and degenerative conditions. Increasingly, these seemingly diverse problems share a common root: mitochondrial ...

Chicago’s Angela Lorbeck, DACM, LAc, was one of many acupuncturists around the country horrified by a scene involving excessive needling during the March 18 th episode of the popular NBC show “Chicago ...

The term prescription smuggles in a pharmaceutical logic: find the right agent, deliver it and expect a result. Drug > Administration > Effect. When translated into needling, this becomes: Point > ...

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