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You’re ready to give acupuncture a try and want to find out a little more about what’s involved. One of the most frequent questions first-timers ask is how many treatments it will take to get better. This is a good question. It’s a fair question, and you deserve an answer. Unfortunately any practitioner who gives . . . → Read More: How Many Acupuncture Treatments Will I Need?  Comments are closed  About Acupuncture  Acupuncture Treatments, acupuncturist, Chinese Medicine, healing Last month I wrote about some of the common myths surrounding acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In that article I threatened to take on more myths and misunderstandings about this medicine, so here goes: Myth: Acupuncture works only because of the placebo effect. Actually, there’s a lot more going on during acupuncture than . . . → Read More: More Myths About Acupuncture There is nothing worse than a shower drain full of hair, especially if it’s yours and it’s falling out fast. Or perhaps you run your fingers through your hair and come up with a handful. Your hairbrush is full and you’re finding stray hairs – lots of them – on your pillowcase. . . . → Read More: Help for Hair Loss Comments are closed About Acupuncture, Health Conditions, Staying Healthy acupuncture, alopecia, baldness, Chinese Medicine, hair loss Most people never think about being thirsty. However, your level of thirst can offer up a lot of clues to your health if you know what to look for. If you’ve ever been to an acupuncturist, you may be surprised to have them ask you whether or not you’re thirsty, and what you like . . . → Read More: What Your Thirst Means Comments are closed About Acupuncture acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, dehydration, fluids, thirst, thirsty It seems like there’s no escape. Every time you pick up a newspaper or listen to the evening news, what you hear about is the dismal economy, jobs being lost, and trillion dollar deficits. One of the most pressing problems for our nation as a whole is the high . . . → Read More: The Economics of Acupuncture Comments are closed About Acupuncture acupuncture, Acute Pain, Affordable Health Care, Back Tomorrow, Can T Afford Health Insurance, Chronic Health Conditions, Comparative Prices, Cost-Effective Health Care, Deductibles, Dismal Economy, Doctors Visit, Doctors Visits, Economy, Effective Therapy, Flex Plans, Health Care Provider, Health Consumers, Health Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, High Deductible Health, Insurance Coverage, Medical Procedures, Pain Relievers, X Ray By Lynn Jaffee, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M. You may be surprised to find that during an acupuncture appointment, your practitioner will ask to look at your tongue. This may seem like an odd request, and is probably the first time a health care provider has asked you to stick our your tongue. However, in . . . → Read More: Understanding Tongue Diagnosis By: Lynn Jaffe My first conscious brush with Stagnant Qi occurred during my first semester in school to study Acupuncture. I was returning back to school for a master’s in Oriental medicine after having been away from the academic world for years (okay, maybe decades). I can remember thinking at the time, “How . . . → Read More: Transformations Require a Smooth Flow of Qi By: Lynn Jaffe I am a runner, and have been for over 25 years. Before I picked up the running habit, I was pretty sedentary, and while I wasn’t exactly a couch spud, regular exercise was not something I ever thought about. However, shortly after I began to run I noticed some changes . . . → Read More: Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom By: Lynn Jaffe In a previous career, I spent my time conducting research on the health of physically active women for the Melpomene Institute in St. Paul. As a runner of a certain age, one research project still sticks in my mind. It focused on the impact of running on women’s experience of . . . → Read More: Increase Your Vitality through Chinese Medicine by Lynn Jaffee Choosing an acupuncturist can be overwhelming, especially if you’ve never had acupuncture before. It’s important to ask some questions before you book an appointment for acupuncture treatment to make sure you’re getting the right practitioner for you and your particular needs. The following are some questions to ask a prospective practitioner . . . → Read More: How to Choose an Acupuncturist |
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