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Last week, I sent almost all of my patients home with the SAME herbal prescription. Not from my pharmacy but from the grocery store. Not a “special” grocery store, but a regular ole’ Idaho grocery store… It was 95 degrees in Boise over the weekend and the whole town came... Read more
It’s time to confess… I can’t believe that it took me so long to figure this out. Actually, I’m rather embarrassed to admit that I didn’t understand the value of the “By Element” chart. I’ve been explaining the AcuGraph features to practitioners for years. When I sit down with a... Read more
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2012. The Auriculo 3D software referenced here is now Auriculo 360. The clinical techniques described remain fully applicable. Do you treat kids in your office? If you don’t, you really should. A week or so ago, I had an 8-year-old child come... Read more
This last week I have been working on a REALLY BIG project. It’s a secret, but I’ll give you a couple of hints... #1: I’ve been editing hours and hours of video. #2: I’ve been creating test questions for the NCCAOM, California and Florida boards. I’ll tell you what I’ve been... Read more
Last week I received a phone call from a frantic wife, asking if I could help her husband with acupuncture. She claimed that he was experiencing labor pains! Okay, so he wasn’t REALLY having a baby, but he WAS passing a kidney stone. From his description, the kidney stone was... Read more
Who has time to spend hours and hours thumbing through auricular therapy books to find helpful little jewels of information to use in their practice? Not you??? I completely understand. Dr. Larsen has taken care of that problem for you. He pays ME to do all of the research so... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post references Auriculo 3D, now replaced by Auriculo 360. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. A little bit of history: One of my first assignments at Miridia Technology two years ago was researching points for auriculotherapy. I loved working on this project! I have... Read more
This morning I was at my weekly networking event. Each week I get 45 seconds to talk about my business and present something memorable and interesting about acupuncture. The purpose of the group is for me to teach my colleagues about what I do in my clinic, so they can... Read more
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2012. References to AcuGraph 5 reflect the software version available at the time; the current version is AcuGraph CS. The clinical techniques described remain fully applicable. I’m beginning to get a reputation around town for getting women pregnant. Literally, I have a... Read more
When I was in college, I had a professor who used to tell me that she was a “lazy” acupuncturist. She had acupuncture points that she used regularly with her patients that worked, and she got really great results. Therefore she didn’t see a need to continue to come up... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post shares insights from a live seminar with Dr. Jake Fratkin held at Miridia Technology in 2012. We recently finished a seminar with Dr. Jake Fratkin here at Miridia Technology. Each time I attend a training with Dr. Fratkin, I learn something new. Jake made it very... Read more
I pride myself in not giving a “Band-Aid” treatment to my patients. Band-Aids, in the form of pharmaceutical drugs, are often used as a cover up in the Western medical arena for an underlying health problem. As acupuncturists, we are taught to search out which imbalances are causing symptomatology to... Read more
Most people really don’t have any answer to this question, or any idea even what an acupuncture needle is. I keep a list of challenges that inspire me to expand my potential. Last year there was one in particular that inspired me and motivated me to take action. Meet and... Read more
Do you have patients who come in for regular acupuncture tune-ups? With patients who come in regularly, you get to know their graphs pretty well. I can usually look at the graph and know if they had been partying over the weekend, if they have had a cold, or if... Read more
What is the difference between constipation in a younger person and constipation in the elderly? Constipation always involves heat. In a younger person, it is common for constipation to manifest from heat–usually from food stagnation. Constipation in the elderly is a little different. There are a lot of changes that... Read more