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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
Editor’s Note: This post references Auriculo 3D, now replaced by Auriculo 360. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. Have you ever tried something and failed? Do you keep trying? What would you do if you had tried something 10 times and failed each time? I don’t know... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post introduces Auriculo 3D, which has since been replaced by Auriculo 360 — our current auriculotherapy software with the same 3D ear model and over 300 points and 200 protocols. Do you remember how to read a map? I certainly do. I remember miles of squinting at... 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
Great news for all our California Acupuncturists! Our Digital Meridian Imaging for Better Acupuncture Results seminar series is now approved for 27 California CE credits. Whether you opt for just a few of the modules or all 12, we can offer you CE credits for license renewal in California. (And of... 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
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
Dr. Chris Teo just sent me another case study from his work with cancer patients. In this case, his herbal therapy and e-therapy treatments produced a very noticeable improvement in the patient’s symptoms. Interestingly, the patient’s graphs got better as well, confirming that the treatments were positively affecting the meridian... 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
According to traditional acupuncture theory, breast health is most affected by the channels that run directly through the breast–Stomach, Liver, Kidney, Lung, Pericardium and Spleen channels. To test this theory, Dr.Chris Teo recently wrote another research article entitled, Meridian Disharmonies in Women with Malignant Breast Lumps, analyzing patients with malignant... Read more
A little while back, I shared a story about a patient with pancreatic cancer. It has now been almost a year since she was diagnosed, and she made the decision to treat with conventional medicine in the form of chemotherapy. She also decided to supplement her treatments with acupuncture and... Read more
You may recall that Kimberly wrote last month about graphs that are predominately green even though the patient is in very poor health. (See When “All Green” isn’t “All Good.”). In that article, she gave a case study and taught that very low graphs may show many normal meridians simply... Read more
Sorry that I missed all of you on the blog last week. I was enjoying tacos in Morelia, Mexico. Actually, I enjoyed tacos, tamales, tacos, chile rellenos, and more tacos. The only thing better than the food we enjoyed in Mexico–was the people! I... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post was written for a previous version of AcuGraph. The current version is AcuGraph CS. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable. The Need is Great. As you know, acupuncture is greatly under-represented in the healthcare delivery systems of most developed nations. Opting instead for western-style allopathic medicine,... Read more