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Editor’s Note: This article references the AcuGrowth Symposium 2023, a live event that has since concluded. The clinical insights and treatment approach discussed here remain fully applicable to your practice today. Acupuncture Channel Theory has the potential to help you become a better practitioner AND catapult your creativity and intuition... Read more
As a Chinese Medicine practitioner, I treat patients each day with debilitating emotional struggles during their cycles. It is my aim to spread awareness and empower practitioners AND individuals to learn about the cycle, learn what's actually normal (common does not always equal normal) and how to optimize diet, medicine, and lifestyle to lessen symptoms during menstruation and achieve greater balance in the meridians, and in the hormones. Read more
Our present article addresses the third wing of this approach, namely Primary Channel balance. It can be used in isolation, as a Primary Channel balance, or added to the 8-Extra/Divergent treatment, completing the 3-Level balance. The 3-Level Balance is preferred in chronic and complicated cases. Read more
Pain is like the bully in the neighborhood. You have to know the right way to get rid of him, or he'll keep coming back to haunt you! In this blog post, learn from Dr. Kimberly, a specialist in Chinese Medicine treatments for chronic pain, about how to effectively eliminate pain and keep it from coming back. Read more
Life so often manages to rip the rug out from under us. Bemused, it offers stunning new possibilities and revelations. It opens our eyes to a whole new world we had never considered before. And that's exactly what has happened to me. After 2 years of believing I would NEVER put myself through college again, I'm applying for acupuncture school. Here's what drove me to do it. Read more
This is a wonderful opportunity to better serve our patients and let our medicine shine by serving humanity. Whether you use one of these ideas or try one of your own, this is not the time for Acupuncture to step back! Let’s all step up, combat fear, help one another, and do good in the world! The good Karma will certainly manifest in future ways for each of us, and for our profession. Read more
The truth is, your patients don’t understand how acupuncture works, or how it can help them. The beauty of the AcuGraph Digital Meridian Imaging System is that it takes the confusion and mystery out of acupuncture, helps your patients “see the chi”, and creates raving fans who value acupuncture and refer you to friends and family. In a world where patients have been conditioned to trust x-rays, scans and tests, AcuGraph is the key to convert patients to your care, and skyrocket your practice success. Read more
Though no cure exists, acupuncture can improve many outcomes for people with autism. With the right skills and understanding, you can touch many lives for the better. Read more
Dr Kimberly Thompson opens up her playbook to teach you exactly what she does, in a systematic treatment series, to help patients regain control of their lives and find relief of chronic pain. Read more
In this post, I will share an interesting case study involving the Kidney Return Protocol. First, I'll walk you through my thought process when analyzing the graph over the course of two visits. Read more
If you don't have enough qi to work with, it's kind of hard to reorganize and create flow. Read more
Editor’s Note: This webinar on the Kidney Return Protocol was presented live in 2018. The educational content remains relevant to current practice. We’ve all encountered patients who, for whatever reason, seem to have very little qi available with which to work. Such patients can be challenging, and may not respond... Read more
The 3-Level Acupuncture Protocol balances the Primary Channels (to regulate circulation of qi and blood), the Eight Extraordinary Channels (to regulate the musculoskeletal body), and the Divergent Channels (to regulate the internal zang-fu organs). If you haven’t read the previous blog posts in the 3-Level Acupuncture Balance series, you can... Read more
This is the 3rd post in my 3-Level Acupuncture Balance blog series. If you have not read the first two posts, you may want to read them before you continue. You can get caught up, or refresh your memory, here: Click here to read part 1, Part 1- The Treatment >> Click here... Read more
Many of you have known me for a long time. I’m always amazed when I travel and run into people who follow me because of the work I do with Miridia Technology. When Adrian hired me, so many years back, he told me that beyond doing research for our products—I... Read more