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I have had the AcuGraph for almost 4 weeks now, and am totally blown away! I got the system two days before a big health fair. The system was super simple to set up. I was able to get it working in minutes. I have a busy practice and only had about three hours to practice taking graphs. I set up at the show with just my laptop, the AcuGraph, and a printer. I graphed... Read more
Hello Friends, The title of today’s post reflects one of the questions I get asked very frequently: “How do I know if I’m using AcuGraph properly?” More specifically, I often get asked by new users how they can tell if their technique, point location, and equipment operation are all correct to produce accurate graph results. Of course, many factors contribute to the overall accuracy of the results, and without personally observing a user during the... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post references AcuHerb, which is no longer available. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. How do you feel on Monday morning after eating TOO MUCH FOOD? You know that feeling you get after consuming an abundance of rich, greasy foods over the weekend? Loss of appetite, bloating, foul stool and gas, indigestion, diarrhea and/or constipation are all symptoms of what is termed “Food Stagnation” in TCM. According to... Read more
AcuGraph is filled with some really great little jewels that make my job easier as an acupuncturist. I thought that today I would share a few of my favorites. #1: Click the split. Did you realize that if you click on a channel in the graph, a picture comes up showing the distribution of the channel? I love this, and so do my patients. Whenever I see multiple splits with excess on one particular side... Read more
Hello Friends, In case you didn’t know, we were in China for 8 days in the beginning of May. Three of us traveled together: my wife, Tausha; my brother, Cameron (he’s also the general manager of Miridia) and me. It was the first time there for each of us and we had an incredible trip. We didn’t do much in the way of tourism, as we were there for business. But we did manage to... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post references AcuHerb, which is no longer available. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. Talk about an AMAZING herbal formula that treats a large realm of symptoms. Can you find any “one” prescription in Western medicine that can treat both DEPRESSION and/or HEMORRHOIDS? How is this possible? In Chinese medicine we do not treat the symptom—but instead, we treat the imbalance causing the symptom to occur. The pattern responsible... Read more
Alternative medicine is a big buzz word that I hear often in the medical community, meaning “any type of healing” that does not fall into the same realm as “conventional medicine,” and is used instead of standard medical care. Complementary medicine, on the other hand, means that you are using standard conventional medicine, hand in hand, with nonstandard treatments. It is important to respectfully work together with capable western medical professionals to provide the best... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post references AcuGraph 4, which has been succeeded by AcuGraph CS. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. You may be wondering—are there really hidden features of AcuGraph? Well, today I’d like to discuss a few awesome features that are not really hidden, but it seems are not used as often as they could be. We frequently hear from AcuGraph customers with questions about how to do certain things with... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post references AcuHerb, which is no longer available. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. Insomnia is a common problem that can affect the quality of life on many levels. Here is an interesting fact: Studies have shown that chronic pain is linked to poor sleep habits. As acupuncturists, we treat a lot of chronic pain, so it is no surprise that we also have a lot of patients who... 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. If you think your acupuncture practice is in bad shape, you’re in for a real shocker when you see what happened to this practice! If you’ve been watching the news much at all over the past week, you were sure to hear about the tornado that hit Saint Louis last Friday.... Read more
Editor’s Note: This post references AcuHerb, which is no longer available. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice. I have three herbal formulas from the AcuHerb family that I prescribe almost daily in my private practice for patients that are beginning their journey into, what some call, the “Golden Years.” This can be a tough transition for many individuals, and I have found this age group to be extremely open to seeing an... Read more
Every now and then, somebody comes along who truly surprises you. Dr. Chirs Teo is such a person. A PhD and former botany professor, Dr. Teo runs CA Care, an herbal cancer clinic in Penang, Malaysia, where he treats terminal patients with all types of cancer. From breast to bowel, prostate, brain, bile duct skin, or dozens of other types, he’s seen and treated it all, often with astonishing results. But that’s not what surprised... Read more
One of the best parts of my job is hearing from happy customers. From time to time, I get a message that just makes me grin for the rest of the day. A short time ago, I received one of those messages: In the last 3-4 months, I have done some hundred + AcuGraphs of new patients. People are coming in with everything from depression and anxieties, to menstrual irregularities, to foot pain, to allergies,... Read more
On March 12-13, we held our first live training in a language other than English. Because we have done live seminars in the past, we know putting on any live event is a lot of work, but doing it in a foreign language was a greater accomplishment indeed! Interestingly, I got my hands on a letter from an attendee. When I asked Dr. Larsen to include this in his report for the seminar, he politely... Read more
Multiple Sclerosis and Acupuncture Are you aware that acupuncture is a great resource for patients who suffer from the Western diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? Research has shown that Chinese medicine can keep MS patients in remission longer and slow this condition’s progress.[1] While Chinese medicine cannot cure MS completely, you can feel confident in knowing that it CAN offer considerable help to alleviate symptoms and slow down its progress. Read more