Deconstructing the Legitimization of Acupuncture: How Science Helped Move Acupuncture to Mainstream
Matthew Bauer on the Acu-track podcast to discuss the evidence base of acupuncture for peripheral neuropathy. Also don't miss Matthew's summary of the most important research ever done on acupuncture!
Matthew Bauer became interested in Chinese Medicine after becoming a student of a 74th generation Taoist Master and traditional Chinese Doctor in 1978. He became licensed as an Acupuncturist in 1986 and opened his Chinese Medicine practice in California that same year.
Matthew developed a passion for educating people about the benefits of acupuncture and became active in acupuncture/Chinese medicine organizations thinking those organizations would have public outreach as a primary goal. When that proved not to be the case, Matthew authored a book for the public exploring the roots and practice of acupuncture titled “The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture”. He later authored another book for acupuncturists on practice building titled “Making Acupuncture Pay”.
https://acu-trackpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1831153/13807323-acupuncture-for-peripheral-neuropathy-matthew-bauer
More than half of your body is not human, say scientists.
Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists.
Understanding this hidden half of ourselves - our microbiome - is rapidly transforming understanding of diseases from allergy to Parkinson's.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270
The foundation of ancient Chinese medicine is “blood”. It is "blood" that enables a physician to do diagnosis (by palpation on arteries) and to do treatment (bleeding primarily the veins by sharp stones or needles).
It is generally believed that during the period from 150 BC to 100 AD, several people with their name unknown systematically summarized the medical ideas available at the time primarily from BQ medicine. Their works resulted in the classic text Huandi Neijing.
The Chinese physicians by Neijing era knew very well what blood (血) and blood vessel (血脉) are: “The vessels are where blood resides” (夫脉者, 血之府也) (SW 17). In Chinese language, blood vessel is “血脉”or simply just “脉”(Mai = vessel).
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/founding-father-meridian-acupuncture-how-nobel-price-nominee-cheng-3h7tc/
The first acupuncture clinic dedicated to helping patients deal with the aftereffects of cancer treatment opens in London on 12 October 2023.
Beverley de Valois PhD, one of the foremost authorities in the western world on using acupuncture for cancer survivors, has spent the past 25 years researching how the treatment can manage aftereffects of cancer treatments including hot flushes, night sweats, fatigue, chronic pain, anxiety and dry mouth.
https://www.hippocraticpost.com/cancer/first-acupuncture-clinic-for-cancer-patients/
Acupoints in Acupuncture Research: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Helene M. Langevin gave this presentation at the May 19, 2023 Society for Acupuncture Research International Research Conference.
Medicijnresten komen in het milieu terecht, en de problemen hiervan voor, onder andere voor het oppervlakte- en drinkwater worden steeds groter. Het zou goed zijn, als er meer aandacht was voor niet-toxische therapieen.
https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/medicijnresten-oppervlaktewater
