Recently, I wrote a custom herbal formula for a patient of mine. This particular formula called for the herb, sheng jiang. For those of you unfamiliar with this pinyin translation, you probably know it as rhizoma Zingiberis recens. No? Ok, this is actually just...
We’ll focus on some frequently asked questions that I receive from potential new patients. Do you accept insurance? Currently in the state of Georgia it is not possible for an acupuncturist to get in network with an insurance company. In many other states...
The subject of this blog is entirely too complex and interesting to cover in 1 blog, however, know that I’ll be writing more about this in blogs to come so you can properly digest it. As most of my patients know, I often light up upon the mention of food. As a...
Patients continue to report an increased use of Complimentary & Alternative Medicine in their fight against Cancer. Chinese Medicine is the oldest literate continually practiced form of medicine in the world with a history that spans 3000 years. Though Western...
I’m in the process of grading papers for a 6 wk., 36 hr. course on Chinese Medicine (CM). The students are a cross section of ages all training to be massage therapists. Every time I teach this course, I’m reminded of the drastic difference in Western...