| Acupuncture lobby has point, says BC NDP
A bid by practitioners of Chinese medicine to convince the province to fund acupuncture treatments for people on low incomes has received support from the B.C. New Democrats. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, which has been regulated by a professional college since 1996, recently made its case to the health ministry. Health-care services such as physiotherapy, chiropractic and routine eye exams were delisted by the B.C. Liberals in 2002, which means most people now have to pay for those treatments unless they have extended medical coverage. Low-income people, however, earning less than $28,000 a year, can still access 10 such professional visits without charge. If traditional Chinese medicine were also covered, it could save the system money, according to NDP MLA Jenny Kwan.
Community briefs for Aug. 6
Joyce Firsching, a licensed acupuncturist, will do a presentation on women's health issues and explain how acupuncture and Chinese medicine can provide relief for menstrual and menopausal disorders and headaches on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at My Bodyoga Spa, 309 Mill St., Suite 320, in Occoquan. Please call 703-328-5215. Uniform, shoe sale helps hospital auxiliary The Potomac Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring a uniform and shoe sale Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hylton Education Center on the Garden Level. Cash, check, credit/debit cards will be accepted and payroll deduction will be available for qualified hospital personnel. Proceeds benefit the auxiliary's special projects. Locust Shade 5K steps off at 7:30 a.m., Aug.
New Natural Eye Care Book! Healing Your Eyes with Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Acupressure, & Chinese Herbs by Andy ...
Andy Rosenfarb, MTOM, L.Ac., has written a new book entitled Healing Your Eyes with Chinese Medicine. This is a landmark publication in the field of alternative medicine for the eyes and holistic ophthalmology. The book describes how acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can help to heal the eyes from various disease patterns. The information presented is based on years of clinically proven research and overwhelming success rate. .
He trains Ugandans to use acupuncture
IBANDA, Uganda -- At a health center in this tiny rural community in southwestern Uganda, an HIV-positive pregnant woman rests on a thin foam mattress supported by a rusting steel bed frame. Needles 15 inches long protrude from her legs, ears, and chest. Leaning over her, a young Ugandan man in an ironed white shirt and brown dress pants waves a smoldering stick of moxa, a sweet-smelling medicinal herb. The practitioner is not a traditional African healer, and the woman is not undergoing some folk medicine treatment -- at least not a Ugandan one. She is receiving traditional Chinese acupuncture, and the Ugandan nurse administering it is a trainee of the Pan-African Acupuncture Project, an organization based in Brookline. Since 2003, acupuncturists volunteering for the project have traveled to this impoverished nation to teach acupuncture to health professionals who treat patients for many of the complications associated with HIV/AIDS.
Understanding The Benefits Of Acupuncture For You
Acupuncture is an ancient practice that has become further acknowledged in recent years, but is still a procedure that is not completely understood. Scientific societies are upbeat on the benefits of acupuncture and, by understanding how the method is undertaken, the possible side effects and the outcome, you can determine if this ancient Chinese medical practice is right for you. Acupuncture is a form of complementary and alternative medicine and involves the technique of inserting thin needles through the skin at certain points on the body to control pain and other symptoms This practice of piercing specific sites on the body, called pathways or meridians, in an attempt to relieve pain associated with some chronic disorder is an ancient Chinese medical system over 5000 years old.
Acupuncture OK in workers’ comp
Sacramento, California, USA - In a boost for alternative medicine and patient choice, new guidelines for approving acupuncture as a treatment have been OK'd in workers' compensation cases in California.
The ancient Chinese therapeutic technique using fine needles was incorporated back into the state's workers' compensation system ... by the California Division of Workers' Compensation. .
Chinese Medicine And Its Benefits
Whilst thought of, for thousands of years, as the primary medical system in China, Chinese medicine is considered as alternative medicine in the Western world. It is becoming increasingly popular in the Western world as people are attracted by the idea of natural healing as opposed to modern medicine and synthetically developed drugs. Said to have been practised for 5,000 years the history of Chinese medicine is anything but lucid. Considered 2,000 years old, Hung-Di Nei-Jing (Cannon of Internal Medicine) is thought to be the first written document concerning Chinese medicine and is attributed to the Yellow Emperor. But dates and author are still far from clear. The primary methods of Chinese medicine, and the ones people are most familiar with, are herbal medicine and acupuncture with massage, qi gong, or food therapy playing a secondary role.
Web site teams Western doctors with alternative medicine
When Jason Gordon battled cancer, he received treatment not only from a surgeon and an oncologist, but also experts in Chinese medicine, yoga, a cross-cultural nutritionist, a psychotherapist and an energy healer. Encouraging these practitioners to work together in coordinating his care helped put the cancer into remission, Gordon said. Now healthy, the Miami resident has set up Yellow Courtyard, a Web site that creates teams of both traditional doctors and alternative medicine practitioners to set up health care strategies for individual patients. The approach is rare, but growing. Both the University of Miami and Nova Southeastern University teach medical school students about alternative practices, such as acupuncture, massage and Eastern herbs. .
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