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PCOM’s Collaborative Off-Site Internship at Columbia University

PCOM's Collaborative Off-Site Internship at Columbia University

In 2013, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine collaborated with the Integrative Medicine Working Group at Columbia University, New York, NY to add an acupuncture session for students on the university’s Morningside campus. For the past two years, the new acupuncture session has had about 2000 campus visits each year, with a no-show rate of less than 5% and high patient-satisfaction scores. The …

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Addressing Estrogen Dominance in Perimenopausal Women Using TCM

Addressing Estrogen Dominance in Perimenopausal Women Using TCM

By Jill Blakeway, MS, LAc “I have more perimenopausal patients with estrogen dominance than I used to and they worry me. How can Chinese medicine help with that?” This question came from a colleague of mine who is a gynecologist, oncologist and a surgeon. Her focus is preventing and treating cancers of the female reproductive organs …

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ILaaom, Quad A Representatives Meet with Secretary of Illinois DFPR on Dry Needling

ILaaom, Quad A Representatives Meet with Secretary of Illinois DFPR on Dry Needling

December 2015 – Pacific College of Oriental Medicine – Chicago was well-represented at a December 2015 private meeting with the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.  A representative of Quad A (the Asian American Association of Acupuncturists, Chicago) and representatives of ILaaom (Illinois Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine), all of whom were PCOM graduates, were …

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Hold that Sneeze: Chinese Medicine for Fall Allergies

Hold that Sneeze: Chinese Medicine for Fall Allergies

When allergies strike, they can affect almost every activity you do—from your voice and breathing to headaches and even how you approach your workflow, allergy symptoms can make it difficult to get through the day. One of the most common forms of seasonal allergies is allergic rhinitis, which affects the sinuses. Symptoms include sneezing, congestion, runny nose, …

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Tu Youyou Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for TCM-Based Malaria Treatment

Tu Youyou Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for TCM-Based Malaria Treatment

Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old Chinese scientist, was recently awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine for her discovery and development of artemisinin, a malaria treatment that has saved millions of lives over the past few decades. Tu’s team of researchers rediscovered the drug, which has been known to Chinese medicine for at least 2000 years, in …

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Classical Medicine for Treating Male Sexual Disorders

Classical Medicine for Treating Male Sexual Disorders

By Suzanne Robidoux, PhD, CM, DOM, LAc As practitioners, we always want to bring the quickest, most effective treatment at the lowest price possible. In TCM, sexual disorders are mainly due to either liver qi stagnation, liver and kidney depletion, or the kidney and heart not communicating. What can we offer our patients, however, once we …

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