By Lorraine Wilcox, LAc, PhD This article was originally published in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper or subscribe to the print edition for free. I am fascinated with the material culture of Chinese medicine. I want to know how they did things. I want to watch a Ming …
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The Herbal Highway, a podcast and radio show, recently interviewed Dr. Leng Tang-Ritchie, Vice President of Clinical Education and Operations and Director of Clinical Services at Pacific College of Health and Science, for an exploration of emotional health and balance from a Chinese medical perspective. During the course of the hour-long conversation, Dr. Tang-Ritchie dove …
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This article was originally published in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper or subscribe to the print edition for free. The thoracolumbar junction (TLJ), a region of the body often ranging from T11-L2, is an intriguing region which can open us to deeper understandings of the channel system. The …
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By Skye Sturgeon, DAOM This article was originally published in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. Convenient and customizable, extract powders and granules of herb prescribing continue to be popular with both practitioners and patients. The use of these products has resulted in increased acceptance and compliance …
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By Céline Torres-Moon This article was originally published in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. Willow Bark, Ginger, Boswellia, Methylsulfonyl Methane (MSM), and Hyaluronic Acid (HA) As we age, the maintenance of joint health is dependent on factors anatomical, functional, and biological in nature. From the anatomical …
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By Martin Powell First published in The Mushroom Issue 3 and republished here with permission, this article was republished in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. While research has been conducted regarding mushrooms’ potential benefits to our health by way of a variety of pathways, from reducing …
黃帝內經素問 《陰陽應象大論》 Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng Sù Wèn: Yīn Yáng Yìng Xiàng Dà Lùn (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, “Plain Questions” 5)[1] By Sabine Wilms This article was published in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. LINE ONE 黃帝曰︰陰陽者，天地之道也，萬物之綱紀，變化之父母，生殺之本始，神明之府也。 Huáng dì yuē︰Yīn yáng zhě, tiān dì zhī dào …
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The human body has a wonderful capacity to heal itself, yet many people deprive their bodies of that ability by solely focusing on traditional medicine for most ailments. Holistic medicine takes a whole-person approach to medical care and wellness. As more and more people want to feel better without reliance on drugs, this is an area growing in …
Attention acupuncture students and graduates: you’ll definitely want to read Jillian’s meticulous article on traditional Chinese herbal medicine’s potential therapeutic application for the treatment of COVID-19, recently published in Chinese Medicine Journal! Jillian is a leader in the field of complementary and integrative medicine, and one of a few specialists in integrative and holistic urology. …
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged as a nascent global epidemic that poses a growing global disease burden.1,2 In the United States, AF affects approximately 9% of those aged 65 years or older.3 It is the most common clinically significant arrhythmia and is acknowledged as one of the most difficult to treat.4 As the most common …