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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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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Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal (IMCJ) recently published Dr. Heidi Lovie, LAc, DACM‘s article “Gu Syndrome, Lurking Pathogens, and Long Covid: An Old Take on a New Disease”. Lovie, a clinic supervisor and faculty member at Pacific College’s New York campus, presents the uncertainty concerning long COVID: we don’t yet know which of a broad …
HOT TOPIC! COVID RESEARCH: MACH-19 | Mushrooms and Chinese Herbs for COVID-19 Top researchers at the University of California have launched a groundbreaking FDA-approved clinical trial to study natural medicine to fight COVID-19. In a recent live panel discussion hosted on Pacific College’s YouTube channel, we had the opportunity to hear from the UCSD and …
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The official first day of the fall season was Sept. 22. While fall weather can vary dramatically by location, one sign of autumn is common in every climate: it’s dry. We caught up with Pacific College faculty member and acupuncturist, Dong Ji, OMD, PhD, LAc, at our San Diego clinic to find out what this …
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