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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Making Shifts Happen
Here’s a link to an article i wrote about 10 years ago. It presages some of the ideas behind Presence Community Acupuncture.
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012“My liver’s on fire?”
“My liver’s on fire?”
I recently saw a very nice gentleman for an initial consultation. He’d been to see another acupuncturist who had given him her opinion on his condition: “She told me my liver’s on fire. What does that mean?”
I explained to him that Chinese medicine has an alternative terminology, and that the [...]
Needles
Needles!
When many people think of getting acupuncture, they think of the needles first. After all, that’s what makes acupuncture unique, right?* Chiropractors crack you and acupuncturists stick you. And when people think of needles, the most common picture they get is getting a shot with a hypodermic needle.
Acupuncture needles are very different from hypodermic needles, [...]