A Brief Travel Through The History of Chinese Medicine The History of Chinese Medicine is very long, with its beginnings dating to well before the life of Christ. Here in 21st century Canada, it is difficult and perhaps even impossible for us to fully grasp the nature of such a time scale of development. The…
The Many Different Styles of Acupuncture If you take the time to enter the world of Acupuncture, it does not take long for you to realise it’s a big wide world. Visit 10 different Acupuncturists and you may well have 10 very different experiences. This is because Acupuncture is a diverse medical tradition. There are…
Does Acupuncture Work? There is much talk these days about ‘evidence-based medicine’. Many people are only willing to suggest Acupuncture works for a specific condition if there is sufficient evidence that it does. On first pass, this seems very reasonable. But, scratch beneath the surface and it is not so straightforward. There are many standards…
How Does Acupuncture Work? This is a complex question with no easy answer. When someone asks this question, they are usually looking for a mechanism in modern biomedical terms. In that regard, there have been many different proposed mechanisms invoked to explain the effects of acupuncture. These include; a. stimulation of the nervous system b.…
What Does a Patient Experience When They Visit an Acupuncturist? Visiting an acupuncturist can be like going to a new country for the first time. Its an experience somewhat different from what you are used to during a visit to your other healthcare providers. Your acupuncturist may ask you a wideranging and seemingly unrelated set…
What does an Acupuncturist do? It is perhaps confusing to some to realise that no two acupuncturists will do the same thing with the same patient. This is because acupuncture comes from a very long historical and geographical base. So, in fact, there are many different styles and approaches that fall under the broad umbrella…
What Does Acupuncture Treat? When we ask such a question, we tend to be thinking about specific clinical conditions like ‘asthma’ or ‘colitis’. Acupuncture, within the framework of Traditional Oriental Medicine, focuses primarily on the person, and secondarily on the illness. To fully understand this, you have to turn your thinking on its head a…
What is Acupuncture? / Where Does Acupuncture Come From? Acupuncture is part of a broad system of Traditional Chinese Medical Arts, which also includes Chinese Herbal Medicine, Tui Na (Chinese Massage), Physical Culture (including Tai Chi and Qi Gong), Meditation, Chinese Dietary Therapy and Feng Shui (geomancy). These healing systems all have their roots in…
