Traditional Chinese Medicine-Perioral Dermatitis-Skin Conditions-Skin Disorder

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Perioral Dermatitis

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used to treat skin conditions for thousands of years. While Perioral Dermatitis is a newly recognized disease, only about 35 years old, the Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments for similar skin conditions remain helpful in addressing the condition. Symptoms of Perioral Dermatitis Perioral Dermatitis is a skin disorder which causes an [...] read more..

source:http://albanacupuncture.com

Western Medical Practitioners-Traditional Chinese Medicine-Traditional Medicines

NY Times Features Article on Chinese Herb Qinghao, Basis of Malaria Medication

Although many western medical practitioners are not familiar with traditional Chinese medicine, with time EAM is beginning to make inroads to the western consciousness. Western researchers are beginning to understand that the traditional medicines of the world may hold valuable insights into treating diseases, especially with herbs. In recent years much attention has been paid to a number of herbs and foods of Asia that are used in the treatment of cancer. Turmeric being one that has garnered much attention. In a recent NY Times article on Qinghao, the herb credited with providing the source of anti-malarial medication, they paid great tribute to the research and development by Chinese scientists who went back to their traditional medicine doctors to find an herb, Qinghao, (Artemisia Annuae, Sweet Wormwood), that contains chemicals that revolutionized pharmaceutical care in treatment of malaria, worldwide.Please follow the link here to read this fascinating NY Times article. read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Herbal Prescriptions-Killer Diseases-Heart Disease

Acupuncture is good for your heart!

Considering that heart disease is still one of the top killer diseases in the U.S. acupuncture is good news!  And lest you not forget that Traditional Chinese Medicine's (TCM) herbal prescriptions and nutritional/lifestyle advice are all about longevity and prevention of disease.
http://www.healthcmi.com/index.php/acupuncturist-news-online/582-acupunctureceusheartattackshrvlosangeles
Call 303-947-6224 or email me at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com for more information or an appointment.  Let's see if your health insurance covers acupuncture or other TCM therapies.
Follow this blog at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=777691 read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Physical Medicine-Acupuncture

Acupuncture is physical medicine, not a mystery.

Acupuncture affects the body in real, tangible ways!  It is not a mystery and new studies are demonstrating that.
http://www.healthcmi.com/index.php/acupuncturist-news-online/474-mristudyrevealsacupuncturemechanisms
To see how acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine work for weight loss (fixing digestion and giving you more energy), hormone balancing (peri-menopause, hot flashes, PMS etc.), cosmetic improvements and general aging gracefully and health-fully, IBS, chronic fatigue, syndrome, sports injuries, etc., call 303-947-6224 or email DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.
Follow this blog at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=777691 read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Treatment Of Prostate Cancer-Health Products-Bee Products

Bee products and health

Bees create health products - royal jelly has long been revered in Traditional Chinese Medicine for its healing and improving longevity properties and now they're looking at beehive extract in the treatment of prostate cancer.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120504110402.htm#.T7F8o_YYQE4.facebook
Follow this blog at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=777691
Call 303-947-6224 or email DrMLucas@Acupuncturewoman.com for an appointment.
Pulse diagnosis is my specialty - getting to the root cause of your symptoms! read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Bone Health-Acupuncture

Women's bone health, lack of effectiveness of phosphonates (ie., Fosamax), and how Chinese Medicine works!

The FDA has published an analysis  of the popular bone-building drugs suggesting caution about long term use because the drugs lead to weaker bones in some cases.  This is not the first time I've heard this.  I've had patients over the years who wonder why, after taking their calcium and prescription drug for 5 years their bones are still weak.  So I wasn't surprised by the FDA's concern.  Plus, many women don't know how to take calcium so that it gets used most efficiently by the body ..... or used at all!  Look to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for bone health.  In fact, I recently gave one of my patients who suffers from back pain some of my personal "back pain, inflammation, bone building" formula and she told me that she didn't need her estrogen patch for her hot flashes any more.  True!!  The herbs in the formula work on the cause of back pain - our weakened central, bone building qi.  That's how TCM works - we treat the cause not the symptom.
And in fact, I was taking the same bone building herbs prior to my last visit to a back surgeon who didn't say "bone on bone" for my lumbars after I'd been told that by everyone who had looked at xrays or MRIs.  So I'm happy - structural yoga therapy (w/ R Ziegler who rocks!) but I also DO the work, MT and rolfing with A Rach (great!), and regular acupuncture have worked.  Yes, REGULAR acupuncture, not just when I'm in pain or crooked and stiff.
Call 303-947-6224 or email me at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com if you need help moving through peri-menopause, help with fertility challenges, have any medical issues with digestion, sleep, depression, anxiety etc. or would like to talk about Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture.
You may follow this blog at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=777691 or visit my website: www.AcupunctureWoman.com.
Work for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains?  Your Cigna policy may well give you excellent coverage that includes acupuncture.  I can check it out for you. read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Insurance Verification-Herbs For Weight Loss-Health Conditions

Worried about your weight - women especially your middle abdominal weight - call me!

Obesity continues to rise in our country and, especially for women of peri and post menopausal age, it's scary.  Too much weight increases our chances of a number of health conditions including having that first heart attack.  In my practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I specialize in improving digestion (your first step toward losing weight believe it or not), in using acupuncture and herbs for weight loss which may include herbs that make the digestive system work better but also those (in liniment form) that help detox fat cells.  As I am a woman in that "middle age spread" age group, I know the importance of removing the especially "bad" visceral fat that accumulates in some people's middles - again, the more dangerous fat for leading to conditions like heart disease and stroke.
INSURANCE: Your insurance may cover treatment; let's find out by having you fill out an insurance verification form.  If your treatment here is not covered by insurance, well, then it's time to figure out how important your future health is, how important it is to you to feel young and vibrant.  We can't put a price on good health. Call me at 303-947-6224 or email me at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  I can email you an insurance verification form to see what your health insurance will cover (or not).  Our office works with all insurance carriers and know that there are United, Cigna, BCBS, and other companies who have SOME plans (not all) that do cover acupuncture and some are quite good especially if you work for certain companies.
If you would like to follow this blog, email me and I will send you a link.
Hope you have a health-filled day! read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Personal Success-Pain Killers-Soccer-Bone

Healthy Hope: Never give up video + personal success story

This is a sweet video about someone who was told that he would never walk again but who DID the work and now walks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448
In less of a way but still very dramatic for me, I've been told never to run again (and I still play soccer), that my back crookedness was basically incurable because of bone on bone lumbar spine - think about disc replacement or low back fusion.  I couldn't turn right in the mornings because my back was so stiff and muscles so tight - and, naturally, I was in pain.  I was starting to feel fairly depressed .. asking myself "is this it?".  It's going to be too hard to hold my grandchildren, I'll never be able to pick them up, no more extreme mt biking, soccer, hiking w/ a backpack, etc. etc.?!  I didn't like the prospect of back surgery - though have to admit, I was willing to do it if I could get function back and have less pain - I wanted to live my life!  Didn't like the prospect of taking Vicodin - how would my body look in 20 years of being wracked by pain killers?  (not to mention that they don't address the problem and since I practice Traditional Chinese Medicine I like to go to the cause.  So, I got faithful about receiving acupuncture treatments and taking anti-inflammatory and bone building Chinese herbal prescriptions, I see a fantastic structural integration MT (and have been rolfed), and I started to see a structural yoga therapist and DO the work.  Oh my gosh, you cannot believe the difference in my life!  No pain meds, play soccer, back to mt biking without (much) fear, play w/ the grands all I want.  My morning pain and stiffness (that "they" said is arthritis and just get used to it) is somedays non-existent.  Now, is this utopia?  No. I'm aging, having to  accept certain things about the aging but what a difference I have in my life now and I will never give up; aging back or not!
DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com, 303-947-6224.  Acupuncture works!
Follow this blog at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=777691 read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Heart Attacks-Blood Flow-Pessimism

More on heart attacks and pessimism: don't block your heart qi and blood!

I'm still reeling from the Harvard review stating that optimists are 50% LESS likely to suffer that first heart attack.  It has really made me think about the negative impact that certain emotions can have on our bodies and I talk w/ my patients about it every day.  Pessimism, worry, sadness - they all stagnate the chest.  You can feel it!  Your chest feels tight, tears or angst or anxiety want to be expressed but aren't.  That feeling is, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the qi and blood stagnation around the heart.  How bad for us!!  That is a feeling that I will try to avoid for the rest of my life because I know how important it is for our hearts to have continuous qi and blood flow.   Think about it: our hearts work continuously.  Our heart never gets a break - never.  That continuous creation of life force requires flow, nourishment, calm ability to function which is negatively impacted by the stagnation that emotions like worry and doubt cause.
ONE OF THE GOALS OF ACUPUNCTURE: to minimize the negative impact of stress, emotions, environmental toxins, etc. on your body.  Call today for an appointment if you need to relax, destress, detox, get well, improve your digestive health, have fertility challenges, pain, or other health or emotional  issues.  303-947-6224. www.AcupunctureWoman.com
INSURANCE BILLING: Not all Denver acupuncturists accept insurance. However, I understand the financial importance of allowing patients to pay through their insurer. We work with all insurance carriers that offer acupuncture benefits.  We process all the paperwork and deal with the insurance companies. As a Practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I want to allow my patients to concentrate on one thing: healing.  
You may follow this blog at http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=777691 read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Acupuncture And Moxibustion-Chinese Medical Massage

What is Chinese Medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a term that refers to medicine practices developed in China and other parts of Asia.  Traditional Chinese Medicine generally covers many types of modalities including acupuncture and moxibustion, Chinese Herbal remedies, Tui Na or Chinese Medical Massage, as well as other manual therapies including gua sha (spoon massage or coining) and [...] read more..

source:http://albanacupuncture.com

Saint Jude Thaddeus-Acupuncture Clinic-Personal Lifestyle-Chinese Medicine-Placebo Effect

The Art of Chinese Medicine

A conversation with a (western) medical student spurred my thoughts about just what Chinese medicine is about, especially on the topic of herbs. read more..

source:http://qi-spot.com

Defining Placebo: the Saint Jude Thaddeus of Medical Terminology

After reading an article by one Andy Ho, I am appalled at how many people don't understand placebo effect. read more..

source:http://qi-spot.com

Eleven Things My Patients Have Taught Me

Every single patient I see in my acupuncture clinic is unique. They have their personal lifestyle, specific struggles, and each has very different needs. The one thing that never changes from patient to patient is that I learn something from each and every one. Most of the time I learn little bits and pieces about being a better acupuncturist, but every once in a while, I am dealt a major life lesson. Mostly what I learn is about the practice of acupuncture and Chinese . . . ? Read More: Eleven Things My Patients Have Taught Me read more..

source:http://acupuncturetwincities.com

Acupuncture Needles-Chinese Ambassador-Acupuncture Clinic-Common Questions

Dear President Aquino

I would like to point out a slight error in your statements as quoted here: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/213171/chinese-embassy-court-sustains-death-sentence-on-3-pinoys “(A Chinese ambassador told me that) they are very, very strict when it comes to drug laws because it’s a major concern of theirs. Iyung sa shabu, iyung ephedrine is a natural, comes from a plant that grows primarily [...] read more..

source:http://qi-spot.com

What does acupuncture feel like?

This is one of the top five common questions in my NYC acupuncture clinic. Acupuncture does not hurt.  We use very thin sterile solid needles which means they do not feel like a doctor’s needle.  Upon insertion, some points can feel a prick, but many do not feel anything.  The acupuncture needles remain in the [...] read more..

source:http://albanacupuncture.com

Dr. Oz agrees that acupuncture works for weight loss

I've been telling people this for years but now that Dr. Oz says it, it must be true!http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/acupuncture-and-weight-lossNotice though that he says that it is a commitment both in terms of time and behavior.Call me, I help people lose weight and tone up! 303-947-6224 read more..

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Fertility Treatments-Tel Aviv University-Boost Fertility

Traditional Chinese Medicine Makes Fertility Treatments More Effective

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has long been used to manage pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Traditional TCM remedies include acupuncture and herbal medicine, among other therapies. Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that a combination of TCM … Continue reading ? read more..

source:http://www.amcollege.edu