Central Jersey Acupuncture

17/11/2020

COVID-19 has a wide range of symptoms. Find out more here ⬇️

21/10/2020

25/07/2020

It doesn't help that people think having high blood pressure means you're eating cheeseburgers by the fistful and smoking two packs a day...

23/07/2020

23/07/2020

Home caregivers for people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should:
✅ Ensure the ill persons rests 🛌 , drinks plenty of fluids and eats nutritious food.
✅ Wear a medical mask when in the same room with an ill person. Do not touch the mask 😷 or face during use and discard it afterward.
✅ Frequently clean hands 🙌 with soap and water or alcohol-based rub, especially:
• after any type of contact with the ill person or their surroundings
• before, during and after preparing food
• before eating
• after using the toilet
✅ Use dedicated dishes 🍽, cups, eating utensils, towels and bedlinens for the ill person. Wash dishes, cups, eating utensils, towels, or bedlinens used by the ill person with soap and water.
✅ Identify frequently touched surfaces by the ill person and clean and disinfect them daily.
✅ Call 📞 your health care facility immediately if the ill person worsens or experiences difficulty breathing.

02/07/2020

28/04/2020

20/04/2020

🍃 The amazing benefits of Dandelion Root in both Chinese and Western Herbal Medicine 🍃

23/03/2020

The attachment describes a novel treatment protocol for people infested by Coronavirus. An acupuncturist can not apply this protocol because, by law, they are not allowed to use hypodermic needle. Western doctors, on the other hand, would not do it because they do not understand acupuncture. https:/...

12/03/2020

16/02/2020

Taipei, June 7 (CNA) Taiwanese researchers have identified one possible reason that practitioners of the martial art tai chi tout its health benefits: shadow boxing apparently reinvigorates stem cells.

10/02/2020

On our first day in clinical practice, back when I was in TCM college, my supervisor told me I was going to needle my very first patient today. I was so nervous but soooo excited! And the very FIRST acupuncture point my teacher asked me to needle on a patient was REN 22!!! OMG! I was

06/02/2020

The introduction of antibiotics to the field of medicine has saved countless lives, turning serious and life-threatening infections into temporary ones. However, with the millions, if not billions of prescriptions for antibiotic drugs that doctors have filled out over the years there comes a serious...

11/01/2020

Recently, I took a 2 days course on using the 8 Extraordinary Vessels for psycho emotional trauma (With the great Yvonne Farrell). I learned of an acupuncture point I didn't know about: KD Prime! I LOVE to learn :) Kd Prime is located directly below KD 1 on the lower third of the sole,

04/01/2020

So many points have the same functions (especially on the chest area!). ST 13, 14,15 and St 16 all relax the chest for pain, asthma, cough and hypochondriac soreness.


If you like this graphic, check out my illustrated guide for acupuncture points here: https://bit.ly/2XdY4Zs

11/12/2019

❤️ HT 5 is the LUO Connecting point of the Heart meridian, which makes it a great acupuncture point for Urine retention, especially when there is fever!
It's also used after stroke, when there is speech problems, or for sudden voice loss or hoarseness, and nervous stuttering. It regulates HT Qi for better blood circulation. And addresses internal wind issues caused by excess fire resulting in dizziness and blurred vision.

If you like this graphic, check out my illustrated guide for acupuncture points here: https://bit.ly/2XdY4Zs

11/12/2019

A lot of my students are SP Qi deficient, especially at the end of the semester. Overthinking, worrying and over studying depletes the TCM Spleen 😞
The best thing to do is to feed the Spleen good nutritious foods, warm easy to digest foods like sweet potatoes, salmon, eggs, soups and stews, and avoid cold drinks & raw foods and processed foods!

07/12/2019

Basic TCM Patterns for Raynaud's Disease, which is excessively reduced blood flow, when the patient is expose to cold or emotional stress, causing discolouration of the fingers and toes mostly.
The Chinese herbal formula Si Ni San is quite helpful in conjunction with acupuncture and especially moxibustion.
Reducing exposure to cold & avoiding stress and smoking may also help the condition.

06/12/2019

Many of the world's centenarians share one common hobby: gardening. Could you extend your life and drop your stress by taking up the pursuit, too?

06/12/2019

Acupuncture improves bladder capacity, residual volume, urinary flow rate, urinary volume, and detrusor pressure.

06/12/2019

Stanford University and University of Arizona researchers find acupuncture effective for the relief of Parkinson's.

18/11/2019

Discover the science of how strength training keeps you young

13/11/2019

LUNG Qi deficiency in Chinese medicine has symptoms of fatigue, weak immune system, catching colds & flu easily, weak voice, sleep apnea, short of breath, weak chronic cough, environmental allergies, asthma, pale tongue and a weak pulse.
Treatment Principles: Tonify Lu Qi & Wei (defensive) Qi.
Basic Acupuncture: St 36, Lu 7, Ren 6, Kd 6.
Basic Herbal Formula: Yu Ping Feng San.

13/11/2019

PC 5 is a great acupuncture point to transform Phlegm in the Heart Mind, for manic depressive patients, irritability and incoherent speech. But also for palpitations and chest pain, and epilepsy. PC 5 harmonizes the Stomach for nausea, vomiting and stomachache. And it's used for acute febrile diseases especially malaria like symptoms (alternating chills and fever).

If you enjoy my graphic, check out my illustrated guide for acupuncture points here: https://bit.ly/2XdY4Zs

09/11/2019

We all need to go for more walks!

31/10/2019

DU 4 (Ming Men - Life Gate) is a great acupuncture point to tonify Kd deficiency with symptoms of low back pain & menstruation issues.
It benefits Essence (Jing) for low libido, impotence, seminal emission, and premature ej*******on.
It helps nourish Yuan Qi and warm Kd Yang (especially when using Moxa) for fatigue, early morning diarrhea and abnormal amount of watery vaginal discharge.


If you like this graphic, check out my illustrated guide for acupuncture points here: https://bit.ly/2XdY4Zs

19/10/2019

Chronic Sinusitis in TCM.
- Acupressure on Li 20, Li 4 and BL 2 will help tremendously in opening the nasal passages.
- Avoid dairy and sugar.
- Apple cider vinegar daily in warm water, dries mucus.
- Ginger & Turmeric dried mucus and clear cold.
- Neti pot rinse with saline will also clear the sinus of mucus.
- Steam inhalation with Eucalyptus oil will help reduce inflammation.

17/10/2019

Chronic Cough in TCM!
4 Basic Patterns of Diagnosis.
- Lu Yin deficiency: Chronic weak dry cough w/little mucus, dry mouth & throat, low grade fever worse in afternoon, red cheeks, night sweat, 5 centre heat, fatigue, thin, T: red w/scanty coat, P: thin-rapid. Acupuncture: Bl 13, Bl 43, Lu 9, Lu 7, Lu 5, Kd 3, Kd 6.

- Lu Qi deficiency: Chronic weak cough which tires the patient out and is worse on exertion, thin frothy with mucus, short of breath, spontaneous sweat, catch colds easily, fatigue, T: pale w/thin white coat, P: weak. Acupuncture: Bl 13, Bl 43, Lu 9, Lu 7, St 36, Rn 17, Sp 6.

- Sp & Kd Yang deficiency: Chronic cough w/watery mucus worse on exertion, wheezing, edema, aversion to cold, heavy cold limbs, spontaneous sweat, tinnitus, poor appetite, loose stools, T: pale-swollen, P: deep. Acupuncture: Bl 20, Bl 23,
Sp 9, Rn 9, St 36, Sp 6, Kd 7, Lu 7 & Moxa.

- Blood stasis: Recurrent irritating cough worse at night, scanty mucus w/blood streaked, cold extremities, T; purple, P: choppy-wiry. Acupuncture: Bl 17, Bl 13, Sp 10, Li 4, Lv 3, Lu 5.