Stop Smoking with Acupuncture

March 14, 2010

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The
Acupuncture Newsletter

March
2010
Among current U.S. adult smokers, 70% report
that they want to quit smoking and millions try to quit every year. If
you have attempted to quit smoking, you know how difficult it can be.
Nicotine is a powerful addiction. In fact, research suggests that
nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine, or alcohol.

It is estimated that most smokers will attempt to quit two or three
times, or more, before finally kicking the habit. When conventional
methods to quit smoking have failed, smokers often look outside
mainstream approaches and turn to alternative medicine.

Acupuncture as an alternative approach to smoking cessation has a
growing number of converts. In fact, acupuncture is often a court
mandated treatment for drug addicts because of its ability to reduce
cravings and alleviate withdrawal symptoms such as irritability,
anxiety and difficulty concentrating.

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The Sticking Points of Acupuncture

March 11, 2010

In the interest of making 2010 our year of wellness—Daphne Oz is on the case to find the ultimate in total mind, body and spirit care. Here, she offers up some of what may be the most interesting, innovative and effective examples of holistic therapy today.

Just so everyone knows what acupuncture is, we’re talking about inserting needles of all different sizes into various points around the body ‘on purpose’ with the goal of healing by releasing blocked energy and restoring equilibrium.

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Running Extra Mile Sets Humans Apart in Primates’ World

March 8, 2010

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

If walking upright first set early human ancestors apart from their ape cousins, it may have been their eventual ability to run long distances with a springing step over the African savanna that influenced the transition to today’s human body form, two researchers are reporting today.

The evolution of physiques for distance running made humans look the way we do now, whether winning a marathon, nursing a strained Achilles tendon or sitting on an ample gluteus maximus in front of the TV.

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Born to Run…But Have We Forgotten How?

March 8, 2010

Written by Danny Dreyer

According to Harvard research scientist Dr. Daniel Lieberman, et al, we are born to run. He’s right. Somewhere in our long line of ancestors there was most likely a carnivorous humanoid hunter/gatherer type who got his dinner by persistence hunting, which to this day is still done by certain Kalahari tribesmen (as seen on this amazing video). If you wanted to eat, that’s how it was done. My ancestors must have been reasonably successful because I’m sitting here at my computer today as an indirect result of someone three million years ago who was a runner.

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Qigong – Breath Empowerment – Food-based Healing

February 23, 2010

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Acupuncture may ease cramps

February 17, 2010

Studies show treatment relieves menstrual pain
Reuters, Feb. 17, 2010

HONG KONG – Acupuncture may be helpful in alleviating menstrual cramps, which affects up to half of all young women, an extensive review of past studies has found.

In a review of 27 studies that involved nearly 3,000 women, researchers from the Oriental Hospital at Kyung Hee University Medical Center in South Korea found that acupuncture may be more effective than drugs or herbal medicines.

“There is convincing evidence on the effectiveness of using acupuncture to treat pain as it stimulates the production of endorphins and serotonin in the central nervous system,” they wrote in a statement.

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5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture

February 14, 2010

February is the American Heart Association’s Heart Health Awareness Month, emphasizing the dangers of heart disease and the importance of heart health.

Heart disease includes conditions affecting the heart, such as coronary heart disease, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and congenital heart disease. Despite dramatic medical advances over the past fifty years, heart disease remains a leading cause of death globally and the number one cause of death in the United States. By integrating acupuncture and Oriental medicine into your heart healthy lifestyle, you can dramatically reduce your risk of heart disease.

Taking small steps to improve your health can reduce your risk for heart disease by as much as eighty percent. Steps to prevention include managing high blood pressure, quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing stress and improved sleep – all of which can be helped with acupuncture.

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Smoking out the flu

January 28, 2010

Suffering from a bout of winter flu? Chinese traditional medicine has its own answers – you can rebalance your bodies’ meridian with moxibustion, the smoky twin to acupuncture, or bleed the bad toxins away with wet cupping.

The practice of burning moxa, the herb mugwort, above or on the skin can treat many ills, according to moxibustion therapist Fan Changwei.

Usually associated with just needles, acupuncture in fact consists of two elements, demonstrated by its Chinese name “zhen jiu”. “Zhen” is the inserting of needles into acupoints in the body and “jiu” is moxibustion, the burning of moxa over the body.

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Top 10 Sleep Mistakes And Their Solutions

January 17, 2010

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Dr. Frank Lipman, Integrative Physician

Although we may not like to admit it, many of the sleep problems we experience are the result of bad habits and behaviors. We stay up late or sleep in late. We eat foods that disagree with us or enjoy a drink late at night, oblivious to their disruptive impact on our sleep rhythms. Over time, we teach our body not to sleep and for relief we often turn to sleeping pills, which mask rather than solve the problem, and can lead to addiction. Ultimately for real success, with insomnia as with any chronic problem, one must look for the underlying imbalances and root causes and address those.

Here are the common sleep “mistakes” I see in my practice and their solutions.

Dr. Lippman is the author of REVIVE: Stop Feeling Spent and Start Living Again and Total Renewal; 7 key steps to Resilience, Vitality and Long-Term Health both available at Amazon.
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