Stop Smoking with Acupuncture

March 14, 2010

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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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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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A Gentle Critique of Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight

January 17, 2010

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An interesting critique of “My Stroke of Insight” by Dr Jill Bolte Taylor from the Buddhist  perspective.
Published December 13, 2009 Books 9 Comments
Tags: brain, dzogchen, mahamudra, natural state, neuroscience, no-mind, zen

There is an amazing presentation of the brain researcher, Dr Jill Taylor (1959-), about her own stroke in her left brain. You can watch her My Stroke of Insight presentation here. Her delivery is very passionate and professional, and she knows how to connect with the audience. She has also published My Stroke of Insight book but it contains mainly expanded explanation of all concepts she already covered in her 18 minutes talk above, so you may benefit from reading her book but do not expect too much…

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Yerba mate tea: Drink in moderation

January 11, 2010

Elena Conis

Teas from across the globe are becoming more and more popular in the U.S. One relative newcomer, yerba mate, is attracting fans for its allegedly jitter-free caffeine boost and high antioxidant content.

Lab research suggests some potential health benefits from drinking yerba mate, but studies of lifelong yerba mate drinkers in the tea’s native South America suggest the brew increases the risk of some cancers — a fact most marketing campaigns omit.

Yerba mate, leaves of the Ilex paraguariensis tree, is traditionally brewed and served in a dried-out gourd and sipped through a metal straw with a filter on one end to stop drinkers from ending up with a mouthful of leaves.

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“In South America, people tend to consume large amounts,” he said. “The more people drink, the higher the risk of cancer. It’s a dose-related response.” In the U.S., he advises, “people don’t need to stop drinking it, but they do need to know something about it . . . and drink in moderation.”

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