by Waco Acupuncturist | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog
The concept of gardening gives us an excellent illustration for the theories behind Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and acupuncture. Imagine you are a gardener whose job it is to help a garden thrive. To help nature along, you must provide necessities such as water...
by Waco Acupuncturist | Feb 16, 2014 | Blog
The BBC recently conducted a short study to assess the health effects of an extra hour of sleep. The article is well worth reading. Two high points: During deep sleep memories are consolidated and moved into long-term storage. This consolidation must take place within...
by Waco Acupuncturist | Feb 13, 2014 | Blog
Did you ever notice that the biggest hill of a rollercoaster is always somewhere in the beginning of the ride? This is so that the cars can develop enough momentum from the first hill to propel them through the rest of the course. Getting to the top of that first...
by Waco Acupuncturist | Jan 31, 2014 | Blog
As I wrote about here, in Chinese medicine we believe that the primary cause of disease in adults is unresolved emotions. In my clinical experience, unresolved and/or unrecognized anger is particularly common and troublesome. It is unusual for me to encounter patients...
by Waco Acupuncturist | Jan 28, 2014 | Blog
You have probably heard acupuncture referred to at some point as “alternative medicine” but classifying acupuncture this way is based on two erroneous assumptions. First, it implies that acupuncture is a runner-up or a contingency plan to turn to when medicine...
