Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Blog

Ear Infection & Allergies in Kids: Differential Pulse Diagnosis & Herbal Treatment by Jimmy Chang

Submitted by elotus on Tue, 06/18/2013 - 10:25am

Dr. Chang always says that treating children is generally no different than treating adults. I guess you can say, children are just little people so you would just lower the dosage, of course. =D

In this class, Dr. Chang started off with a case study: a boy from Hong Kong had an allergic reaction from eating something which resulted in what looked like someone punching this poor child in the eye and a swollen lip. Dr. Chang recommended Bee Propolis, Huang Lian Shang Qing Wan, and lemon juice. The next morning, the boy was 100% better and smiling.

Bee propolis, by the way, is Dr. Chang's favorite recommendation right now. He recommends it for everything from inflammation to high blood pressure! It's great!

The course continued with a discussion on ear infection and skin allergies but I'm not going to give all the goodies away. Click here to watch the TCM Wisdom Tube for this course!


~Donna

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Pain Management: Herbal Alternatives to Drugs by John Chen

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 5:24pm

Everyone has experienced physical pain sometime in their lives and unfortunately for some, it results in taking Western medication whether it be prescribed drugs or over-the-counter. 

In this great 1 hour preview to Internal Medicine: Herbal Alternatives to Drugs, Part II, Dr. Chen discusses the variety of Western drugs for pain management and how it works in your body, as well as some great tidbits on herbal alternatives. It was an awesome sneak peek on what to expect for this Sunday's (6/9/13) webinar!

To watch the 1 hour preview, click here to watch it on the TCM Wisdom Tube!

 To sign up for Sunday's webinar (8 CEUs, 9AM-6PM,PT), click here!


~Donna

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Intro to Making Acupuncture Pay by Matthew Bauer

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 5:23pm

In the 1 hour preview to Matt Bauer's full day practice management class, he introduced to us the "Middle Way Model". Matt developed this model after finding the right balance between under-doing and overdoing many aspects of one's practice that is vital to practice success. These aspects include fees, spacing treatments, patient load, and the time spent with patients.

Matt also gave some great advice on starting your own practice versus renting a room. On the full day class, Matt will go more in detail about spacing treatments, how to avoid backsliding, instructing patients how to self-care, how to monitor progress, insurance, marketing, and more!!

To watch the 1 hour preview, click here to watch it on the TCM Wisdom Tube!

And we'd love to see you at the webinar and there's still room!! Click here to register for Matt Bauer's Practice Management Course on Saturday, June 8, 2013. (8 CEUs, 9AM-6PM,PT)


~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

Treating Infertility in Advance Aged Women Using the 8 Extra Meridians by Brandon Horn

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 05/23/2013 - 5:31pm

This was a great class to learn how to implement the 8 Extra Meridians into the treatment of infertility for woman who are experiencing difficulty bearing children! I learned a few tidbits myself that I probably already knew but this class helped me to remember.

As we all know, aging can be defined as yang consuming yin but did you know that the wei channels govern the aging process? And what's great about acupuncture is that it can actually interfere with the likelihood of a child inheriting a developmental disorder due to the mother's age (think over 35 years old). Interesting isn't it? =D

As a quick preview to the class, Dr. Brandon Horn says that the 8 Extra Meridians are vessels of Jing and you can strengthen Jing with Yinwei Mai - it governs the susceptibility to aging!


It was a pretty informational and interesting class, so if you missed it or just want to watch it again, you can do so on the TCM Wisdom Tube. Just click here for the recording!


~Donna

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Making It All Go Away - Upper Body Pain by Bob Doane

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:36pm

Bob Doane is known for sharing his practice management pearls but what is a great practice without a great practitioner?

In this short webinar, Bob emphasizes how important it is to ... basically.. know what you're doing in the treatment room. And since most people turn to acupuncture when they have pain, it is probably a good idea to be an Acupuncturist who can treat pain with immediate results! And if you don't know how to do that yet, Bob can help you! (He helped me!! So he can help you too!!)

Catch this very interesting webinar on what you think you know, is not what you really know… confused you didn't I? Here's a little preview: There are no meridians and there are no channels.. YES, I just went there! Don't worry, you will totally get most of it after watching the 1 hour recording and then 100% understand it at this Saturday, May 18, 2013 webinar.

Haven't sign up yet? Well, we don't want to miss seeing you there so sign up by clicking here.

To watch the full recording of the 1 hour webinar, click here!

~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

Testicular Varicocele: Differential Pulse Diagnosis & Herbal Treatment by Jimmy Chang

Submitted by elotus on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 10:52am

Okay, pop quiz!

If a man has testicular variococele, where would you find it in the pulse & what is the pulse??

It would be a turtle pulse in the chi position!

In this webinar, Dr. Chang shares the pulse signs, herbal treatment, and a few lifestyle recommendations (no bicycle riding & no hot baths!) for varicocele.

But of course, Dr. Chang doesn't stop there. He also talks about hemmorroids. Did you know there are 3 types? Internal, external, and mixed!

Want to know what else he talked about? Find out from the TCMWT recording!

To watch the full recording, click here to watch Dr. Chang's Testicular Varicocele webinar!

~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

Scalp Acupuncture for Pain and Acid Reflux by Lee Funk

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 5:41pm

Lee Funk is a paramedic, chiropractor, acupuncturist, and lifelong student so you KNOW this man has a LOT of knowledge going on!

In this webinar, Dr. Funk went over scalp acupuncture and some tuina techniques. It was awesome!

Dr. Funk started off describing how the body is imaged on the scalp and then how to palpate it to feel for protrusion, scars, and even using your own intuition! And of course, some tonifying and sedating tips!

He also had a dummy model (sorry for my lack of better words) which was extremely helpful when he talked about acid regurgitation and tips to treat it using tuina techniques. This part was pretty cool. I haven't heard of anyone trying to lengthen the esophagus before. But if you want to hear more about it, you'd have to watch it on the TCM Wisdom Tube because Dr. Funk explains it soooo much better!

 

To watch the full recording, click here to watch on our TCM Wisdom Tube!

~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

Wudang Style Tai Chi Chuan by Kedi Pan

Submitted by elotus on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 4:19pm

This was definitely a different kind of webinar that I'm used to and it took me back to the good old days in TCM school, specifically the Qi Gong/Tai Chi class!

The class started off with Dr. John Chen sharing how he and his family went to China for a month to study at the Wudang Mountain academy - learning qi gong, tai chi chuan, martial arts, and the like. Dr. Chen was so impresed that he invited Master Kedi Pan to come share her invaluable knowledge with the eLotus family and so... here we are now! A webinar with Master Pan!

In this specific class, Master Pan demonstrates a short segment of Tai Chi Chuan for us to follow along. After following along, I realized how long ago Tai Chi class was!! (I still ned more practice!!!)

Now it's your turn to follow Master Pan and master the art of Tai Chi Chuan!

To watch the full recording, click here to watch on our TCM Wisdom Tube!

~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

Master Tung’s Acupuncture for Female Disorders (Yeast Infection, Postpartum Depression, and PMS) by Robert Chu

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 5:56pm

Another great webinar with Robert Chu as he shares his pearls of wisdom on treating yeast infection, postpartum depression, and PMS using Master Tung's acupuncture points and herbs!

 

This class was great as Dr. Chu shared detailed notes on what the condition is, where EXACTLY to find the points (the pictures are really helpful!) as well as some herbal recommendations.

 

If you were not able to join us for the live webinar, catch the TCM Wisdom Tube recording!


To watch the full recording, click here to watch on the TCM Wisdom Tube!

~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

Intro to Chronic Pain: Integrative Acupuncture Care by Philip Tan

Submitted by elotus on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 5:24pm

Great webinar with Philip Tan!!

In the 1 hour webinar, Philip went over how amazing CV12 is and the powerful Liver meridian.

What's the first thing you think of when someone says CV12? Stomach issues right?? CV12 is a great point to tonify post-natal qi so that our essence won't get drained so quickly. Well, did you know it is THE point for treating the spine?!? Kiiko Matsumoto and other Japanese acupuncturists frequently use CV12 for spine issues! And the whole spine - cervical, thoracic, & lumbar!

And why CV12? It's the starting point of the meridian system. The first meridian we learn is Lung and where does the Lung meridian begin? Around CV12! Cool huh?

 

Philip also went over how wonderful and versatile the Liver meridian is because it can treat so many things. I believe the exact words were "Liver is a player" because it can go with other meridians lol. Plus, the Liver meridan is Philip's favorite to treat neck pain and migraines. (Image wise, LR 4 gets the neck!). He says if you follow Dr. Richard Tan, you will also know why the Liver is so great!

And just a quick migraine rx to leave you guys - use LR 2, 3, and proximal LR 3 to treat migraine on the shaoyang side of the headache. You can also use LR 4 too since it gets the neck.

For the full hour of this great intro (and even a quick demo of how to find the points I just listed above), watch the recording.. it's great!

To watch the full recording, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

~Donna

For more great and FREE recordings of past 1-hr webinars, click here for the TCM Wisdom Tube!

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