Healing Connections: The Heart of Acupuncture

Healing Connections: The Heart of Acupuncture

When patients come to us, there is an exchange of energy more than an exchange of clinical knowledge or information. Though on the surface, it appears that the patient is on the receiving end while the practitioner is on the giving end, the reality is far from that. At the moment of giving is receiving and at the moment of receiving is giving.

Treating Severe Pain with Distal Acupuncture

Treating Severe Pain with Distal Acupuncture

But when our energy is blocked or severely diminished, either by a traumatic accident or disease, pain and illness are the result. By restoring the flow of energy through the affected areas, we restore the natural healing properties inherent in our bodies.

Ringing Rocks, Autumn Bells and the 5 Phases of TCM

Ringing Rocks, Autumn Bells and the 5 Phases of TCM

And when you are busy hammering around in order to find the rocks among rocks that ring bells for you, keep in mind that in Chinese Traditional Medicine rock and its origin; Metal, is one of the Five essential elements or phases (wu xing) in a cycle that govern the flow of energy in the world outside and inside of ourselves.

The Virtue of Forgiveness in Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Virtue of Forgiveness in Traditional Chinese Medicine

I have noticed when children fight and argue, they quickly become friends again and start their play again. It is remarkable how kids are able to forgive and forget; this is what makes them so vibrant and continuously happy. We as adults have a more difficult time in doing this practice.

Ancient Healing Technique for Sore + Stiff Muscles - Gwa Sha

Ancient Healing Technique for Sore + Stiff Muscles - Gwa Sha

When people begin their acupuncture treatment, they are most often surprised to find out that acupuncture is so much more than just needles. Within Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are several different modalities that can be used in addition to the acupuncture needles. The adjunctive therapies that we use at the Acupuncture Center of New Jersey include Gua Sha, cupping, moxibustion, Tui Na, and electrical stimulation.

Why Women are More Sensitive to Cold Office Climates

Why Women are More Sensitive to Cold Office Climates

Many of my female patients complain of being uncomfortably cold in their workplaces while their male colleagues feel OK. According to this article it may be due to the fact that office climate controls were set by men for men at a time when males dominated the workplace, both in numbers and in supervisory roles. Now females make up a much greater portion of the white collar work force and are feeling the effects of these old thermostat settings.

Gain Willpower + Address Addictions with Acupuncture

Gain  Willpower + Address Addictions with Acupuncture

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine not only offers therapies to reduce food and smoking cravings, such as acupuncture and dietary counseling, but it also explains the nature of these cravings in a simple, eloquent way.

Turmeric (Yu Jin): A Chinese herb for Pain Relief + Energy

Turmeric (Yu Jin): A Chinese herb for Pain Relief + Energy

Ahh! The great wonder of turmeric. I use turmeric in all my daily Indian dishes to add flavor and color. However there is more to this wonderful, powerful herbal spice. As a Chinese herb (yu jin) turmeric has a bitter taste and stimulates circulation by moving Qi and blood stasis.

Connection Time - A Vital Practice for Full Out Wellness

Connection Time - A Vital Practice for Full Out Wellness

The way our culture and technology have developed it is possible and easy to spend days face to face with our smart machines indoors. While we connect with people digitally, on phone, Facebook, through pictures and video, there is an increasing tendency to move through our days with our headphones on, viewing small, medium, and large screens while avoiding eye contact or communion with the environment or the actual living, breathing human beings around us. Connecting Time, the sixth of the wellness practices we've been exploring, is an antidote to isolation and alienation.