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The Runner's Way: An interview with our Helen Chen

The Runner's Way: An interview with our Helen Chen

Helen Chen has been with us at ACNJ for nearly 20 years. She blends her deep understanding of acupuncture and TCM with a healthy, active life that she shares with us and her patients. Recently Helen started a regular running schedule, including training for races and half marathons. Read more...

Key to High-Level Wellness: 5 Ways to Reduce Inflammation

Key to High-Level Wellness: 5 Ways to Reduce Inflammation

At ACNJ, we counsel patients in the important ways they can reduce inflammation and promote natural, healthy function. These healthy and easy to achieve guidelines will enhance your regular acupuncture treatments and greatly improve the way you feel and your ability to resist disease and lead a longer, healthier life. Read more...

How Acupuncture + Traditional Chinese Medicine Help Women in Menopause

How Acupuncture + Traditional Chinese Medicine Help Women in Menopause

At the Acupuncture Center of New Jersey we often meet women who complain of common menopausal symptoms. These include hot flashes, irregular menstruation – sometimes with heavy bleeding that is unpredictable and difficult, fatigue, low libido, vaginal dryness and discomfort, and anxiety.  Read more...

Carmela's Weight Loss Breakthrough

Carmela's Weight Loss Breakthrough

At that point, her husband told me that they just came from a visit with her physician, who told her that she needed to lose more weight.  Well, the problem was they have already made lots of healthy food choices over the last year, and she had lost about 30 lbs in total already.  Now her weight simply plateaued and it had become difficult to shed more pounds. They didn't know what else to do.

Sane Monkey ∞ How to Stay Curious + Balanced in 2016

Sane Monkey ∞ How to Stay Curious + Balanced in 2016

Chinese New Year and Infomagical Challenge: How to remain curious, active and sane! This weekend we are leaping into another Chinese New Year: The Year of Monkey.

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.