Bodywork tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1250480 2008-07-10T09:25:32-07:00 How-to's and tips for the professional. TypePad The Connection Between Qi Gong and Massage tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-32094 2009-12-01T12:00:32-07:00 2009-12-01T12:00:07-07:00 The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Neijing) was compiled in 200 BC and is still considered the bible of Chinese medicine today. The Neijing discusses four major healing modalities: acupuncture, pharmacology (herbs), massage and qi gong. Qi gong was then called dao yin, which translates as "guiding and pulling" but is sometimes called "gymnastics" in translated texts. Early Chinese medicine and Daoist texts frequently grouped massage and qi gong together as the two most powerful methods of self-healing. Qi gong became an official part of Chinese court medicine by the Tang dynasty, and it is likely that massage therapists were already part of court medicine before that time. By Suzanne Friedman, LAc The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Neijing) was compiled in 200 BC and is still considered the bible of Chinese medicine today. The Neijing discusses four major healing modalities: acupuncture, pharmacology (herbs), massage and qi gong. Qi gong was then called dao yin, which translates as "guiding and pulling" but is sometimes called "gymnastics" in translated texts. Early Chinese medicine and Daoist texts frequently grouped massage and qi gong together as the two most powerful methods of self-healing. Qi gong became an official part of Chinese court medicine by the Tang dynasty, and it is likely that massage therapists were already part of court medicine before that time. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medical Approaches for Fibromyalgia tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-30049 2005-03-01T12:00:32-07:00 2005-03-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Douglas Yi Wang, LAc, Dipl. Ac., MD (China) Supporting the Patient's Need to "Feel Lean" With Patent Teas and Herbal Formulas tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-30019 2005-02-01T12:00:32-07:00 2005-02-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Lindsey Armstrong, LAc, MTOM, Dipl. Ac., CH Acupuncture Shows Promise in Treating Osteoarthritis of the Knee tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-30022 2005-02-01T12:00:32-07:00 2005-02-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Editorial Staff How Does Moxibustion Work Scientifically? tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-30023 2005-02-01T12:00:32-07:00 2005-02-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Yin Lo, PhD Laser Acupuncture and Respiratory Disease tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-30028 2005-02-01T12:00:32-07:00 2005-02-01T12:00:07-07:00 By David Rindge, DOM, LAc, RN The Meridian Clock: A Taoist Cosmological Imaging System, Part One tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-30030 2005-02-01T12:00:32-07:00 2005-02-01T12:00:07-07:00 By David Twicken, DOM, LAc Color Changes in Scleral Capillaries and Their Clinical Significance: Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-29028 2004-11-01T12:00:32-07:00 2004-11-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Holmes Keikobad, MBBS, DPH (Ret.), Dipl. Ac., LAc External Qigong Effective in Treating Symptoms of PMS tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-29036 2004-11-01T12:00:32-07:00 2004-11-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Michael Devitt and Karen Stretch, assistant editor Ethics of Asian Bodywork Practice, Part Two tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-29009 2004-10-01T12:00:32-07:00 2004-10-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Pamela Ellen Ferguson, Dipl. ABT (NCCAOM), CI (AOBTA, GSD-Germany), RMT Fibromyalgia tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-29013 2004-10-01T12:00:32-07:00 2004-10-01T12:00:07-07:00 By Heidi Hawkins, MAc, LAc