The Nine Best Health Steps To Take

By Marlene Merritt, DOM, LAc, ACN

Remember the last time you had to do something complicated, like assemble a piece of furniture, or get your PC to stop freezing up? There's often a lot of cursing and frustration because the directions were unclear and it's with excessive amounts of effort that you finally finish the job. Can you imagine what it's like for people who want to be healthy? Faced with conflicting information from the media (eggs are good, no, eggs are bad, no, eggs are good!), medical doctors who don't support them or give them misinformation, an environment that seems to conspire against health — there are lots of reasons to not be healthy.

My Shotgun for the Sinus

By Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM

Spring is here, and allergies, sinus congestion, and runny noses will soon be a big problem. I live in the northeast part of the country, sinus problems are a big issue. Folks that grew up here refer to their "normal" sinus problems. I have heard more than a few times from patients that moved to this area that they never had any sinus problems before until they moved to Delaware. I am not a meteorologist, but my basic understanding is that we sit in the center of the "northeast corridor" – dust, debris, pollutants, etc. from the region are carried by the prevailing winds right over our state and out over the sea.

Making Private Practice Work: Part III

By Matthew Bauer, LAc

In my last article, I used the analogy that acupuncture works like adding more minutes to a sprinkler system to help turn a brown lawn back to green. I suggested using this explanation to allow you to manage the stress that arises from the uncertainty over your treatment outcomes. I also mentioned that this explanation allows you to help your patients understand the remarkably wide range of conditions acupuncture has the potential to treat. Now, I want to focus on how framing acupuncture as a therapy that stimulates the body's internal resources is the best way to educate your patients - leading to more referrals - while also giving you a great theme for all your public education/marketing efforts.

Robert Downey Jr. Honored for TCM Advocacy

By Brenda Duran, Senior Associate Editor

In the last two decades, movie star Robert Downey Jr. has achieved good health and he credits it all to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Downey spoke about his gratitude for the ancient medicine while being honored for his advocacy with the Robert Graham Visionary Award in March.

The award was presented by Yo San University founders Daoshing Ni and Mao Shing Ni in a small ceremony at the Malibu home of philanthropist Lilly Tartikoff.