I remember the stereotypical long, white beard on the old diagnostician in the traditional Chinese medical hospital in Shenyang, China where I was living in 1998. At that time, and maybe still today, there were hospitals in China that only offered Traditional Chinese Medicine, those that offered only Western Medicine, and those that offered both.

    The last branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is nutrition. In this column, we’ve previously described the other branches: acupuncture, herbs, exercise, and massage. Nutrition may be considered the most important of these. As we all know, food is the source of continued life for our bodies. Nutrition is such an overwhelming topic

I have a clear memory as a child of my grandfather fumbling with the doorknob, trying to open the back door to leave, while I asked him a quick question. He sort of yelled back, confused and angry, and finally opened the door. This was very out of his character and confused me. He slowly

NATURAL HEALTH CORNER Joshua Singer, L.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist Ahhh…. STRESS, a term most of us are quite familiar with. We each experience stress in different ways. Your mind may be overactive, obsessed with a problem or worried about an individual. You may hold tension in your lower back, upper back, or neck and shoulders. You

Have you known any centenarians? I mean anyone who’s lived over 100 years. There have been studies done in different places throughout the world where centenarians are more common in order to better understand longevity. We all wonder if this is simply good genes or if diet and exercise really do have to do with

One of the most common reasons people seek acupuncture care is for quitting smoking. If you’ve dealt with any form of addiction, you can understand the struggle in stopping this deep, habitual pattern. There’s a strong physical response to the regular exposure to nicotine throughout each day. There are clearly emotional and even spiritual reasons

Last night I read Dr. Seuss’ “The Sleep Book” to my 6-year-old daughter and it worked like a charm. She was sleeping by the final page. I got the impression, by that point, that the “9 zillion 9 trillion and three creatures” were all asleep. Of course this is Dr. Seuss, but it surely made

Spring is sort of here. Though we’re all feeling somewhat doubtful that it’s coming, I’ll guarantee that we’ll be experiencing warmer weather soon. And many folks who’ve been less active during the winter months will get their running shoes on and head to the roads. This is the time when we practitioners have our patients

The last branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is nutrition, which may be considered the most important. We know that food is the source of continued life for our bodies. In this column, we’ve previously described the other branches of this form of medicine; acupuncture, herbs, exercise, and massage. Nutrition is such an overwhelming topic

    Integrative Health Joshua Singer, L.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist In the last few articles of this column we have talked about three of the five branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine; acupuncture, herbs, and exercise. Here we’ll talk about another branch, massage and related techniques. Tui Na Massage Chinese medical massage is called Tui Na, translated