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Sunday, April 11th, 2010Japanese acupuncture was used to benefit victims of the Chilean earthquake earlier this year. How did this come to pass? In my practice of Japanese acupuncture I am invariably accompanied by a student/assistant during treatment. There are three good reasons. 1. Most important being that the patient benefits from the students/assistants focus and intention. 2. [...]
Japanese Acupuncture and Palliative Care update
Monday, April 5th, 2010In my last blog post regarding Japanese acupuncture and palliative care I mentioned that I had targeted the Spleen Meridian/complex as the most deficient and this simplified treatment demonstrably. Robyn has been dependent upon nausea medication for some time, so I was delighted to find out that she had been able to go some days [...]
Japanese Acupuncture Healing Potential
Monday, March 8th, 2010One of the greatest challenges facing me as a practitioner of Japanese acupuncture is effectively communicating it’s clinical diversity and power. I believe the best way to do that is to inform you about some of the clinical case histories and challenges confronting those seeking treatment to rectify their specific disharmony, illness, pain or as [...]
Japanese Acupuncture and 3 cases of over zealous application
Sunday, December 13th, 2009As Christmas approaches down under style, the stress of tying up all the loose ends in addition to an extraordinary dry and hot spell of weather has seen a number of my patients present to clinic energetically deflated. 3 of these patients were diagnosed as Liver yang deficiency syndrome, that is where the Ying and [...]
Stephen Brown’s Inspirational Japanese Acupuncture workshop
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Stephen Brown’s inspirational Japanese Acupuncture workshop is still fresh in my mind. The Walkabout Creek function center deep in the hills in pristine eucalyptus forest country northwest of Brisbane, a magical location discovered by eminent traditional acupuncturist/herbalist, East Asian medicine educator and now successful workshop convener, Greg Bantick was a superb venue for this groundbreaking [...]
Japanese Acupuncture may assist recovery from Glandular Fever
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Cameron presented in clinic about 4 weeks ago having been medically diagnosed as suffering from acute glandular fever. He was experiencing overwhelming lethargy, aching limbs, diabolically disturbed sleep pattern and severe headaches. This condition can derail an athletes career for anywhere between 3 to 12 months or more in some instances. Orthodox medicine usually recommends [...]
Japanese Acupuncture helps 8 months pregnant patient overcome debilitating stomach virus
Sunday, September 6th, 2009Jackie contacted me last Thursday, almost 8 months pregnant with her 3rd child she had contracted a debilitating virus that was causing constant diarrhea and nausea. She had been suffering from with this potentially dangerous condition since the previous Sunday, unable to keep fluids or solids on board she was becoming increasingly dehydrated in spite [...]
Japanese Acupuncture for Tennis/Golfer’s Elbow
Monday, August 10th, 2009This post concerns Japanese Acupuncture treatment for Tennis/Golfer’s Elbow and assisting Sarica to accelerate her patients recovery. Sarica is a graduate of PCOM (Pacific College of Oriental Medicine) in San Diego, has settled in Arizona, USA, been in practice for several years and is extremely keen to refine and develop her acupuncture repertoire. Boynton Canyon, [...]
Japanese Acupuncture V Medical Acupuncture
Monday, June 29th, 2009I sent the following email to a student and colleague, you may be interested in their replies. Dear…….., Thought you might be interested to hear that I am receiving a number of reports about physio’s advertising acupuncture as distinct from dry needling. Also, you might be interested in this article. http://www.smh.com.au/national/acupuncture-gets-trial-in-casualty-20090625-cya5.html I wonder who is [...]
Japanese Acupuncture V Dry Needling
Monday, June 22nd, 2009I write this post on this significantly wet winter morning, the ocean continues to rage with wind torn waves and whitewater exploding randomly, relentlessly pounding the foreshore. This week I presented two very different workshops, one for the physiotherapists with whom I work in Brisbane, the other for a select group of students. The first workshop, [...]
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