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I would like to acknowledge and thank Masakazu Ikeda sensei for demonstrating the extraordinary clinical possibilities of Traditional Acupuncture. To my patients, students, teachers, colleagues, friends and my beautiful daughters, thanks heaps for your tolerance. After 25 years as a parent and practitioner it has become increasingly apparent to me that the 'learning never stops'.

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Palliative Care

Japanese Acupuncture and Palliative Care update

Monday, April 5th, 2010

In 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 and Palliative Care

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Japanese Acupuncture and Palliative Care might seem an unusual combination but my clinical experience strongly suggests that there may be some significant positive clinical outcomes as a result of judicious treatment. Robyn A grandmother in her late 60s who has been sadly diagnosed as suffering from stage 4 ovarian cancer. The symptoms include extreme ascites [...]