INFORMATION FOR PACIENTS

I give you a website where patients can watch informative videos about acupuncture. They offer video content on various aspects of acupuncture: the purpose, the procedure itself, the dangers or the biological effect.
http://www.videojug.com/tag/acupuncture

HUMAN ANATOMY

I recommend you an interesting 3D model of human anatomy. I think it can be very useful!
http://www.anatomy.tv/home.aspx#

MEETINGS AND COURSES

Here are British Medical Acupuncture Society courses and other forthcoming meetings.
http://www.acupunctureinmedicine.org.uk/servearticle.php?artid=667

ENDOMETRIALGIA

Here is an article about mechanisms in the nervous system responsible for the endometriosis pain or endometrialgia.

http://www.acupunctureinmedicine.org.uk/servearticle.php?artid=661

Anatomy

Two interactive atlas of human anatomy useful for clinical practice:

http://www.apuntesdeanatomia.com/

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Spring

Spring is paired with the wood element in Chinese Medicine and the organ that represents it is the liver.

Wood exemplifies the energy of growth and change and is very active and allows for a lot of movement and progress, both internally and externally. When constrained, it is the energy of frustration, anger and stress.

The Liver governs the muscles and tendons, the eyes, and the fingernails, and is important in the functioning of the reproductive system. It is also responsible for the smooth flow of mental and physical energy, and assists all the other organ systems in functioning properly. Liver qi allows for the appropriate movement of emotions, and has an especially strong connection with the feelings of anger and frustration.

At this time of year, we may have more energy to get moving on projects. At the same time, areas of frustration can be especially apparent.

Problems that bothered us in the winter often start to feel better, and we find we have more energy and vigor because liver qi flows easily. Spring can be a hard time for health issues that are related to qi stagnation, but is a really good time to work with these blockages, and get things moving so we can have access to all that great energy.

Acupuncture and public health insurance

British Columbia will become the first Canadian province to cover acupuncture on the provincial Medical Services Plan. The move is effective since April 1.

Cupping Therapy

I recommend you an article published at Chinese Medicine Times where you can find ten cupping methods to be used on therapies.

http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/section/185/1/cupping_therapy___part_one

http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/section/201/1/cupping_therapy___part_two

Acupuncture Treatment for Obesity

A study edited at the Medical Acupuncture journal suggests the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in weight loss in patients already following a diet and exercise regimen.

The study is limited because of the number of patients (n=30) recruited and the acupuncture treatment used (PC6, ST36 and auricular acupuncture). Thus, large-scale studies are required to confirm this preliminary finding.

http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/journal/vol17_2/article_6.html

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Western Science Meets Eastern Wisdom

That was the title of a conference organized last year in Italy. Even though the kernel of discussions was not only Chinese Medicine, I believe that the theme is interesting enough. We need a starting point to investigate the dynamic interactions between spiritual insight and scientific analysis to create a new paradigm of modern science. This is the goal of medical acupuncture, isn't it?

http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/5/1/51