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HIV/AIDS and Chinese Medicine – Introduction

Chinese Medicine, ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine, Oriental Medicine, and so on, are closely related terms applied to medical systems rooted in the millennia-old traditions of Asia. While differences exist between geographical regions, the similarities between traditions of Oriental Medicine are more significant. Chinese medicine, and systems from Japan, Korea, and other nearby regions, share an approach [...]

Hijama – Procedure

Hijama can be performed anywhere on the body, often at the site of an ache or pain in order to ease or alleviate it. A more conservative approach warns against over use of cupping and suggests only that six optimal points on the body are all that is required to clean the entire cardiovascular system. [...]

Tan Yunxian – Medical Background

The medical practice of Tan Yunxian was contained to women. Although she did begin practicing medicine by treating her own children, and having her grandmother confirm her diagnoses. Records of Tan’s book reveal cases of thirty-one of the patients that she treated. The women which she worked with usually had chronic complaints, instead of critical [...]

Eu Yan Sang – Business groups

Retail Eu Yan Sang has a distribution network of more than 140 retail outlets in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, while some Eu Yan Sang products are also carried in pharmacies, medical halls, supermarkets, convenience stores, hospitals, health clubs and spas. Manufacturing Eu Yan Sang has two factories in Hong Kong and [...]

Ethnoveterinary medicine – Introduction

Ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) considers that traditional practices of veterinary medicine are legitimate and seeks to validate them (Köhler-Rollefson and Bräunig, 1998). Many non-Western traditions of veterinary medicine exist, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine in China, Tibetan veterinary medicine, Ayurveda in India, etc. These traditions have written records that go back thousands of years, for [...]

Nakayama Naotaka – Introduction

Naotaka Nakayama（中山直隆） (1917–2005) was an acupuncturist. He was born in a famous acupuncturist family known as “Kiyamachi no Hari” in Kyoto, Japan, predecessors include Kiku (19th century), Naojiro were among them. He served for various executive positions of the Acupuncturist Association of Kyoto since 1948, the president 1986–1992. He also served as a president of [...]

Trigger point – History

Trigger points have been a subject of study by a small number of doctors for several decades although this has not become part of mainstream medicine. The existence of tender areas and zones of induration in muscles has been recognized in medicine for many years and was described as muscular rheumatism or fibrositis in English; [...]

Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique – Introduction

Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) is an alternative medicine technique intended as a treatment for allergies and chemical sensitivities. Founded in 1983 by Devi Nambudripad, a California based acupuncturist, NAET draws on ideas from acupuncture, applied kinesiology, and allergy medicine. NAET attracts controversy due to the lack of scientific justification of the therapeutic approach, and [...]

Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examinations – NPLEX Part II – Clinical Science Examination

Part II is a three day examination process designed to assess whether the naturopathic medical school graduate can apply medical knowledge, skills and understanding of clinical sciences. It includes 3 main sections and 3 subsections. Core Clinical Sections 1,2 & 3 *Botanical medicine *Clinical nutrition *Diagnostic imaging *Emergency medicine *Homeopathy *Pharmacology *Physical & Clinical diagnosis [...]

Gene Bruno – Awards

*Pioneers and Leaders Award October – 2007 – Presented by American Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine *Founders of the Profession Lifetime Achievement Award – October 2006 – Presented by American Association of Oriental Medicine *Special Award for Advancing Oriental Medicine in the State of Oregon – October 1993 – Presented by the Oregon Acupuncture [...]

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