Everyday Acupuncture Podcast
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsContrary to popular belief, acupuncture is not just sticking needles into people. It is a way of gently coaxing healing from the body, by helping the body to listen to itself.
While acupuncture is one of the pillars of Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, dietary habits and the influences of foods, movement and postural practices, and a vital blend of ancient physiology along with a keen observational eye for how multiple systems work together all are aspects of Chinese medicine that we will discuss here on Everyday Acupuncture.
So in addition to acupuncture we will touch on those wider aspects of Chinese medicine. And even some aspects of modern medicine as they relate to the ancient Chinese wisdom about health and well-being.
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EAP-103 What does acupuncture treat? MB Huwe, L.Ac
January 12, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! I'm Mary Beth Huwe, my husband Brian, and I run Huwe Acupuncture, an acupuncture and herbal medicine clinic in a super tiny town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. We are often asked, what does acupuncture treat? And we explain it in this way. Acupuncture treats people not diseases. That means no matter who you are or what you're suffering from, acupuncture is an option for you, not just an alternative or a last ditch. But an actual, serious...
EAP-102 Will One Session of Acupuncture Fix My Problem, Michael Max L.Ac
November 30, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! I’m Michael Max from Yong Kang Chinese Medicine Clinic in St Louis, MO. And today I’m here to answer the question…. Will one session of acupuncture fix my problem? this is common question. And it shines a light on our magical thinking about acupuncture. That it’s either magic or mumbo jumbo, or a wing and prayer attempt at stepping out of the box of convention and maybe getting lucky. One of the problems with acupuncture is that there are t...
EAP-101 Acupuncture for Pets, Neal Sivula DVM
October 26, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! This is Dr. Neal Sivula. I'm a veterinarian and owner of Dancing Paws Animal Wellness Center, a holistic veterinary practice located in beautiful Richfield, Ohio. Today I'll answer the question- "I love acupuncture for myself, can I get it for my pet?" Of course, you can! The basic acupuncture certification program for Veterinarians in the United States is a post-graduate course, usually around 200 hours in length. We learn Traditional Chinese Med...
EAP-100 Can Children Really Have Acupuncture?, Rebecca Avern L.Ac
September 28, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.69 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! Can children really have acupuncture? I’m Rebecca Avern, a paediatric acupuncturist at The Panda Clinic and The Little Acupuncture Room in Oxford UK. When I tell people what I do for a living, a common response is – can children really have acupuncture? The simple answer to that question is a resounding ‘yes’. And I’m going to explain to you why. Firstly, acupuncture is a lot more than purely needles. It includes many other, non-insertive tec...
EAP-099 Why Try Acupuncture? I Already Feel Healthy! with Heidi Markland LAc.
September 21, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 2.77 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! Hi, this is Heidi Markland with Ancient Spring Acupuncture in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Today I’m gonna talk about a question that I often get asked when someone first finds out that I’m an acupuncturist. So, while most people are familiar with the idea of acupuncture treating pain, many people ask what if I feel pretty healthy overall, why should I try acupuncture? First, if we look at the historical Chinese texts about acupuncture, we know ...
EAP-098 How Medicinal Mushrooms Help Immune Function, Mason Bresett, ND
September 14, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.46 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! How Medicinal Mushrooms Help Immune Function? I’m Dr. Mason Bresett Chief Science Advisor and Naturopathic Doctor from Real Mushrooms in British Columbia, Canada. I’m here today to answer the common question I hear about how mushrooms help the immune system? Firstly, mushrooms have been used as medicine for thousands of years and our understanding of them has grown exponentially with modern research and paired with traditional knowledge. Mushroo...
EAP-097 How Acupuncture Helps With Chronic Pain, Caitria Thiele
September 07, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.52 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! "How does acupuncture help with chronic pain? My name is Caitria Thiele, L.Ac. I’m a licensed acupuncturist practicing at Connected Healing in Franklin WI, just outside of Milwaukee. Today, I’m going to share some information with you about how acupuncture helps with the healing of chronic pain. The first thing that you need to know is that acupuncture works by modulating and regulating the functions of the nervous system. The nervous system contr...
EAP-096 Patient Questions About Acupuncture, Toby Daly L.Ac
August 31, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.33 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! Hi, this is Toby Daly at Flourish Medicine, and I have, I'm gonna be answering questions today from my patient, , do you have any questions about Chinese medicine? I do. I have had different types of treatment of acupuncture, and I am curious to know I've been coming in here just going completely by feel, but I'm curious to know how this particular acupuncture is special and how the four needles. How do, how does it. Okay. Yeah. That's, that's ...
EAP-095 Can Acupuncture Treat Long Haul Covid? with Stacey Whitcomb L.Ac
August 24, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 2.81 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! CAN ACUPUNCTURE TREAT LONG COVID OR POST COVID SYMPTOMS? Better than you can imagine my friends, better than you could imagine. AAM was built for this type of multisystem mayhem. But before I get into the how, first I want to state that “Long Covid or “post COVID conditions” are considered western diagnosis. AAM cannot diagnose or treat CoVID or LONG Haul Covid, but we definitely can take someone who has been diagnosed or suspects they are suffer...
EAP-094 Is Chinese Medicine The Same As Acupuncture? with Dr. Heidi Lovie DACM
August 17, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.51 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! My name is Dr. Heidi Lovie. I am a Chinese medicine practitioner in New York city Manhattan. And I've been in private practice since 2009. One of the questions I often get asked by medical doctors or other healthcare practitioners is how do I refer to myself and how do I refer to the field when I don't automatically open with, Hey, I'm Heidi, the acupuncturist Chinese medicine is really complex, beautiful medical system unto itself. And there are ei...
EAP-093 What Does Acupuncture Feel Like? with Michael Max LAc.
August 10, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.52 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! I'm Michael max from Yong Kang, Chinese medicine clinic in St. Louis, Missouri today, with some thoughts on the question of what does acupuncture feel like? Acupuncture feels fresh baked bread, a stone perfectly skipped, an unexpected call from an old friend…. Like old photos recovered from a dusty attic, misplaced vitality from another time becomes accessible with the right stimulation from a few skillfully placed needles. Acupuncture can turn ...
EAP-092 Can Acupuncture Help Me Quit Smoking Or Lose Weight? with Michael Max LAc.
August 03, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! I’m Michael Max from Yong Kang clinic in St Louis, MO. It can help. But, if you think that it will magically make you do something your heart is not really set on, then you are wasting your time and money. Now it could be that I’ve just not figured out how to use acupuncture to bring about miracouse habit change. But my experience so far is that habit change is a parcipaparoty sport. And what’s more all the homeostatic balances that hold your bod...
EAP-091 What To Expect On Your First Acupuncture Appointment, with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.
July 27, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! My name's Stacy Whitcomb. I am a licensed acupuncturist in Bellingham, Washington, and I am also the host of the AcuSprout podcast. What to expect on your first acupuncture visit before I go into the details I just want to preface this with that. We're all. Just like any other profession, but in general, these are some things that you may expect to happen. First of all, many acupuncturists and Asian medical practitioners offer a consultation prior ...
EAP-090 I Don't Believe In Acupuncture with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.
July 25, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! This is Stacy I'm a licensed acupuncturist and the host of the AcuSprout podcast. I don't believe in acupuncture. This one. I hear every once in a while, and sometimes even from a patient as I'm doing acupuncture and because it's not my job to convince anyone that it does work. I usually just reply. That's okay. You don't have to believe in it for it to work acupuncture. Isn't a religion. It's it's not the big bang theory. It isn't Santa Claus and...
EAP-089 How Do I know Acupuncture Will Help? with Michael Max LAc.
July 23, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! How do I know acupuncture will help me? You don’t. I don’t know either. It’s like any other process of discovery and intervention. We first strive to understand your present situation. What brought you to this point. What holds your current condition in place. Acupuncture and East Asian medicine seeks first to understand. Understand not just the mettlesome symptom that lead you to pick up the phone for an appointment, but to get a sense of how th...
EAP-088 Acupuncture Is Only 20 Percent Of The Medicine with Stacey Whitcomb LAc.
July 21, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.25 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! My name is Stacy Whitcomb. I am in Bellingham, Washington, licensed acupuncturist, and the podcast host of the AcuSprout podcast. Did you know that acupuncture is only one of five branches of Asian medicine? That's only 20% of the big picture The five branches include herbal medicine, manual therapy, acupuncture, cheek, cultivation, and diet. In this three minute acupuncture point, I'm going to cover each branch and tell you how each one is an esse...
EAP-087 Top 5 Things To Consider When Choosing An Acupuncturist • Stacey Whitcomb •
July 20, 2022 09:02 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! This is Stacy Whitcomb with Shift Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine in Bellingham, Washington. Today, I'm gonna share with you the top five things to consider when choosing an acupuncturist. Number one. Let's start with qualifications. Most states in the United States require an NCCAOM certification, which is the national certification commission for acupuncture and Oriental medicine, which consists of three board exams. [00:00:23] And a four...
EAP-086 What is Qi • Michael Max
July 20, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.78 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! Qi is not pronounceable in English. Its whistled aspiration is not a sound found in our language. And much as we can approximate it with the “chee”, as in the beginning of “cheese”, it will forever be a curious transplant; like an exotic ornamental tree from abroad. Qi. In English we don't have anything close to the idea of an overall enlivening force in nature. A connective force that blows clouds across the sky, surges currents through the ocean,...
Farewell Episode • EAP086
November 12, 2018 03:40 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBThis is the last episode of Everyday Acupuncture Podcast. If you are long time listener, thanks for coming along on this ride. Those of you that are practitioners, I am continuing to podcast about East Asian medicine and acupuncture over on www.qiologic.com If you are here looking for information about how acupuncture and East Asian medicine might be helpful for you. You are in luck. There are 85 episodes that will help you to better understand the various ways this medicine can be of servi...
Discussions From Clinic • Solo Show, Michael Max • EAP085
October 11, 2018 07:37 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! I never know what will come up in a clinic session. That’s the fun part of the job; not knowing. Not knowing and being attentive to what arises. It’s a cross between meditation and motorcycle repair. This episode is one of those rare solo shows. It’s fueled by some discussions that commonly occur in my clinic. In this short discussion I’ll cover: Do I need to be sick to get acupuncture? Hydration and fluid metabolism How does acupuncture work? ...
Simple Not Easy_ The Practice of Qi Gong and Tai Chi • Marshall Garland • EAP084
September 10, 2018 08:40 - 43 minutes - 50.1 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! Qi gong can look deceptively simple. From the outside it looks like stillness in motion, but what is unfolding on the inside is another matter entirely. Here in the West we are used to aggressive, outward motion while being distracted with TV shows, music or magazines at the gym. But the Chinese internal arts, while from the outside does not look like much, inside there is an attentive focus that for many of us is the hardest workout of all. Liste...
Chinese Kitchen Table Medicine- the healing power of guasha • Liz March • EAP083
August 09, 2018 01:50 - 37 minutes - 43.5 MBReal Mushrooms 25% Off Your First Order! Pretty much every auntie and grandma in China is well versed in how to use a soup spoon to raise the therapeutic rash of guasha. Guasha is a part of Chinese folk medicine, and like so many folk medicines, it is simple, safe and effective. Guasha can be used for a wide variety of aliments from the common cold, to neck and back pain, to headaches, sinus congestion, joint pain, discomfort from chronic injuries and it even helps to tone the face and...
Martial Arts, Personality, and The Five Spirits • Jonathan Bluestein • EAP082
July 05, 2018 05:05 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBChinese medicine, philosophy and martial arts all share a common root. The applications might be different, but they come back a grounding in Yin/Yang and Five Phases. In this episode we speak with a martial artist and teacher who helps us to bridge some of the fundamental perspectives with yin and yang, the ba gua and five phases with modern Jungian psychology. Listen in and find out why it is important for anyone studying the martial arts to know something about empathy. Mentioned i...
Acupuncture in Morocco • Chad Conner • EAP081
June 03, 2018 20:09 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBLiving in a foreign country brings challenges and opportunities. In this episode we discuss life and culture in Morocco, how acupuncture came to be accepted there, and how what began as a wellness center turned into a school of acupuncture. Mentioned in this episode: Real Mushrooms For Everyday People Are you looking to improve your health? Are you tired of being tired? Prone to catching colds and the flu? We totally understand! We feel the same way! Real Mushrooms has you covered!...
A Taste of Taiwan: An Afternoon in a Tea Shop • Pia Giammasi • EAP080
May 04, 2018 07:24 - 51 minutes - 41.1 MBTaiwan is famous for it's high tech computer technology, bicycles, fragrant tofu, rivers of scooters, delicious street food, and of course, tea. Today's episode is a bit of a soundscape as we spend a portion of the afternoon drinking and discussing tea. Unlike your Western coffeeshop where you pop in for a beverage to go, or you grab a drink and sit with a couple of friends or work on your computer, a Taiwanese teashop has time unfolding at a completely different pace. And it is about dipp...
Buff Bones_ movement practices that promote healthy lively bones • Rebekah Rotstein • EAP079
April 07, 2018 10:15 - 52 minutes - 60.2 MBA low reading on a bone density scan does not equal a Fosamax deficiency. Healthy bones aren’t hard, they are rigid living tissue, but they also have a certain amount of flexibility. They designed to bend and absorb shock and stress, and in fact one of the ways that bones become stronger is by challenging and surprising them. We have all heard that exercise and movement is good for the bones. But specifically what kinds of exercise, and which movements are helpful? Our guest in this epis...
Acupuncture in Rural Nepal • Andrew Schlabach • EAP078
March 08, 2018 21:41 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBHere in the west we are used to seeing acupuncture clinics in an urban setting, and it is often sought as an adjunctive therapy used combination with other modalities. In today's show we explore the use of acupuncture in the rural third world setting of Nepal and see how it is an essential and effective part of an integrated clinic that provides low cost care for those living remote areas. Mentioned in this episode: Real Mushrooms For Everyday People Are you looking to improve your...
Reckoning The Unknown: A Conversation on Cancer • Josephine Spilka • EAP077
February 08, 2018 10:18 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBCancer is a curious disease. It’s something we fight as an invader, but at its root it is a part of us. A part of us that is apart from us. We are in essence fighting against ourselves. In this conversation we meander through some perspectives that come from Chinese medicine. Along the way we discuss healing and curing; they are not the same thing. And we step back look to see what other stories are here beside the usual, “this thing must die.” Listen in to this conversation as we seek t...
Acupuncture and transgender health concerns • Jamee Pineda • EAP076
January 05, 2018 10:01 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBMost of us think of gender as something that is rigid and fixed. But in the transgender world the boundaries are more fluidic. In this episode we explore not just the particular health concerns, issues with access to the healthcare system, and challenges arising from discrimination and misunderstanding of the transgender community, but also take a look at how gender can be much more fluid and flexible than many of us imagine it to be. If you are part of the transgender community you'l...
Treating PCOS with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
December 04, 2017 09:30 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is not just an issue with a woman's ovaries, but can be a systemic condition that is closely tied with a variety of hormonal interactions in the body. The standard conventional treatment involves the use of synthetic hormone birth control pills, which can suppress some of the symptoms, but it does not get at the underlying root of this condition. Chinese medicine, with its long history of natural solutions to women's health issues can be quite effective i...
What It Takes to Become an Acupuncturist • Steve Given • EAP074
November 03, 2017 07:09 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBAs with any profession, the educational requirements have shifted over the years. Today acupuncturists need to not only know East Asian medicine, but a fair amount of Western medicine as well. In this episode we go into the education required to become a Licensed Acupuncturist, the challenges students face while in school and what you can expect if you decide to go through the training and become a practitioner of East Asian medicine. Mentioned in this episode: Real Mushrooms For Every...
Introducing Qiological- the podcast for Chinese medicine practitioners • EAP073
October 23, 2017 02:27 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBThis episode is a short introduction to a new podcast site that I've recently launched that is specifically geared towards the needs and interests of Chinese medicine practitioners. When I first began Everyday Acupuncture Podcast I envisioned this to be a show that would introduce everyday people to the concepts, methods and possibilities that Chinese medicine offers for naturally healing a wide variety of health concerns. I purposefully avoided technical language and professional jargon. ...
Using acupuncture to treat shock and trauma in conflict zones • Havva Mahler • EAP72
October 02, 2017 20:55 - 39 minutes - 36 MBAcupuncture is often used with good effect to treat psycho-emotive issues such as chronic anxiety and depression. And it is also helpful in the treatment of various psycho-emotive challenges that arise when someone is faced with their world being turned upside down by natural disaster. There is a particular method of treatment that helps people to regain some equanimity in the face of disastrous circumstances. In this episode we speak with an acupuncturist in Israel who is using these meth...
You Can't Think Your Way Out of Thinking • Michael Max • EAP071
September 07, 2017 09:20 - 22 minutes - 25.5 MBYou can’t think you way out of thinking. And constant ruminative thought is often at the root of a variety of issues from anxiety and depression, to issues with anger, body image, and the limits we place on ourselves. Our physiology is not disconnected from our emotional lives or endocrinological systems, and so our states of mind are reflected in our bodies. Lots of people think they can't meditate because their mind will not settle down and be quiet. But meditation is not about having ...
Reflections on a year of treating PTSD • Anna Kelly • EAP070
August 03, 2017 07:14 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBOur guest when we recorded this show, had just completed a year working in the Wounded Warriors program at Walter Reed hospital. There she used acupuncture to treat veterans for PTSD, trauma brain injury and other chronic conditions that soldiers face after being injured in the line of duty. As with so many complex and difficult conditions, there is no simple cure for PTSD, as trauma of this sort entangles its way into so many aspects of a person’s life. While we do discuss the role of a...
Men's health and Chinese medicine- Treating prostate enlargement and cancer• Jason Miller • EAP069
July 08, 2017 23:31 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBMost men will have some issues with their prostate as they age. And the vast majority of men will die with some form of prostate cancer, but most will not die from it as most prostate cancers are slow. Figuring out which kind a person has and how to treat it is one of the emerging questions in men's health. Especially as the negative sides effects of treatment can have a big impact on quality of life. Increasingly there is a question as to whether or not the slow forms of prostate cancer ...
Using acupuncture to enhance sports performance • Amy Geile • EAP068
May 28, 2017 15:48 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBAcupuncture is a go-to treatment for musculo-skeletal pain and a commonly used modality for treating sports injuries. NFL stars, Olympic swimmers, basketball players and other top athletes increasingly turn to acupuncture to help with recovery from injury as evidenced by the occasional headline or picture that gives acupuncture another 15 minutes of fame because some sports hero has needles in them. Our guest in this episode takes a different view of acupuncture. She is investigating h...
Live Long, Live Well_ The Chinese Traditions of Nourishing Life • Peter Deadman • EAP067
March 20, 2017 20:15 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBChinese medicine does not just have a 2500 year history of written and practical application of treating illness and disease. It also has an equally long tradition of cultivating health and well-being. Here in the West we say "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," so like the Chinese, we have this notion that a little attention to our well-being on a regular basis can help us to sidestep major health issues. The Chinese have long observed nature and used that to inform how...
How to transform your relationship with sugar • Michael Max • EAP066
February 21, 2017 19:46 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBSugar addiction is something that usually gets laughed off with a wink and smile. And yet, as Gary Taubes says in his latest book, The Case Against Sugar, if the increasing rates of diabetes were related to a pathogen instead of a lifestyle, we would be in the midst of an all out "war" on the disease. In my acupuncture practice I've seen sugar as an underlying factor in so many problems that bring patients to my clinic. To that end, I've created a guided inquiry that helps people to tran...
Chewing the fat_ what you know about fat is not just wrong, but dangerously wrong • Joshua Lerner • EAP065
February 06, 2017 09:03 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBGrowing up we used to laugh about great-grandma's can of schmaltz that lived in the corner of the kitchen. It's taken the turn of more than a few decades to recognize the value of her peasant wisdom. And might have something to do with her making it into her 90's. In this episode we chew the fat on, well...., fat. After being exiled from the "healthy" American diet since the 1950's, a new generation of metabolic researchers are finding that our fear of fat might be a bit misplaced. Lis...
The accidental acupuncturist • Samuel Lo • EAP064
January 11, 2017 07:45 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBSome of us know from an early age we are cut out for medicine. Others never saw it coming; life in its wily wisdom throws us a curve ball, or in this case a bicycle accident. Our guest in this episode sought out acupuncture for a debilitating injury and ended up in a 12 year apprenticeship. Listen in as we explore how acupuncture doesn't just mask, but fundamentally get people out of pain, why the fluids are so important when it comes to healing, and some eye opening neuro-anatomy that...
Getting under the skin- using Chinese medicine to treat dermotological problems • Trevor Erickson • EAP063
December 09, 2016 06:46 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBWe know that beauty is more than skin deep, but the truth is that skin is more than just skin deep. While it is easy to think that skin conditions are simply a problem of the exterior portion of our body, in reality dermotological problems are frequently the result of internal imbalances. In this episode we discuss the Chinese perspective on treating skin conditions that get to the root of the problem, so you don't have to use dangerous medications, or be on drugs that only control sympto...
Orthopedic acupuncture • Joshua Lerner • EAP062
November 08, 2016 23:51 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBAcupuncture is well known in the Western world for its effectiveness in treating pain. In this episode we take a multilayered look at orthopedic acupuncture. While acupuncture is often considered to be an "energetic" medicine, our guest today takes us deep into the structural, neurological, chemical and functional aspects of why things hurt and what you can do about it. Mentioned in this episode: Real Mushrooms For Everyday People Are you looking to improve your health? Are you ...
Causes and conditions of illness and health • Greg Bantick • EAP061
October 11, 2016 23:14 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBWe often think of germs, genetic abnormalities, poor lifestyle choices or plain bad luck as being the cause of illness and disease. We go looking for the "smoking gun," for the one thing that was the source of our troubles, but often the health issues we face arise out of a much more complex stew of causes and conditions. In this episode Greg Bantick and I discuss the various ways that both illness and health can arise, how at times the symptoms we are troubled by are helpful messengers an...
Nourishing life- acupuncture and acupressure for pregnancy and delivery • Debra Betts • EAP060
September 15, 2016 09:13 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIt's fairly common knowledge these days that acupuncture is helpful in promoting fertility and pregnancy. But acupuncture is not just helpful for getting pregnant, it has a track record in easing the discomfort of back pain, digestive, urinary and emotional issues that are often not well treated by conventional medicine. Additionally, acupressure can be of tremendous benefit to a woman in labor, and this kind of support can be provided by a family member or other person assisting during th...
There is a lot more to cupping than the circular marks • Michael Max • EAP059
August 11, 2016 23:58 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBWith American Olympic athletes suddenly sporting red and purple cupping marks, this ancient healing modality has set the Internet and traditional media ablaze with questions and surprise about those big circular marks. Of course, cupping is not new. It’s been used in Asia for millennia. And if you were paying attention to Chinese swimmers in past Olympics, you would have noticed the same sporty marks. Today’s show goes not only into what these marks are about and why they are therapeutic...
The Professor_ bringing tai chi to the west • Barry Strugatz • EAP058
July 08, 2016 07:16 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBTai Chi is one of the more well known Chinese health practices that has made its way to the West. But there was a time when this gentle movement art was unknown outside of the Chinese world. In the 60's Cheng Man-Ching "The Professor" came from Taiwan to New York and began to do something unheard of; teach this ancient movement practice to Westerners. Today's guest is a writer, filmmaker and long time Tai Chi practitioner who has helped to capture the story of Cheng Man-Ching and his i...
The bitter truth about sugar • Melissa Carr • EAP057
June 14, 2016 22:09 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBPeople often joke about being addicted to sugar. After all, how could something as cute and celebratory as a cupcake be bad? But it is not just the cupcake, or the sugary energy drink, it is that sugar has found its way into most foods and the combined effect on our metabolism has spawned an epidemic of obesity, diabetes and mood disorders. What's more, we think of sugar as a treat, a reward, something comforting. And yet it is as addictive as cocaine and as readily available as your next ...
Clarifying vision, acupuncture and degenerative eye disease • Mats Sexton • EAP 056
May 25, 2016 09:12 - 45 minutes - 31 MBThere are a number of chronic degenerative eye problems that respond to acupuncture. In this episode, our guest discusses his experience using acupuncture to effectively treat macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt's and diabetic retinopathy. We discuss not only treating the eyes, but how the eyes are a part of the nervous system and using acupuncture helps the entire body to find a deeper level of health and wellbeing. Mentioned in this episode: Real Mushrooms For Every...
Acupuncture in the ER • Adam Reinstein • EAP055
May 10, 2016 23:38 - 52 minutes - 35.7 MBWe often hear about acupuncture being used as an “alternative” when conventional biomedicine has failed to bring relief or resolution to a problem. So it seems a bit counterintuitive to think about acupuncture being used as part of first line care in an emergency room. And that is exactly where this episode’s guest practices— in the ER of a hospital. Listen in for how he works as an integrated member of an emergency room team, and how acupuncture is helpful to patients transiting throug...