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Why Do Acupuncturist Feel Your Pulse On Both Sides?

Have you ever wondered why acupuncturist take your pulse on both sides? Or why it feels like they are playing a mini piano on your wrist when they are feel your pulse? It is because the pulse in Traditional Chinese Medicine and other East Asian practices is so much more then just rate and strength. It is a direct line of communication between what the Qi (energy) of your body is doing and how well it is traveling through your system. 

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Auricular Acupuncture aka Ear Acupuncture-What's That Good For?

What exactly is ear acupuncture and what the heck is it good for?

The body never ceases to amaze and every day we continue to discover this in more and more detail. We also continue to reaffirm that the whole body is connected. We also confirming that in order to have the best healing outcomes we need to address the whole and not just the parts.

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Acupuncture in outer space!

Acupuncture Today just recently put out an article by a man named Bill Reddy, an aerospace engineer turned acupuncturist, that was talking about the use of acupuncture in manned (and woman-ed) space missions. I was so excited to read about this 1. because my daughter is really into space right now and I can’t wait to tell her about it 2. Because its awesome 3. because it just makes sense and 4. if is good enough for NASA it should be good enough for everybody (right?!)

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