acupuncture and phytotherapy

I am licensed in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) from the Nanjing University, China. I practice Chinese medicine, day by day. I teach Chinese medicine and love writing about Chinese medicine. These are my tastes and characteristics that make it possible for the reader to read the texts on this blog.
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In the state of Victoria, Australia, there was one case at least unusual. A member of CMRB (Chinese Medicine Registration Board the ViCtoria), Dr. Grant Woo, was forbidden to exercise and requalified as acupuncturist and herbalist for two years after it was proved that he made sexual unnecessary tests to their female patients.
In one patient, Dr [...]

Once, a student asked me about the real risk of acupuncture in pneumothorax.  Pneumothorax is the presence of air in the pleural cavity. This air can arise due to illness or physical trauma – like the prick of a needle. It is a medical emergency.
Her question had come from a doctor who had told her that probably [...]

The text on holism and empathy I showed how often people confuse empathy with holism. In That article I drew attention to the fact that many of the complaints of the patients are due to the fact that medical doctors are unsympathetic to the patient and do not devote the time that they would like.
Interestingly many [...]

One of the most important aspects in the treatment of facial paralysis, is the daily practice that the patient should subject their affected muscles. There are specific movements that will be described into detail in another text, which the patient can be taught to do.
In Clinic Acupuncture II class I teach a subject which talks about [...]

Recently I received an email from an acupuncture patient who sought a second opinion for a treatment he was receiving.
“Good afternoon Dr. Nuno Lemos
Since November I’m a patient in acupuncture treatment, appeared to me some complications in my health related to compressed medula and lost of speech.
I’ve been everywhere and tried everything from the osteopath [...]

There are lots of extra acupuncture points on the head and body. In fact there are more extra acupoints than regular acupoints. In this group of articles I will indicate four extra acupoints located in the head.
The first acupuncture point is called Sishencong. This acupoint corresponds to four acupoints surrounding the regular acupuncture point GV20 (Baihui – to [...]

To end this group of councils on the pressure on acupuncture points on the Ren Mai meridian/channel we will talk about some points located in the chest, neck and head.
I would like to draw attention four acupuncture points: RM17, RM22, RM23 and RM24.
The acupuncture point RM17 is at Sagittal Midline (SML) at the 4th intercostal [...]

Yet not long ago there was a policy of “hide the knowledge” that revenge by practitioners of acupuncture in Portugal. Some older colleagues and teachers taught me that there should be very careful to pass the knowledge to others. Knowledge was to be hidden.
I still remember visiting the site of a new school in Portugal who advertised [...]

Chinese name
Fáng F?ng
Pharmaceutical Name
Radix Ledebourilla divaricate
Botanical Name
Ledebouriella divaricata (Turcz.) Ledebouriella seseloides (Hoffm.); Saposhnikovi divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk.
Cultivation
Grown in the provinces of Heilongjian, Mongolia, Hebei and Jilin.