acupuncture and phytotherapy

One of the most important aspect in clinic is aseptic practice. Normally I work in medical clinics. These clinics provide me a strong infrastructure to ensure the safety of my patient. The medical clinics, has, for example, autoclaves which allows me to use sterile cups.
Another important aspect of my practice is the use of gloves (disposable needles always [...]

As the reader might have noticed I have particular fondness for discussions on the basic concepts of Chinese medicine. Especially when they are maimed by vitalist beliefs. The conversation always ends up in energy and its many esoteric variations that are never completely unbderstood.
Generally when it gets resolved the issue of poor translation of some chinese medicine [...]

Some time ago someone tried to sell me some patches that say do miracles for pain treatment. I´m speaking of LifeWave patches. The lifewave is an intersection of quantum medicine and power balance bracelets in pateches. Promises a lot but does not meet (almost like a satire to portuguese prime minister!).
Supposedly Lifewave patches immediately increases our strength. They made [...]

Recently I received an email through a friend, about a workshop on pranic healing. I enjoyed reading the mail. He was the mirror of some things I had been talking and writing about the New Age movement. Although no training in acupuncture, this pranic healing therapist is able to create a discourse very similar to some acupuncturists. And [...]

Facebook is rich in various groups and beliefs. In most cases facebook essentially serves to waste time. Some people use it as a platform for advertising their services or blog articles (like me).Since I am acupuncturist I end up having vast groups connected with me with all sorts of beliefs.
Once I received a text ad on “quantum [...]

Recently I had the privilege to hear comments about the “energy” of some people. Well, it was not quite a privilege. But it was something that really taught me a lot more about “energy“. And what I discovered was this: It´s not one “energy“…
You must be confused. I explain myself better. For some people the techniques of needle manipulation in [...]

In the final article on the meaning of qi and “energy” I showed the difference between these two different concepts. Despite being used as if they were one, they are actually very different.
Even using all sorts of arguments, since explain what it means Qi to show the recent history that led to his false translation or [...]

Much has I written about what it means qi in Chinese medicine. Much has I written about this concept and the ridiculous manipulations that had victimize this ideogram and that end up systematically with translations as qi is “energy.” The same goes for other Chinese terms as yin and yang that always find them selfs being erroneous [...]

Now that we have seen that the TCM is essentially symptomatic we should raise another question: is Western medicine symptomatic? Is this form of medicine primarily symptomatic? Does it need symptoms so much as TCM do? Is it based solely on relief of symptoms? Does it treat something else rather than symptoms?
O have already denounced this kind of discourse [...]

Chinese medicine is essentially symptomatic. Her way of thinking is made in order to treat symptoms. If I already gave an acupuncture example, allow me to cite an example from the book “Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine”. In this book of the specialty of gynecology, the authors, in the treatment of menorrhagia and metrostaxis due to heat in [...]