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Lady Gaga Gets People Talking and Melissa Congdon, MD Blogging on Her Helpful Website

Celebrities help more than almost anything I know in helping people to "connect" with a condition.  "My father died of Lewy bodies disease, that's what Robin Williams was found to have on autopsy but was, like so many, mis-diagnosed with Parkinsons, which perhaps had a lot to do with how his life ended as it did" I will say to people and see them 'connect' when I mention someone they "know" who they heard about having something, in this case Lewy bodies.  Or, "My mother, I believe, was missed diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and the vascular  read more »

The Energy Superhighway From Teeth to the Rest of the Body: Tooth-Meridian Relationships and Holistic Dentistry

Holistic dentistry likely makes 'perfect sense' when a person becomes 'aware' of it. I find it fascinating and ironic that I'm bringing 'the world wide web' my topic for our YOUsers at Lumigrate a website link created by Alison Adams, a fascinating dentist and naturopathic doctor in the United Kingdom (UK), which is citing traditional Asian medicine. Where in the world are YOU, dear YOUser?  read more »

Auricular Medicine in the US and Beyond: Learning to Test Energetically a GRATE Tool for Toolboxes of Providers (and Consumers)

Auricular medicine, and the similar auricular therapy, are words that might be planting as seeds for your next browser search, or the links below, which I've found after researching this burgeoning area of medicine, might suffice.  There's even a topic about auricular therapy at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriculotherapy  read more »

Yin and Yang of Catching Some Zzzz

Please follow the link to a wonderful piece by Dr April Schulte-Barclay (and our follow up comments/discussion) which is in the forum on sleep disorder/insomnia at the following link:

 www.lumigrate.com/forum/yin-and-yang-catching-some-zzzz

The Yin and Yang of Catching Some Zzzz

It is a common complaint in the clinic.  “I am having a terrible time sleeping, is there anything you can do to help me?”   read more »

Migraine Treatments with Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM)

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM) can be very helpful in the treatment of migraines. Like most ailments, the typical practitioner of Oriental medicine will take a complete health history and make an AOM diagnosis based on the patient’s signs and symptoms.  read more »

Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Fibromyalgia: Research Method Differences and Why

I was inspired to write this by a post an MD content provider made in his Forum (in the Fibromyalgia/Chronic Pain section at Lumigrate), and thought I could post it here as well, as the topic of 'research' related to acupuncture comes up frequently.  ~~ April  read more »

Acupuncture and Chinese/Oriental Medicine Overview

Chinese medicine in and of itself is the essence of holistic care as it addresses the mind, body, and spirit.  When a person presents to my clinic with a chief complaint, all three of the above mentioned aspects are addressed as they are not only inter-related, but also inter-dependent.  The wonderful thing about collaborating with other modalities is that we can carry that concept forward as we use multiple treatment strategies to address the mind, body, and spirit.   read more »

Fibromyalgia: An "Integrative Medicine" Approach: Blog from 2009

This week in the United States, many of us are tuned into PBS (Public Broadcasting System) for a new documentary series by Ken Burns, titled 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea'.   The National Park Service (NPS) is partially responsible for your reading these words right now, because as a 24 year old I was hired to assist a "seasoned" researcher the NPS had just harvested from the Environmental Protection Agency.  "Wild Bill" Malm had just turned 40 and I was recommended to him because of my previous work with a similar project an  read more »

Chinese Medicine's role in Integrative Medicine

Chinese medicine in and of itself is the essence of holistic care as it addresses the mind, body, and spirit.  When a person presents to my clinic with a chief complaint, all three of the above mentioned aspects are addressed as they are not only inter-related, but also inter-dependent.  The wonderful thing about collaborating with other modalities is that we can carry that concept forward as we use multiple treatment strategies to address the mind, body, and spirit.  For example, in my work with a diabetic patient, I may recognize that their digestion is  read more »

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