Acupuncture and Its Theories

Acupuncture for Epilepsy in East Asian Medicine

By Dr.Kim / 04/03/2010 / Comments Off on Acupuncture for Epilepsy in East Asian Medicine

Epilepsy is very old disease in Eastern-one of the first known documentation of epilepsy appeared in ‘the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine'(700-221 BC)-and Western Medicine as well and there are still many people suffering from Epilepsy even with all the medication backed by the 21c highly advanced neuroscience in this country and they do not…

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5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture

By Dr.Kim / 02/20/2010 / Comments Off on 5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture

5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture   February is the American Heart Association’s Heart Health Awareness Month, emphasizing the dangers of heart disease and the importance of heart health. Heart disease includes conditions affecting the heart, such as coronary heart disease, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and congenital heart disease. Despite dramatic medical…

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Parkinson’s Disease Treatment with Acupuncture and Herbs

By Dr.Kim / 09/25/2009 / Comments Off on Parkinson’s Disease Treatment with Acupuncture and Herbs

Parkinson’s Disease with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms The diagnosis of PD depends upon the presence of one or more of the four most common motor symptoms of the disease, which are: resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability. In addition, there are other secondary and nonmotor symptoms that affect many people and…

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The Unique Approach of East Asian Medicine

By Dr.Kim / 09/24/2009 / Comments Off on The Unique Approach of East Asian Medicine

How East Asian Medicine treats patients in the different way from that of Western doctors. I have had many questions from My patients new or established or phone calls; “I have OCD, can you treat this?” “I have severe IBS, how do you treat this? do you have experiences?” “I have Crohn’s Disease…” Most of people bring…

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Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia

By Dr.Kim / 08/18/2009 / Comments Off on Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia

  August 2009 Hoon Kim L.Ac., Dipl.Ac., Ph.D. WWW.TAOOFMEDICINE.COM Tao of Medicine, Acupuncture and Wellness 2701 Ocean Park Boulevard, Suite 119 Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-401-3347 Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia Syndrome   Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) affects an estimated 2 percent of the population. Conventional therapies are limited in the success of treating this complex and unexplained…

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How Acupuncture Can Help You Stop Smoking

By Dr.Kim / 07/01/2009 / Comments Off on How Acupuncture Can Help You Stop Smoking

Why you should quit smoking today? The major cause of death of men in us is lung cancer and next prostate cancer. About twice of men died from cancer than women, since the number of female smokers increases so much, the lung cancer death rate of women is also rapidly growing. Researches: 25-40 % of…

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Acupuncture a Powerful Integrative Oncology Tool

By Dr.Kim / 06/18/2009 / Comments Off on Acupuncture a Powerful Integrative Oncology Tool

Integrative Oncology is the combination of “mainstream” care and evidenced-based complimentary therapies to control cancer-related pain and symptoms [source: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Integrative Medicine]. Complementary therapies, while not given the attention that more traditional cancer therapies may receive, are perhaps equally important while undergoing treatment for certain types of cancer. Patients diagnosed with difficult…

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