Mind-Body Medicine

Acupuncture for Mental & Emotional Wellness

By Dr.Kim / 01/17/2024 /

Mental and Emotional Wellness with Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine At some point in life everyone deals with major upheavals or emotional distress. These events can trigger a host of unexpected feelings and behaviors from depression and panic attacks to major disruptions in sleep and eating. Acupuncture and Eastern medicine can alleviate symptoms associated with mental…

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How to Improve Sleep and Chronic Fatigue

By Dr.Kim / 10/29/2023 /

. INSOMNIA IS THE ROOT OF MANY CHRONIC DISORDERS Insomnia is the root of many chronic disorders Millions of people who suffer from insomnia look for quick fixes instead of exploring the root causes of the problem. Sleep deprivation is the root of many health issues like memory impairment, a weakened immune system and stress…

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New Study Acupuncture Works for Chronic Stress

By Dr.Kim / 01/25/2012 / Comments Off on New Study Acupuncture Works for Chronic Stress

Today NCCAM (national center for complementary and alternative medicine) posted the research result of EA on rats for stress, which was recently published in the journal Experimental Biology and Medicine on January 1, 2012. In a laboratory study, researchers found that electroacupuncture was able to affect a key stress response in rats—by blocking a sympathetic…

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Acupuncture for Mental & Emotional Wellness

By Dr.Kim / 09/15/2011 / Comments Off on Acupuncture for Mental & Emotional Wellness

Mental and Emotional Wellness with Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine At some point in life everyone deals with major upheavals or emotional distress. These events can trigger a host of unexpected feelings and behaviors from depression and panic attacks to major disruptions in sleep and eating. Acupuncture and Eastern medicine can alleviate symptoms associated with mental…

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How to be Rich How to be Strong

By Dr.Kim / 02/10/2011 / Comments Off on How to be Rich How to be Strong

To Understand others is to be knowledgeable; To understand yourself is to be wise. To conquer others is to have strength; To conquer yourself is to be strong. To know when you have enough is to be rich. To go forward with strength is to have ambition. To not lose your place is to last…

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How You Deal with Being Sick

By Dr.Kim / 02/08/2011 / Comments Off on How You Deal with Being Sick

So glad, finally I am writing about the way of being sick, or how you feel still O.K. even when you are sick housebound or bedbound. Since My mother has been ill for years, now at a nursing home, can’t walk, wheelchaired, with hemodialysis three times a week, hypertension, so fragile, I started thinking about…

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Tips for Sleep Disorder and Stress

By Dr.Kim / 01/17/2011 / Comments Off on Tips for Sleep Disorder and Stress

Rest, Renew and Reflect on Your Health! By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius Reflection is the process in which an image or idea comes back to us, such as looking in a…

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Zen From the Little Kid’s Book

By Dr.Kim / 11/02/2010 / Comments Off on Zen From the Little Kid’s Book

The other night, my 5 year-old son brought his new book “Zen shorts” written by Jon J Muth to me for reading, And the word “zen” just caught my attention, hmmm, Zen for kids? With the beautiful watercolor images, while I was reading it for my two kids, I have found this also really good…

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The Wisdom of Prajanaparamita Heart Sutra

By Dr.Kim / 08/26/2010 / Comments Off on The Wisdom of Prajanaparamita Heart Sutra

The Childhood Memory of The Heart of the Prajnaparamita Anyone who grew up in the Buddhist culture or family remembers this sutra, When I was little boy, my mother and grandmother took me to the Buddhist temple in the mountain for the special occasions; the birthday of Buddha or the commemorative day of the ancestors,…

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How Laughter Helps Your Health and Mood

By Dr.Kim / 08/18/2010 / Comments Off on How Laughter Helps Your Health and Mood

One day, I visited the other doctor’s office, urologist with my collegue, In doctor’s office, everyone seemed to look so serious, no laughter heard, no smiley face seen and so quiet, I was sitting there about 10 minutes and couldn’t stay any longer, luckily we took up soon, asking my MD collegue “why are they…

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