By Amy Patterson-Neubert Journal and Courier Cancer patients may feel heir less as their bodies gather what energy is available to fight off the rapid growth of malignant cell: while chemotherapy treatments toxic chemicals – are pumped in their veins. After various prescription medications and chemotherapy treatments, Dr. Nancy DiMartino hears from some patients, “Is [...]

By Amy Patterson-Neubert Journal and Courier For almost two years, Vicki Clark has suffered from frozen shoulder – adhesive capsulitis – a condition that inflicted shooting pain in her upper left back, shoulder and neck area. Clark sought relief from a variety of specialists in traditional medicine but she finally found relief from ‘merging two [...]

Originally printed in the Journal and Courier, Sunday, July 22,2001 by Amy Patterson-Neubert, Journal and Courier. Patients should inform doctors of all medications being taken Garlic isn’t usually pegged as I life threatening. But when patients self-prescribe this herb for cholesterol and blood pressure concerns and then fail to tell their anesthesiologist or surgeon, health [...]

Treating fibromyalgia in Chinese medicine focuses on ridding the body of the invading pathogens, restoring normal circulation and flow of blood and Qi, promoting emotional harmony and fortifying the Kidney/Vitality system. Effective treatments include acupuncture, warming needle therapy, point injection therapy, Qigong, moxibustion, herbal and dietary therapies, cupping, massage and  therapeutic exercise. A. Methods of [...]

The term “Traditional Chinese medicine” T.C.M., makes reference to a number of practices, especially acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal formulas and their theoretical basis that has developed in China during a period of about 2,500 years. A theory of nature –and of health and disease– was set forth in the concepts of two essential forces yin [...]

Acupuncture has been used in China for at least 2,000 years to treat a variety of disorders. The use of acupuncture for the treatment of drug addiction was discovered serendipitously in 1972 by Wen, a Hong Kong neurosurgeon conducting a series of studies on the analgesic properties of acupuncture. Heroin addicts who volunteered to be [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Zionsville Times Sentinel, LIVESMART, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 2007 Acupuncture, internal med­icine, anesthesiology and even surgery were practiced in China, centuries before the rest of the world. As long ago as 2600 B.C. the study of the human body became a sophis­ticated science. The body parts and systems were identi­fied, as [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Zionsville Times Sentinel, AG/ ENVIRONMENT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 27, 2006 Five-thousand years ago in a tranquil basin of the Yellow River, a civilization was born deep in China. The people and culture that emerged from this region eventually inhabited much of the Asian continent. They had no formal religion, so instead [...]

Reproduced with permission from the Lafayette Joural and Courier, HEALTH & FITNESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2004 It’s “not voodoo; it’s another way of healing,” says Ross, who underwent surgery to mend a torn ligament in her throwing arm. Her coach, Purdue javelin coach Rodney Zuyderwyk, says he’s confident she’ll make the U.S. team that will [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Zionsville Times Sentinel, LIVESMART, Wednesday, September, 12, 2007 In my 25 years of experience in Chinese treatments and medicines, this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to talk about the changes taking place in The People’s Republic of China. In May 2007, I took my boys, Akis, 13, and [...]