A Better Life Acupuncture

After the shake ups of 2020, here is my first podcast of the year. We are now on a biweekly (every other week) schedule. So now is the time to subscribe!

Dear Patients, Like many businesses, we shut down our practice in mid march, 2020. As San Diego is slowly reopening many businesses, it appears it is time to accept patient appointments again. Of course, we will be taking extra precautions. While we were already doing many of these, we are adding several as well: All surfaces will be sterilized between patients [ 150 more words ] https://abetterlifeacupuncture.com/2020/05/26/covid-news/

One of my great partners, Net of Knowledge, is doing something fantastic. In response to Covid, they are having free, almost daily lectures from amazing speakers, followed by a community gathering. While these are geared towards acupuncturists, many will be interesting to non-acupuncturists and non-medical professionals. One of those is my lecture. It is called Why (Not How) Do Herbs Work. The description is below. I will be starting live at 1pm PST tomorrow, 4/5/20. If you c...an’t make it, they will be recording it. Or just check out one of the other speakers! Find out all about it at https://netofknowledge.com/OnlineGatheringsForCommunity. Why (Not How) Herbs Work We generally know how herbs work either from Chinese or scientific theory or a combination of both. But why do they work? What in the history of plants, animals, and evolution created the benefits of these healthy little bundles? This lecture will examine these questions, in a mind-opening and scientific (but not overwhelming) approach, by exploring Gaia theory, planetary autopoiesis, DNA, and PlantHuman Coalitions. #FreeLearning #Acupuncture #herbalmedicine #free #live See more

Lots happening! My podcast Sperb’s Herbs will be up and running regularly starting August. The first episode, Goji Berries, is available at www.SperbsHerbs.com right now, another recorded episode will be available on August 1st. It will be on an interesting formula, All Inclusive Great Tonifying Formula, and includes an interview with one of my mentors, Dr. Min Fan. Starting August 3, with cardamom, we will recording a new episode every Saturday, but please give us a couple days to get it up and posted.

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain & How to Look at Research, Part 2 I realize there are more formal and sophisticated approaches to assessing a study, but these criteria will often eliminate the chaff from the wheat and are a good, quick approach to determining a good study. This discussion was provoked when I came across a great study, Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Let’s apply our four criteria and see how this study looks. Befo...re we do that, I recommend reading the abstract before continuing to read this post. [As an aside, there is a great little extension for the Chrome Browser called Unpaywall (available here). This little baby is fantastic. When you look at a research abstract, it scours the internet to see if that paper is available for free at an alternate, legitimate source. In the case of the paper discussed here, it allowed me to download the complete paper from the university where the authors work. Amazing!] See the full post at http://ow.ly/nYU150pywyi #acupuncture #chineseherbs #sandiego #cupping #osteoarthritis #wellness #herbs #chinesemedicine #arthritis #pain #chronicpain #inflammation #backpain #neckpain #kneepain #headaches #migraine #research

In part 1 of this blog post, I discussed the criteria I personally use to determine the strength of a study. To summarize, there were four criteria: The type of study The number of subjects The p-value of the results Which journal the research article was published I realize there are more formal and sophisticated approaches to assessing a study, but these criteria will often eliminate the chaff from the wheat and are a good, quick approach to determining a good study. [ 1,307 more word ] https://abetterlifeacupuncture.com//acupuncture-for-chron/