"leapingfrog" Profile

Some doctors treat from the communications level by trying to jump start the pathway that provides the Serotonin. SSRIs tend to work fine at first and then exhaust the overall supply of serotonin. Check out the site on Sanesco Health...

Heat … Li 11, Sp 10 (vent toxic heat in the blood, vent that heat through the skin) is what comes to mind when looking at your tongue. It looks like the tongue is scalloped which may be an underlying...

I find tui na often relieves edema but you still have to treat the underlying cause. Edema varies in its intensity and one has to adjust their treatment to match the state of the edema. I like to find something...

I always place my patients on D3 - K2 because it helps resolve build up of Calcium. I didn’t understand why until someone wrote the Calcium Conundrum book. Now many practitioners start there. One patient in 2-4 months of 5,000...

You will find along that meridian mentioned by Chad several Alarm points. Often the body will make these points tender as they need to be treated. Tender means painful to the touch. Treating them often will help the body resolve...

Tumeric cleans up inflammation in the brain and if the formula has black pepper in it, it works about 16 X more effectively. It also tends to clean up systemic inflammation. There are so few things which cross the blood...

I get asked that a lot by my patients and for a long time I simply said I do not know. However, they have informed me by treatment that it can and will get better with treatment. Depending on its...

One of my first patients in acupuncture school was bone on bone on the knees. We simply worked on the knee points surrounding the knee and in three months with 2 visits a week they were back to playing baseball....

I find tons of information on both that differentiate but both have 3 associated with them. 3 burners are on the trunk (upper, lower, middle) and this is the Yang organ and associated with the Yang Meridian – both have...

It sounds like you are affected by what you eat dramatically. I would look for someone who specializes in finding allergies or food issues to clear up the gut issues. That may mean you are more sensitive to the attempts...

Li 4 “In which dimensions should I use the needle”? translated from Turkish, not sure if that is exactly correct. I think most texts of acupuncture cover this clearly. I love this point because it is the pain anywhere point....

I agree in many ways we over emphasize that aspect. In truth, I try to use the least harmful first if at all possible. Food, exercise, tui na, cupping, gua sha, and many other methods often come first as they...

My training first came from tai chi china training. My second teacher also taught Qi Gong and Tui Na. My third teacher taught a blend of internal martial art classes with meditation and various types of qi gong. It was...

My favorite for thoughts racing or too intense is Yin Tang combined with Spleen 6 to calm the mind. If sleep is involved then add Ht 7 on the same side as Spleen 6 and Kidney 6 on the opposite...

Usually the sooner you treat, the better the outcome. The last Pacific Symposium had some excellent acupuncture techniques using scalp acupuncture which combined physical therapy as they did it. There are some great youtube videos of them doing this treatment....

Gan cao is great for spasms. Can you do acupuncture? If the spasm is one that pulls short, then use the huato jiaji to release it at the level, below it, and above it. And release the opposite side as...

I asked my first tai chi instructor if I could learn other martial arts. He told me that in his strict training his teacher would not let him. “Jack of all trades, master of none” was his first reply. His...

I am concerned that the tests, hoops, and hurdles that we cross to become an acupuncturist is fair and logical. It is important that it represents solid experience in healing with the art. Integration is coming because many of the...

I think many clinics offer external Qi Qong as a therapy. At least I hope so, it is part of Chinese Medicine. I love the documentary on Qi Qong done in China by Francesco Garripoli which gives you a first...

In my years of training I&#39ve kept medical records on everyone I&#39ve treated either in the clinic or in their home. It is rare when I don&#39t. Most practitioners I have met do the same. So I&#39m surprised at your...

Cupping is a wonderful way to treat. My patients seem thrilled when a cupping session comes up. I use glass. stone, plastic, and rubbery cups with or without heat / magnets / estim / micro-stem. I note the darker more...

I suggest you mentor with someone who is knowledgeable in that area.

I like to finish with a flow through the bottom of the feet connected to the top of the head, Du 20. I usually collapse this bubble back to Ren 6 at the end. I thread the qi and let...

Good Question.Every thing in Chinese medicine is looked at as a combination of yin and yang. Yin being substance and yang being the more active nature of it. So ask them where they see more yang verses more yin. For...

Rob,I think of this as a subjective thought based on theory which often leads our thinking as acupuncturists and we have plenty of sources expousing theory. Underneath it is the objective analysis ... did it work? Ultimately, what is most...

Yes, the dynamic of a session when opening these reservoirs in the body is powerful. Like the belt channel ... opening the dai mai balances out the top of the body with the bottom. I like to think of a...

I seem to have good luck with the local elbow points in the area that are ASHI. I also take the elbow and work it across the two extremes by placing pressure on the two ends of the crease (thumb...

I&#39ve noticed that many points have a release of emotions and they can be minor or major releases. Many times the name of the point is a big help in identifying its effects. Like the great depression point on the...

My first experience was a zero. Then I started noticing some acupuncture studies on pub med where some people called GB 34, for example, the parkinson disease point. It is not the only one that has had some good studies...

I think I learned a lot from one mentor who kept coming up with new ways to treat. I&#39d ask him why and he simply wanted to know if treating that way would work as well. He had a busy...