Ulcerative Colitis

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Moxibustion, or "moxa", is a widely utlizied adjunctive technique in Chinese Medicine. It involves the burning of an herb, ai ye ("mugwort") on or near the skin at certain points or above certain areas based on symptoms. A general introduction can be found in my "What Is Moxibustion?" article. Moxa…

7-10 million people around the world are living with Parkinson's Disease with men being 1.5 times more likely to develop the condition than women.  This is more than all of the people with Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis combined.  The symptoms are brought …

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are seen and regularly treated by practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.  UC is a potentially chronic inflammatory condition of the colon.  In the US, it appears in approximately 500,000 people at any given time, and global incidences vary but range fro…

Ulcerative colitis is a condition involving chronic inflammation of the bowels leading to rectal bleeding along with pain and/or urgency among other symptoms.  It is thought to have at its basis an immune response possibly to a virus or bacterium that the body feels is not cleared or it may derive …

There are two types of inflammatory bowel disease - crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.  Both have unpredictable courses and are very often difficult to treat effectively.  Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine have long been used to treat these conditions and may often have stronger results due to …