Wishing everyone a fruitful and happy year of the Ox! So far, the year of the Ox has me working hard! Truly like an ox! In addition to...

Yes, this post is a bit delayed, it being almost two weeks in 2021 and all. But boy, what a year it had been.

One of the biggest problems in this time of coronavirus mania is the loss of our daily routine.

Anatomy of a Fake Medical News Article This post was inspired by a recent interaction between myself and a friend.  She had shared a blog...

Acupuncture for Bell’s Palsy Previously, I had written about an article about how acupuncture has been shown to be effective for Bell’s...

Documenting the Varicocele A while back, I blogged about the use of acupuncture to reduce the size of gallstones in a patient. (link)...

My apologies to my handful of readers.  I have not been able to blog with any regularity the past month or so.  At any rate, I would now...

Screencapture of the Speakers List. from http://www.elotus.org I feel so deeply honored to have been invited to give an online lecture...

A Disclaimer This isn’t really a TCM article per se.  Then again, I do have “musings” and “reviews” sections in my category listing, so ...

Popping The Question The most common questions encountered by any acupuncturist are, in my experience: “Can acupuncture treat (fill in...

“Doc, can acupuncture cure gallstones? I’m afraid of surgery.” This is certainly a question most often popped to me, especially in the...

Dr. Eddie Concepcion is one of my heroes in this profession.  Kind, humble, witty, clever, and a pretty darned good physician and...

Patients are mostly aware that acupuncture can be beneficial in the treatment of pain.  In this case, acupuncture is used to decrease the...

Note: This article was originally published on my old blog qi-spot on November 17, 2009.  Please forgive the amateurish writing style....

Meeting Dr. Andrew Wu I was fortunate to be introduced to Dr. Andrew Wu, L.Ac., PhD., in 2007 when he came to the Philippines.  He had...

Holistic Medicine? A common buzzword among so-called non conventional or alternative medicine practitioners, and even among medical...

November 1 is All Saints’ Day.  This is a fact that many people conveniently forget, going about dressed as ghosts and goblins.  True,...

A new patient came into my clinic not too long ago for a consultation. Now, this is not an unusual event. The unusual event was the fact...

A Brief Background My friend VS recently attended a seminar on “alternative” medicine and sent me a message, which I then quote slightly...

Sun Simiao or “药王“ – the King of Medicinals There are times during one’s practice of medicine, of whatever tradition, when one feels...