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The Chinese Medicine Treatment of Anxiety

Acupuncture, Anxiety, C-19, Lingering, Recovery, Sleep & Stress, Treatment

The Chinese Medicine Treatment of Anxiety

Anxiety is a normal human emotion. Most people will experience it from time to time as a normal response to the stresses and worries of life. Anxiety becomes a pathological...

Will Maclean | December 2, 2025

Acupuncture, Herbs & Formulas
What We Can Learn from East Asian Clinics: Specialization
In China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea traditional medicine is 99.9% herbs. In fact, you could walk around a random Chinese city all day and not find a single acupuncture clinic,...
| February 21, 2018
Acupuncture, Non Profits
AWB Update: Responding to Hurricanes, Shootings and Wildfires
Acupuncturists Without Borders has never been called upon to respond to so many disasters as we have this fall. Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Hurricane Irma in Florida, Hurricane Maria in...
| November 10, 2017
Acupuncture
Using Master Tung’s Gallbladder Points for Diseases of the Head and Neck
In Master Tung’s body of work, many points are loosely classified as Gallbladder channel points. In this article, I will compare Tung’s Gallbladder points, all located between the Leg Shao...
Susan Johnson, L.Ac. | May 19, 2017
Acupuncture, TCM Lifestyle
The Yin and Yang of Lyme Disease and Climate Change
Though we’re encouraged to see it as two distinct issues, Chinese medicine can help us recognize that what’s happening with the climate is being mirrored in our internal environment. In...
| May 18, 2017
Acupuncture
The Yin and Yang of Cancer and Climate Change
Almost all of what we hear about cancer comes from our usual western perspective. Things like how smoking can increase the likelihood of developing the condition and how eating vegetables...
| December 8, 2016
Acupuncture, Pain, TCM Lifestyle
The Ancient Art of Cupping
Cupping is a suction technique designed to pull toxin build up and muscle spasm from the body’s deeper tissue to the surface of the skin. The cells of the body...
Susan Johnson, L.Ac. | August 25, 2016
Acupuncture, TCM Lifestyle
5 TCM podcasts you need to hear now
Listen to Lonny Jarret speak about communication in your bathtub or get practice management tips from Lorne Brown on your commute. Podcasts offer bite-sized interviews and explorations that can be...
| June 24, 2016
Acupuncture, Pediatrics
Introduction to Shonishin, Pediatric Acupuncture
Shonishin is a pediatric method developed in Japan, which was based upon TCM theories from 2,000 years ago. It first came into practice in the 17th century, but in the...
Raven Lang | April 26, 2016
Acupuncture, Digestion, TCM Lifestyle
The Dance of Water & Fire: Study of the Triple Heater
The role of the triple heater is a complicated one. Elisabeth’s study of the Neijing texts allows us to start by defining the fu , their shared functions, extent of those roles, and the...
| June 19, 2015
Acupuncture, Non Profits
AWB Update: Healing Community Trauma: Empowering Acupuncturists to Transform Their Communities
"Acupuncturists Without Borders' (AWB) vision is to help build stable, peaceful, global communities. Knowing that unresolved trauma can have repercussions for decades, we train acupuncturists to offer community style acupuncture...
| March 4, 2015
Acupuncture, Pain
The Miracle of Master Tung’s Magic Points: ‘Correct Tendons’ Amazing for Neck Pain
There are countless fabulous points left to us by Master Tung Ching Chang, but I rate 77.01 & 77.02, Correct Tendons, in the top five. Though they may take a...
Susan Johnson, L.Ac. | March 2, 2015
Acupuncture, Herbs & Formulas, TCM Lifestyle
The Change of Seasons - Preparing for Autumn
Autumn is the season of metal, which governs organization, storage, setting limits and protecting boundaries, and pertains to the Lung and Large Intestine organs. The Lung governs the Qi of...
Laura Stropes | October 15, 2014

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