Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Dead Bill
Acupuncture licensing bill killed by committee
Associated Press - February 9, 2010 10:15 AM ET
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A bill that would have regulated acupuncturists in South Dakota was killed by a legislative committee Tuesday.
The bill would have adopted National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine standards used in 44 other states.
Castlewood Republican Rep. Kristi Noem said the measure would help protect South Dakota's eight practicing acupuncturists and differentiate them from those who have had no education or training.
Committee members said the bill needed more work before moving forward.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
House Bill 65
1. Change our title from certified (CAc) to licensed (LAc) - like almost every other state in the country
2. Delete the need to notify MD if we treat patients with high blood pressure or diabetes since these are not contraindications for acupuncture
We had originally intended to ask for the practice of acupuncture without a license to be considered a felony. Despite winning certification in KY in 2006, there are still plenty of "beauty shop dry-needlers" and healthcare practitioners performing acupuncture without proper training (ahhem, DCs and PTs). Since we are under the KY Board of Medicine and prior to 2006, practicing acupuncture without a license was synonymous with practicing medicine without a license, we figured this was a reasonable request, however our representative thought removing the clause would help our case for the other 2 points.
Oh well.
If anyone out there is an activist kind of mood today, we would really appreciate phone calls to our local representatives who will be voting on this issue. To leave a message in support of House Bill 65, call 1-800-372-7181. Here is their contact info for specific representatives and thank you for your support!
Tom Burch, chair Loiusville 502-564-8100 x601
Bob DeWeese, vice chair Louisville 502-564-4334
David Watkins, vice chair Henderson 502-564-8100 x700
John Arnold Sturgis - 502-564-8100 x709
Jim Glenn Owensboro - 502-564-8100 x705
Joni Jenkins - Shively - 502-564-8100 x692
Tim Moore - Elizabethtown - 502-564-8100 x702
Ruth Ann Palumbo - Lexington - 502-564-8100 x600
Scott Brinkman - Louisville - 502-564-8100 x682
Brent Housman - Paducah - 502-564-8100 x634
Mary Lou Marzian - Louisville - 502-564-8100 x643
Darryl Owens - Louisville - 502-564-8100 x685
Susan Westrom - Lexington - 502-564-8100 x740
Addia Wuchner - Florence - 502-564-8100 x707
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
New Year News
Pain Management Failing as Fears of Prescription Drug Use Rise
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Cupping Massage
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
H1N1 Updates
I found this snippet about Chinese Medicine and H1N1 prevention/treatment, but the article also has some good stuff about other CAM therapies. I have been doing monthly acupuncture "flu shot" treatments on a lot of my patients using a blend of acupuncture and herbal therapies and so far, no flu!
Holistic treatments boost defense against H1N1
By Laura LaDue, LAc
from WillametteLive, Section Wellness
Posted on Sat Oct 31, 2009 at 10:17:14 PM PDT
This flu season, H1N1 is particularly prevalent. In addition to being a nasty virus, it carries with it a lot of cultural baggage in the form of fears and misconceptions.
Like seasonal flu, H1N1 is spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea. It is possible to be infected and have respiratory symptoms without a fever.
Most people who have been sick with 2009 H1N1 virus have recovered without needing medical treatment. However, hospitalizations and deaths from infection with this virus have occurred. You should seek urgent medical care if you experience severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, chest pain, or persistent vomiting.
How does Chinese medicine prevent and treat the H1N1 virus?
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, swine flu is not so different from other types of flu and can most certainly be prevented and treated by means of Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicines for H1N1 do not attack the virus. Rather, they try to remove those internal conditions in the body that enable the virus to take hold and multiply. "There is no medicine to directly kill the virus. A virus is like a seed: it needs things like temperature and water to grow," Dr. Xu Wenbing, Chairman of the Hope Institute of Chinese Medicine in Beijing, said. "When you take away these conditions, the body will cure itself."
Acupuncture helps by bringing the body back into balance, making it more resistant to potential invading viruses. There are specific acupuncture points for boosting the immune system, including points for increasing your white blood cell count. If one is already ill, acupuncture can speed recovery and lessen the symptoms of illness.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Comprehensive Military PTSD Treatment Programs
| Acupuncture Today November, 2009, Vol. 10, Issue 11 |
Comprehensive Military PTSD Treatment Programs
By Joe C. Chang, MAOM, Dipl. OM, LAc
So far, there are four comprehensive posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat stress treatment programs in the U.S. Army that have incorporated different CAM approaches in their treatment programs.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Hallelujah, Proof Is Here!
New scientific breakthrough proves why acupuncture works
Russian researchers in 1991 at The Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Novosibirsk, USSR, in a research project lasting several years, discovered how the human body conducts light. They found that the light conducting ability of the human body exists only along the meridians, and can enter and exit only along the acupuncture points. Dr. Kaznachejew, a professor of physics said:
“This seems to prove that we have a light transferal system in our body somewhat likeoptical fiber. It appears that the light can even travel when the light canal is bent, or totally twisted. The light appears to be reflected from the inner surface, appearing to go in some sort of zigzag track. You can explain this through traditional electromagnetic light theory as it is used in optical fiber communications.”
This finding has been confirmed by a 1992 study in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a 2005 study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine where moxibustion and infrared thermography were used to trace meridian pathways.
