Acupuncture Day- October 24th, 2009

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Yael

Today we mark Acupuncture Day, where we the practitioners take some time to offer some good content to those interested in acupuncture and oriental medicine.

So how should we mark this day?
The web is full of explanations of how acupuncture works, yin and yang… You don’t really want me to start writing about that, right?
I thought that maybe we should take a more interesting appraoch and so things a bit different this time.
So I’m going to suggest a number of links that I think offer good information about how Chinese medicine can work well for patients (and practitioners too!):

I would like to present a video and a message of peace from a colleague in Israel, Eli Sapir.
Eli chose to send a message of peace in various languages, and the one thing in common is Qi Gong.
To find out more about the message, click here and scroll down a bit for the English version of the message.

I found a great video on about community acupuncture, a very trendy topic around the world it seems- and with good reason. My guess is that once it stops being a trend, the clinics who are true to the main idea of community acupuncture will survive.
Don’t know what I’m talking about? Here’s some info:

As I was searching for information about Tuina, I didn’t find a lot of good sources about the subject.
I wonder why that is, as I find that in this field, not many practitioners write and document their work.
Is it just me? And if not- do you have any idea why that is?
A good general view of Tuina that I did find is this video:

If you are interested in Chinese medicine and really want to know what it is- I urge you to experience it.
We can talk for hours and hours about how it feels, what it does, but the best way to understand what’s going on is to feel it on yourself. Click here for more about experiencing Chinese medicine.

Have a great day everyone!