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Posted on December 3, 2009 by Yael
Earlier this year, an article was published by Boivin and Schmidt in the journal Human Reproduction.
The article presented a research, which concluded that CAM therapies might cause a decrease in pregnancies in women who were using CAM therapies during their IVF treatments. The article stated a decrease of 30%.
I was made aware of this misleading article by a colleague from Israel, Aviv Messinger, who along with Daniel Seidman wrote a response to the article. whic the journal chose to publish.
Here is the full comment.
Posted on November 25, 2009 by Yael
It seems that the field of Chinese medicine is on a global rise.
I feel that everyday I get more and more news flowing my way about new projects, new clinics, new interesting discussions, more research…. I love it.
I know I’ve been neglecting my writing on CMNotes.
*hanging head in shame*
I also know that lately, you heard many reasons. They really are reasons, real valid ones too, not just excuses.
I love writing about Chinese medicine, and I love writing about it in English. Lately, I’ve been meeting new and interesting people through this blog and I am very grateful for it.
Please bare with me, and forgive me for not being able to write more. I hope this will soon change.
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!):
Posted on July 5, 2009 by Yael
Promoting Chinese Medicine is very important.
We need more and more people who will explain why this amazing medicine, and we need people to show from their own experience how it simply works.
We’ve been doing this promotion in various ways- building our own websites, writing about Chinese Medicine- what it does, what it’s good for, how different it is from other methods of treatment… and it’s all good and all should go on.
Today I want to show you another way of promoting Chinese Medicine.
Lately I’ve been seeing more and more items on the Internet that we can buy and people can be exposed to the fun part of Chinese Medicine through t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, baby cloths… and also, we get to have fun!
So let’s go shopping!
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Yael
You thought I forgot, didn’t you?
Now really, how can I forget about this hefty book, sitting on my desk just waiting for me to read it??
How to needle a child?
We’re on page 80 (for those who are following), and Julian starts talking about practical things- how does one needle a child? What is the right technique?
On Julian’s website you can find a double DVD that explains, among other things, the technique Julian uses in his practice. It can help you master the technique, and understand it better. In the book you can of course find illustrations of the technique to help you start.
The technique is important, especially with young babies and toddles who tend to be on the move. Many of them don’t like to be pinned down and so the practitioner must be quick with finding the acupuncture point and super-quick with needling the point and applying the desired manipulation.
Julian offers many tips on this subject and so ends the first part of the book.
Posted on December 14, 2008 by Yael
Being a mother taught me the importance of taking care of myself.
If I won’t be well, my family won’t function very well, and so I must take better care of myself, and be sick maybe once a decade. At least.
With that frame of mind I’ve been very strict with my acupuncture sessions for the past number of months.
On our last meeting 2 interesting things happened:
1. I was needled in LI-4, LIV-3 and LIV-8. This combo is pretty standard, right? Well, you won’t believe what happened to me, but this will have to wait for a different post.
2. I got a Chinese herbs formula.
You all know by now that I am not a herbs fan.
Many people don’t understand this “weird phase” that I’m going through, but since it’s been going on for the past 8 years- at least- I know that it’s a simple case of being able to connect to one method more than the other.
I connect to acupuncture wonderfully, and to the herbs I don’t connect at all- not as a practitioner and not as a patient.
Posted on October 12, 2008 by Yael
I started studying Chinese Medicine 10 years ago.
My friends are more or less used by now that I do things in a different way than others- I didn’t go to university, I seek help of psychology when I feel I need it, even my wedding was different than most people’s.
So studying Chinese Medicine didn’t come as a terrible shock to people, but it did raise one simple questions: What *is* Chinese Medicine??
Trying to explain
It’s been 10 years now that people are asking me about Chinese Medicine, and it’s been the same 10 years that I’ve been trying to think of the best answer that I can- and the answer I have is pretty lame.
I can some how describe Qi, and I can more or less explain the concept of Yin Yang.
But seriously, how are you suppose to explain about the Dao? On second thought- do you really need to go and explain about the Dao??
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Yael
It was just a matter of time until I would interview Peter Deadman.
After all- it’s Peter Deadman- the big blue book, the JCM…. This is definitely one of those names you learn to say really fast as of the first year in studying Chinese Medicine. And the name continues to be with us as we grow with our career.
Peter Deadman is the founder of Infinity Foods in England.
He studied Chinese Medicine with Dr. Van Buren at the International College of Oriental Medicine and has a clinic in Brighton. Deadman founded the Journal of Chinese Medicine 29 years ago, which became the most important journal of Chinese Medicine in the west. The JCM is also a publication, the most famous book to come of this publication is A Manual of Acupuncture
, a must have textbook in most colleges throughout the world.
In addition, Peter Deadman was a member of The Matzos, a band in which he played the violin.
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Yael
Truth should be told- studying for exams is never fun.
Who wants to be inside the house studying when you can be watching the new Indiana Jones movie? Or having coffee with a friend?
If you ask me, if I got to choose between writing a paper and an exam I’d take writing a paper any time.
Writing a paper is a lot more helpful than exams. I have no doubt in my mind that writing a paper is a better way to learn a new topic, learn new things about a topic we’ve been talking about for a while, and the best part is- everything that I learn in the process of writing the paper stays with me.
That hardly ever happened to me while studying for exams.
Studying for exams in TCM means that you need to learn lists of functions for acupuncture points and herbs by heart. If you understand it- that’s great, but I never felt like this was the main goal of the exams.
That sounds a bit wrong doesn’t it?
Posted on April 12, 2008 by Yael
Welcome to Carnival of Healing #133!
I am very happy to host this issue, thank you very much Phylameana for the vote of confidence, and I feel that it is only fit to have a Carnival of Healing on CMNotes in the spring time.
Carnival of Healing #132 was hosted by Astrid Lee at We Are One World Healing, make sure you stop there and read the posts Astrid collected. Also note, that Carnival of Healing #134 will be hosted by Clara Myers at Mind-Mart , that’s on next week. Also, make sure you check the archive of Carnival of Healing, which will help you understand what’s going on here if this is all new to you.
Let the carnival begin!
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