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Treating Complex Multilayered Cases, Part 2
In the
October 2009 issue of Acupuncture Today, I wrote on how to use pulse diagnosis to distinguish patterns as excess, deficiency or complex excess with deficiency. I ended that article by saying that most complex layered cases that enter the clinic will show excess/deficiency patterns affecting the liver, stomach and spleen. Our job, as herbalists, is to evaluate the various stagnation and deficiency patterns and to apply the appropriate herbal formula.

Registration Open for 2010 World Massage Festival

By Editorial Staff

The 2010 World Massage Festival, "A Massage Reunion," will be held June 17 through June 21 at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. The World Massage Festival is a continuing-education event where massage professionals can register for up to 24 NCBTMB-approved continuing education hours of workshops.

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Getting to the Core of the Matter

By Teresa M. Matthews, LMT, CPT

Now is a great time to really look at our lives. Only we can value our life (our body) and make it the best (healthiest) it can be. As we do, looking our best will be a bonus since outer beauty is a reflection of our inner health and all change comes from within.

You have heard it all before. Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, chicken and fish, along with getting regular exercise, helps you live younger, longer. I don't think of age as a chronological thing; it's a state of mind. To be honest, I know I have matured, but when someone asks my age, it never occurs to me that I am almost 50.

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Uterine Fibroids

By Elaine Stillerman, LMT

The encouraging news about uterine fibroid tumors is that they are almost always benign, especially for women in their 30s and 40s. However, they can cause a multitude of discomforts, including heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia), painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea), backaches, and/or abdominal or pelvic bloating and heaviness. If the fibroids grow large enough to protrude into the pelvic cavity, other pelvic organs may be involved, resulting in urinary frequency and urgency, or constipation. Most fibroids, however, are asymptomatic and many women don't know they have them until they cause a problem or a gynecological exam detects them.

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