Welcome to Acuremedy Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine

Acupuncture Specific Centers & Articles:

Acupuncture.com: An online newsletter for information on Chinese Medicine, Health and Wellness.

Acupuncture Today: The news source for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Provides excellent information on regulatory changes, research updates and clinical case results.

Yin Yang House: Comprehensive information for the aspiring acupuncturist or curious patient.

Acupuncture Safety: This article asserts that acupuncture is safe in the hands of competent practitioners. (on pubmedcentral.nih.gov)

About Acupuncture Treatment: This site provides detailed information about acupuncture treatments and how to treat medical issues with acupuncture. (acupuncture-treatment.com)
News on Acupuncture: The World of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine provides information about schools thatteach Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), state laws that govern its practice, and the latest news about acupuncture for students and practitioners. (on tcmstudent.com)

Acupuncture Information: The American Holistic Health Association promotes holistic principles and encourages people to participate actively in their own health and healthcare. (on ahha.org)

Acupuncture Information: ChineseMedicineDoc.com explains how to use a combination of ancient and modern medicine to help heal contemporary diseases. (on chinesemedicinedoc.com)

Research & News - Online Articles:

Diabetes article: Chinese extract may yield diabetes treatment. (on sciencenews.org)

Fibromyalgia: a Mayo Clinic Study Finds Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia. (on mayoclinic.org)

Osteoarthritis of the Knee, Hip: Acupuncture May Cut Arthritis Pain (on webmd.com)

Links on Chinese & Western Herbal Medicine:

Overview: TCM Central provides an overview of herbal medicine, with detailed explanations of the use of herbal treatments. It presents some informational videos on the site. (on tcmcentral.com)

herb-drug interactions: This website discusses herb-drug interactions. (on happyherbalist.com); another related article describes additional issues: herb-drug 2 (on itmonline.org)

Medicinal Usage: This site describes the medicinal uses of many common plants and herbs. (on familyherbalremedies.com)

TCM Herbal Pharmacy Update: The Herbal Medicine Pharmacy Update (published in The Permanente Journal) describes the risks and benefits of herbal treatments. (on permanentejournal)

Popular Reference Links and Well-Known Research Centers

Mayo Clinic: Information on acupuncture from the Mayo Clinic.

WHO: The World Health Organization's information on acupuncture.

NIH: Information on acupuncture from the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. (A part of the National Institutes of Health or NIH.)

PubMed: Search the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Heath for clinical trials on acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.

Acupuncture Intro: The NCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Web site includes detailed information about how acupuncture works, what to expect from a treatment, and how to find a practitioner. (on nccam.nih.gov)

Consensus Statement: The National Institutes of Health's consensus statement on acupuncture.

AAAOM General Information: The American Association of Oriental Medicine provides general information about acupuncture and a practitioner directory. (on aaaomonline.org)

Video Links:

Michael Shermer Tests Acupuncture: Michael Shermer goes in search of what is behind acupuncture through interviews and getting himself poked!
Introduction to Acupuncture - CMS: gives an overview and demostration of acupuncture...
Introduction to Community Acupuncture: The Community Acupuncture Network (CAN) is a nonprofit organization of practitioners, patients, and supporters whose goal is to make acupuncture more affordable and accessible by promoting the practice of offering acupuncture in community settings for a sliding scale payment ranging within $15-40 per treatment...
Acupuncture Neck Gua Sha: Dr. Zhang's differnet modalities treatment. Gua sha (scraping) move blood, reduce heat, boost body immunity, increase capillary circulation...
Acupuncture - Traditional Chinese Medicine: some sessions of using various applications of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of a shoulder injury. Acupuncture, acupressure, moxibustion, herbs...

Acupuncture Resources for Women and Fertility

IVF success: An article on how acupuncture may improve IVF success rates. (on Acupuncturetoday.com)

A Pregnancy rate report: on the influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate of patients who undergo Assisted Reproductive Therapy. (on Wellspringintegrative.com)

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (on Resolve.org)

Take Charge of Your Fertility: A website that offers easy to use software to chart your menstrual cycle and education on reproductive health. (on Tcoyf.com)

Herbs and Pregnancy: FamilyHerbalRemedies.com provides information about herbs and pregnancy. (on familyherbalremedies.com)

Depression during Pregnancy: Few medically acceptable treatments for depression during pregnancy are available. The aim of this randomized controlled pilot study was to determine whether acupuncture holds promise as a treatment for depression during pregnancy. (on NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov/pubmed)

Hot Flashes: Acupuncture may ease menopausal symptoms and nix nighttime hot flashes caused by menopause, according to this new study.(on webmd.com)

Infertility and IVF: a list of Acupuncture related research recently published in Medical journals (on aborm.org)