The number of acupuncture schools in the United States has continued to grow since the creation of the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) and the Council of ...

Southwest Acupuncture College is a classical school of Oriental medicine. With the primary responsibility of educating students to become independent healthcare providers, Southwest's foremost goal is ...

Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) affects more than 15% of the U.S. population but evades most practitioners’ radar. Mast cells are a type of white blood cell that step up when we’re exposed to ...

The Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine is expanding its long tradition of apprenticeship-style education with the launch of a new Certificate in Asian Medical Bodywork (CAMB) program. While this ...

Qi deficiency and yin deficiency are perhaps the most common patterns encountered when treating any long-standing disease. In most cases, these patterns are deeply connected and must be treated ...

The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) conducted a comprehensive Job Analysis (JA) study in 2023-2024 to ensure the relevance and validity of its ...

Vulvodynia, chronic vulvar pain of unknown origin lasting at least three months, affects approximately 7% of American women and has no consistently effective treatment. This is the first rigorous ...

Established in 1969, Samra University is the oldest most distinguished university of Oriental medicine in North America. Although the objectives have evolved since its founding, to incorporate Western ...

Each year, ICD-10-CM is updated on Oct. 1. For 2026, there are 74,179 total codes, 487 additions, 28 deletions, and 38 revisions. Key rule: Code changes are based on date of service, not the claim ...

The term prescription smuggles in a pharmaceutical logic: find the right agent, deliver it and expect a result. Drug > Administration > Effect. When translated into needling, this becomes: Point > ...

Constipation is a common occurrence during pregnancy. The American Pregnancy Association estimates half of all pregnant women experience constipation at some point. Constipation during pregnancy is ...

Chinese medicine has unique perspectives on food therapy, which can help inspire patients to see the kitchen as a sacred space for cultivating health. Patients tend to focus on expensive supplements ...