Students, Faculty and Staff, I hope over the break that all of you have had a chance to decompress and rejuvenate while away from school.聽 On the eve of the fall term, I wanted to follow up to last weekend鈥檚 email with additional information regarding re-opening.聽 I apologize for another lengthy email.聽 If you have …
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September 8th, 2020 Dear Students, Staff and Faculty, I hope everyone has had a relaxing final weekend.聽 I also want to thank faculty and staff for all of the preparation and ask for everyone be safe at all times on and off campus. We have negotiated a $25 parking for anyone who wants to enter …
The 海角吃瓜网 of Health and Science wishes to announce that it will host a virtual site visit for continuing accreditation of its RN-BSN nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). You are invited to virtually meet with the site visit team at 4:30 pm ET on October 14th, 2020 to …
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海角吃瓜网 of Health and Science has developed a written COVID-19 Preparedness and Response in order to equip employees with the information, guidance, and directives to protect themselves and others. This plan is a living document that will be updated and edited as local, state and federal agencies provide new guidance. This plan focuses on …
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An introductory excerpt from the recently published book Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles, co-authored by Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, LAc, MS, MM, and MichelAngelo, MFA. Vibrational Acupuncture is available from Singing Dragon UK. 鈥淭ogether, (tuning forks and acupuncture) balance Yin and Yang, both calm and stimulate, and simultaneously ground and lift up the Qi. …
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海角吃瓜网’s Clinic in San Diego is thrilled to announce that we will be able to reopen our clinic for acupuncture services beginning August 17th. We are so grateful to have been able to provide treatments to so many of our patients through telehealth visits and are excited that we will soon be available for …
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By Lillian Pearl Bridges Potential is a word weighted with meaning, usually in a positive sense about the possibility of something becoming an actuality. Potential can also have its downsides, however, as something can also develop into a problem. The catchall word from ancient Chinese medicine indicating potential was 鈥渏ing鈥�, most often understood as the …
There are very few concepts in Chinese medicine that are more often mentioned than Tan Tien. Protecting and strengthening the Tan Tien is an important practice to maintain good health. But what exactly is Tan Tien and how can we assess it in the clinic? Let鈥檚 break it down. There are three energy centers that …
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The patient is a 28-year-old female, single, and employed as a wardrobe consultant in the live entertainment industry. In her initial examination, employing the diagnostic criteria of odor, color, sound, and emotion, she emitted a scorched odor, expressed a lack of red color鈥攁shen-gray skin tone lateral to her eyes鈥攁 lack of laughter in the sound …
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By Butch Levy, MD, LAc Introduction In my clinical practice as an integrative primary care provider, I often diagnosed cancer in my patients and referred them to local oncologists. As they started conventional treatment, I quickly began to recognise the toll that chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation took upon them. Having trained in Chinese medicine, and …
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