East Meets West - My Travels In India

East Meets West - My Travels In India

At the Acupuncture Center of New Jersey we integrate several of these healing traditions and practices and bring them into context with our understanding of our patient’s health concerns and experiences with conventional medicine.

The Joys and Health Benefits of Gardening

The Joys and Health Benefits of Gardening

As the weather gets warm I see more and more people start their annual outdoor gardening. It is fun and rewarding to plant flowers for beauty and vegetable plants for tasty, fresh nutrition. Herbs for cooking and health benefits can also be planted and will provide medicinal benefits and flavor in the months ahead.

For Our Aging Population - Acupuncture + Chinese Medicine

For Our Aging Population - Acupuncture + Chinese Medicine

We've treated many aged and very aged patients with these and other problems and most have responded very well. Chronic problems do not go away or get “healed”.

Nurturing a Positive Attitude in 2016

Nurturing a Positive Attitude in 2016

As an acupuncturist I often treat patients with the following pattern: negativity leads to manifestations such as insomnia, anger, depression, and anxiety. The liver gets constrained which leads to irritation and anger; the heart will then disturb the Shen or spirit and creates scattered thoughts, anxiety, or depression.

Sane Monkey ∞ How to Stay Curious + Balanced in 2016

Sane Monkey ∞ How to Stay Curious + Balanced in 2016

Chinese New Year and Infomagical Challenge: How to remain curious, active and sane! This weekend we are leaping into another Chinese New Year: The Year of Monkey.

Fear + Anger: Philosophical Perspectives from Chinese Medicine

Fear + Anger: Philosophical Perspectives from Chinese Medicine

as an acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 35 years I’m struck by how often I witness these emotions and interpretations in my practice in New Jersey. As a healer, I often help my patients with their health disorders using the wisdom of Five Element dynamics to balance physical and emotional physiologies

Healing Connections: The Heart of Acupuncture

Healing Connections: The Heart of Acupuncture

When patients come to us, there is an exchange of energy more than an exchange of clinical knowledge or information. Though on the surface, it appears that the patient is on the receiving end while the practitioner is on the giving end, the reality is far from that. At the moment of giving is receiving and at the moment of receiving is giving.