Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chinese Acupuncture, Herbs, Formulas, Theory, and Diagnosis

Sacred Lotus Arts is one of the most comprehensive references on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) available on the internet, and we're growing.

Studying or referencing Acupuncture points, Chinese herbs, Chinese formulas, Yin Yang theory, Qi, causes of symptoms and diagnosis from a TCM point of view has never been easier.

For the student, there are diagrams of Qi flow in the meridians (channels), Five Element diagrams, major Acupuncture point tables and worksheets, full color pictures of over 400 Chinese herbs, every formula has photos of the herbs, every herb has a list of formulas in which it appears. Tired of studying books to prepare for tests or exams? Spend some time with us.

Practitioners have expressed a need for quickly referencing contraindications, herb-drug interactions, and other tools that we will be working to bring you in 2006...

• Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory
  Origins of TCM, Yin and Yang, Five Element theory, Qi, Blood, Jing, the internal organs, causes of disease, etc.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis
  Differentiation of syndromes in TCM, treatment methods, the pulse images and general TCM diagnostic information.
• Chinese Acupuncture
  Channels (meridians), points, point categories, and channel theory.
• Chinese Herbs
  Organized by categories and photos, or search by pinyin, common, or latin name.
• Chinese Formulas
  Complete with pictures of all the herbs in a formula.
• Alternative Medicine Articles
  A few alternative medicine articles.
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Korean docs to give 300 cops free acupuncture (GMA News).
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:46:02 GMT - MANILA, Philippines – Some 300 cops, along with their dependents and some journalists, will get the needle on July 10 – that is, acupuncture needles, courtesy of a South Korean medical mission.

Acupuncture/Chiropractic Healthcare; Learn the latest technology in treating fibromyalgia; (Sterling Journal-Advocate).
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:03:30 GMT - Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a common condition that effects both men and women. Current literature states that middle aged women are affected nine times more often than men.

No Place For Hypnotherapy And Acupuncture In An Evidence Based NHS Stop Smoking Service, UK (Medical News Today).
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:19:03 GMT - Smokers wishing to quit would be wasting their money if they use complementary therapies such as hypnotherapy or acupuncture - smoking cessation experts claim today (Monday, June 30). This and other issues around the most effective ways to help smokers quit will be discussed at the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference in Birmingham on 30 June & 1 July 2008.

No Place for Hypnotherapy and Acupuncture in an Evidence Based NHS Stop Smoking Service (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance).
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT - Smokers wishing to quit would be wasting their money if they use complementary therapies such as hypnotherapy or acupuncture - smoking cessation experts claim today .

Local doctor co-authors acupuncture study (Brattleboro Reformer).
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:47:02 GMT - Friday, June 27 TOWNSHEND -- As the study and public use of acupuncture continues to increase, a local doctor wanted to separate the effectiveness of "true" methods compared to false interventions.

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