by Dr. Melissa Carr | May 3, 2015 | 24 Hours article, Food, Traditional Chinese Medicine
My husband and I recently volunteered for Furbearer Defenders, and though that organization focuses on wildlife with fur, like coyotes, beavers, foxes, and wolves, spending more time thinking about animals beyond our dogs got us thinking about the animals we are...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 18, 2015 | 24 Hours article, Acupuncture, fertility, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Not really surprising to those of us who practice Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), “whole systems” TCM–or what we TCM practitioners call simply “TCM”–is more effective than 1-2 basic cookbook style acupuncture sessions done...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 18, 2014 | 24 Hours article, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sometimes something comes out in the news that is bad for a profession. Someone’s poor decisions and actions can taint the profession as a whole. It has happened many times for the police, though there are many good officers that keep the public safe. It...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 16, 2014 | 24 Hours article, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Did you know that October 24th is Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM) Day? I had fun writing the details about how a reporter’s acute appendicitis in 1971 helped bring awareness of the benefits of acupuncture to North America, not long before China re-opened...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 22, 2014 | 24 Hours article, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
I am a relatively new student of yoga, under four years, and I had known only very fundamental knowledge about BKS Iyengar. I knew that he was one of yoga’s most important and well-known teachers, having brought yoga to the West, and I knew that he recommended...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 25, 2014 | Allergies, Biopuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been in practice for thousands of years, but is ever-evolving, encompassing new modalities to continue to grow our methods of treatment. One of the decades old methods I use is called biopuncture or acupuncture injection therapy....
