Chinese New Year: Year of the Tiger
If you were born in the following years, you were born in the year of the Tiger: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998. 2010 is the year of the metal Tiger, and metal’s color is white. Metal is …
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ACTCM Now on Social Media
ACTCM is happy to announce its social networking presence! Are you a Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn user? If so, then we’d love for you to follow us. Just click on one of the links below: ACTCM Facebook Page ACTCM Community …
ACTCM Co-Hosts Year of the Tiger Campaign at Asian Art Museum
Who: American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine & World Wildlife Fund (WWF) What: WWF’s Year of the Tiger Campaign will include a presentation on tiger conservation by Eric Dinerstein The Goal: Double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, …
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Prevent Colds & Flu with Traditional Chinese Medicine
With new strains of the influenza virus appearing on a regular basis, ways to stay healthy are on peoples’ minds. While vaccination and drug therapy are the core of the Western medicinal approach to preventing influenza, traditional Chinese medicine offers …
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Beat Holiday Stress & Depression with Traditional Chinese Medicine
San Francisco, CA – For many people, the holidays bring more attention to family, work and money. As a result, individuals can find themselves feeling more depressed, anxious and stressed than usual. Combine this stress with recent stock market lows, …
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ACTCM Organizes International Symposium for the Conservation of Endangered Species
On November 28th and 29th, 2009, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) organized a successful and historic gathering of experts from the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and international wildlife conservation communities in Beijing, China. The International Symposium for the …
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National Massage Therapy Awareness Week
San Francisco, CA – The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) is celebrating National Massage Therapy Awareness Week, October 18 – 24, 2009. Sponsored by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), this week is designed to raise public awareness …
ACTCM Scores Among Highest Pass Rates on August 2009 CAB Exam
The results are in for the August 2009 California Acupuncture Board (CAB) licensing exam, and graduates from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) scored among the highest of all the eligible test-takers. ACTCM’s first-time test-takers had an 89% …
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Obama’s Comments on How Alternative Medicine Fits Into New Health Care System
President Barack Obama expressed his openness to including complementary and alternative modalities (CAM) in a U.S. health care system during his April 29 Town Hall meeting in Arnold, Missouri. “We should do what works,” President Obama said. “I think it …
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How Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Can Help Men
Celebrated every year as the week leading up to Father’s Day, Men’s Health Week aims to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine serve …
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SF Chronicle: Acupuncturist Applies Needles – and Compassion
by Edward Guthmann, Special to The Chronicle Halé Tokay is an acupuncturist, poet and amateur boxer. Born in Ankara to a Turkish father and Swedish American mother, she grew up in Chicago from age 3, studied poetry and city planning …
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Acupuncture Shows Promise in Cancer Treatment
There have been many advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer. While the standard medical care for cancer is effective, the treatments are aggressive and cause numerous unwanted side effects as well as a lowered immune system. Acupuncture …
Acupuncture Effective for Treatment of Headaches
With more than 45 million Americans suffering from headaches and migraines each year, June 5 – 11 has been named as National Headache Awareness Week. The goals of National Headache week are to gain recognition of headache pain as a …
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ACTCM Alum Named “Best Acupuncturist” and “Best Holistic Healthcare Practitioner” by North Bay Bohemian
ACTCM graduates, Stephen Zilber (1996) and Ian McCullough (2006), were selected as both “Best Acupuncturist” and “Best Holistic Healthcare Practitioner” in Marin County by the 2009 North Bay Bohemian readers poll. Ian McCullough’s interest in Chinese medicine began in 1995, when …