Coffee In Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective
Dr. Eddie Concepcion is one of my heroes in this profession. Kind, humble, witty, clever, and a pretty darned good physician and acupuncturist as well! With his permission, I am reposting this...
View ArticleCan Acupuncture Cure Gallstones? – A Case
“Doc, can acupuncture cure gallstones? I’m afraid of surgery.” This is certainly a question most often popped to me, especially in the Philippine General Hospital Traditional and Integrative Medicine...
View ArticleDoes Acupuncture Hurt?
Popping The Question The most common questions encountered by any acupuncturist are, in my experience: “Can acupuncture treat (fill in the blank) ?” “How many sessions will I need?” and inevitably,...
View ArticleReview: NasoClear
A Disclaimer This isn’t really a TCM article per se. Then again, I do have “musings” and “reviews” sections in my category listing, so I suppose this belongs there. Anyway, I was given this product...
View ArticleDr. Tan-Gatue is now a Speaker for Elotus.org
I feel so deeply honored to have been invited to give an online lecture for this site. My first topic will be meridian style approach to headaches and particularly migraines. Migraines are a very...
View ArticleExperiencing True Integrative Medicine in China
My apologies to my handful of readers. I have not been able to blog with any regularity the past month or so. At any rate, I would now like to share an experience I went through last week while on my...
View ArticleAcupuncture for Varicocele: A Case
Documenting the Varicocele A while back, I blogged about the use of acupuncture to reduce the size of gallstones in a patient. (link) Right now, we present another case with documentation. I was...
View ArticleAcupuncture for Bell’s Palsy: The Sooner, The Better
Acupuncture for Bell’s Palsy Previously, I had written about an article about how acupuncture has been shown to be effective for Bell’s Palsy. (Acupuncture for Bell’s Palsy – The De Qi Sensation – link...
View ArticleHow to Spot Fake Medical News
Anatomy of a Fake Medical News Article This post was inspired by a recent interaction between myself and a friend. She had shared a blog entry/news article promoting a spurious cure for stage four...
View ArticleAcupuncture for Coronavirus and COVID-19 induced Stress and Anxiety
Acupuncture can help with stress caused by dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic. The post Acupuncture for Coronavirus and COVID-19 induced Stress and Anxiety appeared first on Philip Nino Tan-Gatue, MD,...
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