Acupuncture Northwest & Associates is pleased to announce, Andrea Iwi’ula, LAc

 We are ao pleased to annouce our newest team member!  We are so fortunate to have Andrea join us.  She has been an acupuncturist since 1998, is a board member of the Washington  East Asian Medicine Association, and adjunct faculty at Bastyr University.  She joins us in our Tacoma office.   Andrea brings Traditional Chinese Medicine, Five [...]

Turning a Breech Baby with Chinese Medicine

  During the last trimester, it is possible for your baby to turn (or not turn) in such a way as to be considered a breech position, i.e. not in the accepted cephalic or head down position.  If this happens and you want to avoid a C-section, Traditional Chinese Medicine may offer help in turning [...]

Carpal Tunnel Treatment with Acupuncture

Patients’ Corner  “I can’t do this anymore, Elen, I’m in so much pain, but I have to finish this job!” I was in tears, I was nauseated from pain, and I was used to it. My friend stopped her work to finish mine. The task? Counting pages in a book. I had been suffering from [...]

PCOS, pregnant after Clomid failed to promote ovulation

Overview:  29 year old female presenting with a history of irregular menstruation, ranging from 35-55 days.  She was diagnosed with PCOS two years prior to her first visit at Acupuncture Northwest & Associates and had been trying to conceive for one year.  Her western doctor put her on metformin, a diabetic drug to control insulin, [...]

Foods and the Menstrual Cycle

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, women commonly experience periodic and alternating symptoms of blood deficiency and qi stagnation due to the menstrual cycle.  Blood deficiency occurs when blood loss from monthly menses is not replenished by nutrition or sufficient rest. This may manifest as fatigue, pale complexion, lips and nails, dizziness, poor or blurry vision, [...]

March is National Endometriosis Awareness Month

  Here is some general information that we give our endometriosis patients.  We hope that you find it useful!   Definition of Endometriosis Often defined simply as the presence of endometrial (or uterine) tissue in abnormal locations, endometriosis can affect fertility.  The tissue (ordinarily expelled from the body through menstruation) travels outside the uterus and implants [...]

Acupuncture Northwest & Associates speaking at this year’s RESOLVE Conference in April

  “Enhancing ART For Men and Women Using Acupuncture and Abdominal Massage” Saturday, April 24th 2010 Acupuncture and abdominal massage have been used for centuries for fertility enhancement.  In recent years, these forms of medicine have also been incorporated into ART to enhance outcomes.  This presentation will discuss how acupuncture and massage can best assist [...]

“Using Acupuncture For Your Good Health” Talk For Metroparks Tacoma

Our licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist, Annie Hines, MS, L.Ac, LMP, will be giving a talk for Metroparks Tacoma employees on Wednesday, March 24th. The topic of the talk is,  ”Using Acupuncture For Your Good Health”.  She will highlight the benefits of receiving regular acupuncture.  Annie will also describe how to incorporate the use of Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition, [...]

TCM 101— The Eight Principles

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine, which includes acupuncture, Chinese herbs and nutrition) has many ways of diagnostically seeing a person.  These various theoretical constructs were developed in different eras and regions of China. In this article, I want to discuss the eight principles. The eight principles is a theory of opposites, of yin and yang.  It [...]

Herbal Chinese Chicken Soup Recipe

Herbal Chicken Soup Tonifying herbs are often cooked into soup because their taste is pleasant. The chicken in this soup brings out the Qi tonifying and Blood nourishing properties of the herbs. This recipe has been used by the Institute for Traditional Medicine in Portland for the last ten years. It can be used for [...]

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