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Acupreneur Community News 5/11/07
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From the Editor:
The news this week was both interesting and new. This is the first time I've
included a video and I certainly hope it isn't the last. It's great to see CAM
show up in all kinds of media.
We'd also like to add a hearty congratulations to the Won Institute of
Graduate Studies today. The Won Institute is the first to offer a Masters in
Acupuncture Studies.
I've also included a bit of national news that while may not seem directly
related at first, I believe that leaving people unable to properly care for
themselves is unconscionable. This is certainly an area I think CAM healers can
certainly pick up the slack. But again we need help to make this happen. Nothing
happens on its own and miracles do not exist when it cones to the federal
government. So I cannot urge you strongly enough to call your representatives in
Congress and ask them to sign on to the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act. If you
don't know who your Congressperson is this is a
great place to start.
Good luck and cheers all!
Amy, Editor
Community Newsletter
P.S. On a personal note, I'd like to say thank you to all the
people that sent me messages of love and encouragement. A little bit goes a long
way and you've renewed my spirit and dedication to not only the Community
Newsletter but to the community in general. Thanks again so much. And if anyone
else has anything they want to tell me good or bad please feel free to do so.
Remember this is your newsletter. We publish this each week to serve the public
and bring you the best news and advice we can find. - ABM
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News of Interest!
Imported drugs plan fails: The Senate defeats an effort
that would have allowed Americans to purchase prescription drugs from
abroad. In a triumph for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate
on Monday killed a drive to allow consumers to buy prescription drugs from
abroad at a significant savings over domestic prices. On a 49-40
vote, the Senate required the Food and Drug Administration to certify the safety
and effectiveness of imported drugs before they can be imported, a requirement
that officials have said they cannot meet.
Visit HeraldNet to read the rest of the article. But it seems to be
if Seniors still have extrememly high drug prices and a huge donut hole in which
they are not covered for those drugs then they will need some alternative
medicine. So maybe it's time to push Representative Hinchey to bring back his Federal Acupuncture Act again so that Medicare will provide
for people instead of just pharmeceutical companies.
Patients Speak out on Google Video - I recently got
this video link from a friend. It's a must watch if you want
to know what patients are saying about how they feel and what they want from
their acupuncturist. Congratulations to Working Class for
getting this up on the web. What a great way to reach patients!
American Healer gets a Chinese award for his work in
TCM - Dr. David Molony, 54, a resident of Pennsylvania, was honored at
People's Hall, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, for his accomplishments in
advancing the science of Chinese medicine with legislative chambers and
international medical non-government organizations. Visit Yahoo! Finance to read the rest of the story.
It might not be a bad idea for people with overactive
thyroids to supplement their standard treatment with Chinese herbal medicine, a
new review suggests. Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid
gland produces too much thyroid hormone, causing problems that can mimic the
effects of a shot of adrenalin, said Jeffrey Sandler, M.D., an endocrinologist
with Scripps Mercy Hospital and Whittier Institute in San Diego. "It stimulates
the heart rate, can raise blood pressure, breaks down muscle and can cause
weakness and weight loss."
Increased thyroid hormone can lead to higher body temperatures and warm,
moist skin as well. The cause of hyperthyroidism is typically Graves' disease,
where cells of the immune system work against the thyroid gland.
Hyperthyroidism is most common among women and the drugs used to treat it have
been around for about 50 years, Sandler said. In extreme cases, doctors turn to
surgery and radiation. In this new Cochrane Library review,
the researchers looked for studies that compared hyperthyroidism patients who
took Chinese herbal medicine alone to those who took it in combination with
Western treatments.
Visit the News-Medical Net website to read the rest of the article and
the final decision about herbs and thyroid issues.
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The Coaching
Corner...
Where Spiritual Wisdom Meets Business Common
Sense.
Greetings Dear Ones,
Too busy driving to stop for gas!
This week and last has just been filled with all sorts of activity.
1. Starting up my class at the Pacific School of Oriental Medicine.
2. Fully booked in my coaching practice.
3. Fully booked in my hypnotherapy practice.
4. Running back and forth to Pennsylvania to look at houses.
5. Getting ready for Donna Karan's Urban Zen Initiative.
6. Working on my other doctoral degree.
Whew!
Have you ever been too busy driving to stop for gas?
That is exactly how I feel. One of the things I always preach to all my clients is to make sure that they are taking care of themselves.
Well, while I am busy and productive, I have not carved out adequate time in my schedule for writing...like this column.
So to stay within my own integrity (doing what I tell others to do), I am going to do just that.
I intend to sit down this weekend and revamp my schedule so that I am leaving enough time each week to write!
What do you need to change in your work life, or private life for that matter, that would open up space for you to do something you know you need to do!
Many blessings to your success,
Dr. Eric
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Special Article
ACTCM President Speaks in Front of Congress on Global Ban of Tiger
Products
Washington -- The Bush Administration told Congress last
Thursday that it will work to oppose the lifting of China's 14-year-old ban on
domestic tiger trade at next month's meeting of 171 nations at the Convention on
the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). The Unites States favors
maintaining a global ban on products made from tigers, which have been hunted
heavily for their skins and for use in traditional medicines that treat
illnesses such as rheumatism and arthritis.
"It is critical that the
United States and other important partners of China speak up for tigers at the
CITES conference in June," said Judy Mills of the International Tiger
Coalition. "It is even more important that countries with wild tigers,
such as India, let China know how important its trade ban is for survival of
their tigers."
Chinese businesses, such as wealthy, well-connected
investors behind "tiger farms" in China that breed tigers for profit, are
pressuring the Chinese government to lift its successful ban on the trade of
tiger parts. The two largest such farms in China are in Harbin and Guilin, and
have as many as 2,000 tigers in captivity. These investors are stockpiling tiger
carcasses in the hopes that they can overturn the ban and rekindle demand for
tiger bone medicine and other products made from tigers, which have been in
decline since the 1993 ban went into effect. Many believe that the Chinese
government is being urged to lift the ban by constituents who stand to gain
economically, as much as billions of dollars, as a result.
China's ban is
significant, because it is the world's largest consumer of tiger parts.
According to researchers, one hundred years ago there were eight different kinds
of tigers, with over 100,000 wild tigers in the world. Today, there are only
five tiger subspecies left and there are fewer than 5,000 wild tigers in the
world. Authorizing China's tiger trade would not only create a legal market for
the tiger farms that already exist in China, but more importantly, would provide
a cover for poached tiger products to enter the market.
Lixin Huang,
president of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in San
Francisco, has been actively involved in tiger conservation as it relates to
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) since 1997. Huang testified Thursday in front
of Congress that since the ban, Chinese medicine practitioners have been able to
successfully treat patients without using tiger products. She also noted that if
the ban were overturned, the growing popularity of Chinese medicine around the
world could be bad news for tigers.
"Chinese medicine serves a very large
population, about 1.4 billion people in China alone. Therefore, if this trade is
opened, the demand will be tremendous and a threat to the wild tigers is huge,"
Huang said.
Huang noted that although the TCM community did not initially
embrace the ban on the medicinal use of tiger parts, TCM specialists and
conservationist have worked hard to research and develop viable alternatives.
Today, the field of TCM embraces effective, sustainable alternatives to tiger
bone. TCM colleges in the United States and China no longer teach the use of
tiger mode as medicine, and legitimate, law-abiding TCM practitioners around the
world no longer use, or desire to use, tiger bone.
Huang is convinced
that the field of TCM has an obligation to do its part in saving wild tigers.
"TCM is based on maintaining the human body's natural balance, and so it should
follow that it does the same in maintaining the earth's biodiversity. China's
ban on trade in tiger products is essential for securing a future for wild
tigers, but also in securing the reputations of the TCM community and China
herself as good citizens of the world," Huang said.
In 1999, the American
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine joined with China's State Administration
of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to host the
"Healthy People, Healthy Planet" conference in Beijing, China. This conference
solidified the working relationship between those working in the fields of TCM
and conservation in securing a future for wild tigers.
ACTCM's
partnership with WWF has developed a public outreach initiative on endangered
species used in traditional medicine, and represents an important conservation
milestone. The college and WWF have achieved great success in reaching key
communities in a way that is culturally sensitive and scientifically sound. This
is the first systematic effort to educate conservationists about traditional
Chinese medicine in health care and to educate TCM users in North America about
endangered species.
ACTCM and WWF organized the "Saving the Tiger"
symposium held in San Francisco in 1998 and the "Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Conference on TCM and Wildlife Conservation" in Beijing, People's Republic of
China in 1999. The latter conference was supported by the State Administration
of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the "Save the Tiger Fund" from the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Johnson and Johnson, and other foundations. These events
brought together TCM specialists, conservationists, law enforcement officials
and CITES experts, and TCM retailers to address wildlife conservation.
On
December 5, 2005, Save the Tiger Fund (STF), a program of the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, entered into a three-year agreement with the World
Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) in Beijing, and the American
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in San Francisco, to conduct a
global campaign against the use of tiger bone as a medicine and tonic. WFCMS is
a quasi-governmental NGO attached to the State Administration for Traditional
Chinese Medicine and has 147 member associations in China and around the world,
giving it the power to bring together the entire industry that has for centuries
posed a threat to wild tigers.
For more information on TCM's role in wild
tiger conservation, or China's ban on tiger parts, please contact (415) 355-1601
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Upcoming
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July 13th-15th, 2007
Cost is $275 for those who
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17 CEU's, NCCAOM approved.
We will offer a 30% discount to
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MAS and ASVA members receive
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Go to: http://www.acuwithoutborders.org or contact Diane Eggleston,
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