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A Special Note from AAAOM President Jeannie Kang

The AAAOM is working to designate acupuncture as an Essential Health Benefit under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Designation of acupuncture as an Essential Health Benefit serves as a catalyst to increase opportunities for all practitioners of acupuncture in mainstream medicine across the nation.

More information and how to help can be found here.

Diet

What we eat plays an important role in how we feel and a diet that is unbalanced either in quality or quantity can create imbalance within the body. Never before has our food contained so many chemicals in the form of preservatives, flavorings, colorings, emulsifiers, hormones and antibiotics as well as the residue of pesticides and fertilizers from modern farming methods. Consequently it makes sense to eat as clean a diet as you are able.

In China food is endowed with energetic properties and used medicinally with specific soups brewed to address everything from menstrual cramps to hot flashes. Based on your Chinese diagnosis your practitioner may suggest that you add specific foods to your diet. For example a patient with the Chinese diagnosis of blood deficiency will be asked to increase their intake of good quality organic protein. Many of our patients are discouraged from eating excessive amounts of what Chinese medicine considers to be cold energy foods such as iced drinks, ice cream and salads.

Your practitioner may also pay attention to how you eat your food. Eating on the run or while working, eating late at night or eating when upset are all considered to interfere with proper digestion and are discouraged.