Pain & Opioid Epidemic (Vol 28 No 1)

Full title: "Can Acupuncture Bio-Hack the Autonomic Nervous System and Down-Regulate Inflammation?" ABSTRACT Research suggests acupuncture down-regulates inflammation. But what are the mechanisms that drive this process? In this essay, I review studies about how...

Full title: "'Shen-ocide': Treating the Psychospiritual Aspects of Opioid Addiction 
with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine" ABSTRACT “Shenocide” is a coined word, paralleling in structure the more familiar genocide, an English derivative of the original Greek word...

Full title: "Discussions on Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang: Applications for 
Treatment of Trauma and Substance Abuse" ABSTRACT In this article, I introduce a formula that I have found very useful over the years in my herbal practice: Cinnamon Twig with Oyster Shell...

Introduction “Presently she cast a drug into the wine of which they drank to lull all pain and anger and bring forgetfulness of every sorrow.”1 The inebriant described in Homer’s “Odyssey” depicts the equivalent drug experience currently overwhelming the United...

Acupuncture is an ancient medical treatment that dates back close to 2,500-3,000 years. It is one of the oldest, consistently practiced, medical techniques in the world to date. To clearly understand those time frames I like to correlate 2,500 years ago, or about 500...

Full title: "Traditional and Modern Pharmacognosy: Perspectives from Chinese and Western Herbal Medicine" Introduction The timeless human quest to discover natural products that can alleviate disease and suffering has caused pharmacognosy to be described as the...

Full title: "Using Acupuncture to Treat Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy" ABSTRACT Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) affects 30%-70% of chemotherapy patients, some describing it as the most troubling side effect. Symptoms include numbness,...