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This is how a grateful mother understands when a practitioner can make a good diagnosis – as told by Dr. Lucas: For those of you who don’t know, my specialty for more than 20 years has been pulse diagnosis. No matter what the person says on their medical intake form, I see what is happening […]
Do you have patients who seem to be grieving things that haven’t happened yet. — and that, for that matter, may not happen at all? Perhaps they tell you how sad they are – maybe that’s even their chief complaint – and when you ask why, they don’t have anything that has happened that is […]
Good question: How does scattered kidney qi look/feel in the pulses? Here is a picture of it. You will note that the scattered part is designated by a random set of dots in the K position. It feels like little points of light or feather touches on your finger. What is one of the big […]
Dr. Lucas shares how she treats migraine headaches in her practice. This time, she will discuss migraines caused by deficiency. As you know, my specialty is pulse diagnosis so it is quite possible that every treatment is different because the patient’s pulses should be different or basically the treatments aren’t working or holding. The sign […]
The medicinal part of the chrysanthemum is the flower. The flowers are usually picked from the plants and allowed to dry – not in the sun but in the shade – before use, and are used raw. Chrysanthemum flowers contain a volatile oil made of a variety of amino acids and other substances, including borneol, […]
A Case Study: Submitted by Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac. Treating emotional conditions is one of the strengths of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Thoughmost of us are not psychotherapists, we have very unique tools to help people who are sufferingthrough “disorders” of the Spirit. We understand the Spirit, the Shen … we know it’s home. We […]
