by Simon Yu, MD | Apr 15, 2021 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, History of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture
Three years ago, Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, now Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Neurosurgery at the Washington University School of Medicine, wrote, “The Seventh Sense” in the Journal of Experimental Medicine and Scientific American. I was excited reading his... by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 9, 2021 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Case Stories, Lyme, Medical Acupuncture
Recently, I saw a 40-year-old patient from Kentucky with myriad symptoms too long to list, including Lyme, seizures, severe fatigue, neuropathy, migraine headache and chronic pain. She told me that she had been at a major medical institution in the Midwest for a... by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 17, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Cancer, Case Stories, Medical Acupuncture
Fatigue, the reflection of adrenal and thyroid dysfunction, is one of the common complaints for doctors’ visits, and most blood tests do not reflect their symptoms. Any infections or environmental toxins will eventually stress your endocrine system and it will disturb... by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 3, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Cancer, Case Stories, History of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture
Medical dogma held that stress and lifestyle factors were the major causes of peptic ulcer disease. Australian Dr. Barry Marshall and pathologist Robin Warren rebutted this theory through self-experimentation – Marshall drank an H. pylori cocktail to cause the... by Simon Yu, MD | Feb 12, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Case Stories, Medical Acupuncture
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common medical condition among aging adults. 15% of US adults – 37 million people – are estimated to have CKD, and most do not know they have it. CKD and related problems are exponentially rising. Kidney dialysis centers have been... by Simon Yu, MD | Sep 25, 2018 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Dental, History of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Self-Help
A German medical doctor and acupuncturist, Dr. Reinhold Voll, developed a new meridian system about 60 years ago based on the classical acupuncture meridian system. He mapped out well over 500 acupuncture points, known as Dr. Voll’s points. He described new... 