Acupuncture
Acupuncture is likely one of the most recognized and widely practiced modalities in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Over the past 25 years, the most dramatic increase in use has been in America, second only to China where it’s a key component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). According to TCM, when you experience illness, it’s because […]
Vitamin D, Children and the Flu
Townsend Letter, December 2012 Two recent randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials provide evidence that vitamin D supplementation reduces the incidence of respiratory infections in children. Vitamin D, which regulates immune response, is made in human skin exposed to sunlight. Without supplementation, D levels decline during the dark days of winter – the season of colds and […]