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  • Drink Clean Coffee

    Coffee is known to be a “tricky” beverage.  While some people seem to drink it by the pitcher, others have negative effects from only small doses. The most common adverse…

  • Strategies for Better Health

    I sometimes encounter patients with troublesome health conditions that want to try changing “one thing” and see if it works. In my practice, this “one thing” is usually adding a…

  • How Rockefeller Created the Business of Western Medicine

    As an alternative medicine practitioner I have a lot of conversations with patients who are disenchanted with the current Western medicine system.  This disenchantment is both related to the quality of…

  • Scientific Research on Acupuncture

    The scientific evidence for acupuncture is growing at an incredible rate. As stated by the organization Evidence Based Acupuncture (EBA): “Research into acupuncture as a medical treatment has grown exponentially in…

  • How to Digest Better – Why Stomach Acid is Good for You

    If you take a walk down the isles of your local drug store, you will see a variety of medications to suppress stomach acid. The predominant message from the media…

  • Chinese Medicine is Physical Medicine (Not Energy Medicine)

    I must admit, when I first learned about this magical, invisible “Qi” I was intrigued and excited. And then I was told that Qi travels throughout the human body inside…

  • Ear Acupuncture for Weight Loss, Insomnia & Addiction Recovery

    Ear acupuncture has a large body of scientific evidence backing its effectiveness [1][2]. This clinically proven treatment approach is an efficient method for treating a wide number of conditions including…

  • Dry Needling in California

    Dry Needling is an therapeutic technique that was developed by Dr Janet Travell and recently popularized by Acupuncturists and Physical Therapists in Australia, Canada and the US. In California, only…

  • Cupping Therapy – Questions and Answers

    Cupping Therapy is an increasingly popular treatment that can have big benefits for muscle pain and tension. Eric Schmidt, LAc was recently interviewed by a major Los Angeles publication on…

  • Choosing Quality Food in the Modern Age

    Shopping can be so difficult these days. We are told to look for labels like organic, local, grass-fed, gluten-free, extra virgin, free-range, wild-caught and free-trade. Between all of those demands,…

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