Elizabeth Moose, LAc, (Beth) has been a Licensed Acupuncturist since 1988 and has been practicing full time in Austin since 1992. She has traveled and studied in China, and was on the faculty of the Academy of Oriental Medicine, Austin for eleven years where she taught the Theory and Philosophy course and was a clinical supervisor. For more info click on the website link below.
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Hi Everyone and Happy Springtime! Another month it is and this time my newsletter is talking about the advantages of acupuncture and Chinese herbs pre and post surgery, featuring those acupressure wrist bands for nausea most of us have heard about, and introducing you to an award winning documentary called 9000 Needles. I want to thank you all once again for your interest in my newsletter, my practice, and in Chinese Medicine generally. I feel most privileged to represent this profound system of medicine and healing, and am heartened at its continued acceptance and popularity. As always, please feel free to forward this to others, and enjoy what is left of our lovely Spring weather! Best As Always, Beth
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Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs Pre and Post Surgery
 Acupuncture and Chinese herbs are wonderful additions to both pre and post surgery care. They can minimize bleeding risks during surgery, process toxic anesthesia through our systems more quickly, cut down on post-operative pain, and reduce the need for post-operative pain killers while mitigating the side effects of those drugs necessary. Acupuncture and herbs can significantly quicken the healing process generally, and there are even treatments to reduce and minimize the effects of scars (which can create health problems later down the line, more on this in later newsletters). It is inevitable that these treatments will more and more become standard in hospitals for this use. Score another victory for Traditional Chinese Medicine! Here is a great video from the Duke University Medical Center on this topic
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Acupressure Wrist Bands for Nausea
 Many of you may be familiar with acupressure wrist bands for nausea. Over the years I have recommended these to folks and have known several people who were able to get comfortably through not only motion sickness, but morning sickness too, and even the nausea associated with chemotherapy. There are several points on the body effective for nausea, but outside of getting an acupuncture treatment, this is the best way I know (in addition to the herbal formula Curin Wan which I have written about previously) for lay folk to deal with nausea from these reasons. They work a significant amount of the time, they are cheap and easy, and certainly worth a try. The point they stimulate
is called Nei Guan ("Inner Gate") which is located approximately three of your finger breadths above the inner wrist crease in the center of the arm. This point is good for the stomach, opens the chest, and helps clear the emotions and reduce stress generally.
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9000 Needles Documentary
 Recently I was made aware of an award winning documentary called 9000 Needles. This film documents the journey of an American man through stroke recovery. After exhausting the treatment his insurance would cover (okay that's another story), in desperation he goes off to China and is treated by "the best TCM doctors in the world". I recently bought the dvd and the movie is awesome. It was especially inspiring to me to see how in China traditional and western medicine are integrated in a system that is elegant, efficient, and workable. In my opinion it is a great model for this country and should be studied and emulated. To learn more, see the preview, or buy the dvd click here.
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World Health Organization List of Treatable Conditions
I want to include this list from the World Health Organization in all my newsletters just to remind you of everything acupuncture and Chinese medicine can treat. As a practitioner I know this is just a partial list, but it is official and great PR! To see the list again click here.
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