A frustrated patient came into our office recently with borderline high cholesterol. The patient’s primary care physician prescribed cholesterol medication, and when the patient refused the meds, the physician questioned, “Why not? I’m on it, my cholesterol is normal,...
When you’re putting your health in someone else’s hands, you should feel confident in their knowledge, education and skill-set. Choosing the right acupuncture physician is more than finding out if they have been involved in a legal battle or a license violation. As a...
For those of you still unfamiliar with acupuncture, you may be surprised to learn the similarities between diagnosing and treating problems in Western medicine and alternative health medicine. Often, public opinion views acupuncture as lacking the type of statistical...
When I was becoming a physician, I completed my internship with a doctor of oriental medicine from China. One of the things I soon found out that by committing to spending 900 hours studying under a doctor of oriental medicine, I was going to end up spending a lot of...
If you’ve had an injury and suffer from aches, you should know that cupping therapy is a technique used in Oriental Medicine to eliminate residual pain from internal injuries. Cupping treatment simply uses glass cups and heat to stimulate the areas of pain and release...
The tongue can carry many hues: black, purple, or paler shades of its normal color. It can possess a thick, yellow coating, a white coating, or a greasy coating, each of which indicates different happenings inside the body according to Oriental Medicine. I have a...
Does acupuncture hurt? I can safely say that no, the vast majority of the time acupuncture neither hurts nor draws blood. If anything is done with force beyond moderation it can hurt, whether it be eating too much pizza or inserting a sharp instrument into your body....
I met someone recently who, upon my telling her that I perform acupuncture, immediately asked, “Does that mean you have a crystal ball?” I’m sorry if this disappoints anyone, but the answer is no. Does acupuncture seem to fly in the face of traditional medical...
Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Dr. Anis Khalaf, I am a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and I practice integrative medicine at Acupuncture Fit in Orlando. My office is located at 1060 Woodcock Rd., Suite 103, Orlando, FL 32803. Your initial consultation is free;...
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