<![CDATA[MBM Acupuncture]]>https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/en-usWed, 08 Jul 2026 23:56:13 +0000Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:56:13 +0000<![CDATA[Inside the Interstitium, the Human Body's Hidden Pathways]]>“This is clearly a third bodily system for the circulation of fluids,” in addition to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems, says Rebecca Wells, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior author of the study. The human body suddenly looked less like a patchwork quilt and more like a knitted blanket.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/11/magazine/interstitium-anatomy-acupuncture-medicine.html

]]>https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/2026/05/11/63/inside-the-interstitium-the-human-bodys-hidden-pathways/https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/2026/05/11/63/inside-the-interstitium-the-human-bodys-hidden-pathways/<![CDATA[Gut Brain Connection: Boost Brain Power and Metabolism]]>If you are my patient, you already know how important the gut microbiome is to your health and well-being. This video helps explain things a bit further from one of the worlds prominent researchers on how to improve the microbiota with herbal medicine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23hegbgj8S8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2UV96-4ZVRPbw-5mo2S5GB5YIs_GLtrfJ4YUkqc6Mv-es_KSPmpAjmqzE

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https://cmjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13020-018-0220-y?fbclid=IwAR2okiXP69-28nJTYjpjsxH1n-ZPwLcKYyNFRhTL943iLAES254zuTazrEI

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“...the acupuncture group saw a great pain-relieving effect, which occurred faster, with significantly less side effects.”
https://www.paintreatmentdirectory.com/posts/acupuncture-beats-injected-morphine-for-pain-groundbreaking-study-3245?fbclid=IwAR0s6oZVoXLDh7NCNr8J7KYNVoci8RwPCf9saysqPnFI14aMLKXOh-ZhAys

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Chinese medicine has said this for thousands of years. “Ice is for dead people.”

]]>https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/2020/01/01/59/topical-herbs-not-ice/https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/2020/01/01/59/topical-herbs-not-ice/<![CDATA[Harvard Researchers Propose Systems Connection in Acupuncture]]>Harvard University's renown fascia researcher Helene Langevin, MD, and co-author Rosa Schnyer, PhD, LAc propose that elements of classical acupuncture "are related to important 21st century advances in physiology and medicine, including systems biology, cross-system integration, matrix biology and mechanotherapeutics."

http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017042816490031.html

]]>https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/2017/08/02/58/harvard-researchers-propose-systems-connection-in-acupuncture/https://mbm-acupuncture.com/blog/2017/08/02/58/harvard-researchers-propose-systems-connection-in-acupuncture/<![CDATA[When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes]]>Years after research contradicts common practices, patients continue to demand them and doctors continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatment.

https://www.propublica.org/article/when-evidence-says-no-but-doctors-say-yes

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