Acupuncture and Chinese medicine publications

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Books
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Chinese medicine theory
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1. Articles and research

I have been published in several peer-reviewed and specialist journals including the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the European Journal of Oriental Medicine, Chinese Medicine Times, The Lantern, Positive Health, Pharmacognosy Magazine and Acupuncture Today. My research covers acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine theory, addiction and fertility.

All articles below can also be downloaded as a PDF collection. I have also written two books on fertility and pregnancy — see the books section below.

2. Books

In addition to my academic and clinical writing, I have authored two books aimed at patients and the general public.

My Fertility Guide: How to Get Pregnant Naturally

A comprehensive self-help guide to natural conception, covering the menstrual cycle, ovulation, male and female fertility, TCM approaches and the role of acupuncture and Chinese herbs in improving fertility. Available in paperback, Kindle and audiobook.

My Pregnancy Guide: Ensuring a Healthy Pregnancy and Labour

A detailed guide to pregnancy, covering what happens month by month, how to maintain a healthy pregnancy and how acupuncture and Chinese medicine can support labour and birth.

3. Research studies

Peer-reviewed research published in indexed medical journals.

Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of cocaine/crack abuse: a review of the efficacy, the use of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association Protocol, and the selection of sham points

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 6, 2004. doi:10.1089/acm.2004.10.985

This in-depth literature critique analyses research using ear acupuncture in treating cocaine and crack addiction. It highlights the importance of correct acupoint selection in the treatment group and the careful choice of sham points in the control group. This paper has been cited by 102 other research studies. Read more ›

Understanding Cocaine Addiction According to Chinese Medicine Theory

European Journal of Oriental Medicine, 2015.

A follow-up paper analysing cocaine addiction through Chinese medicine: the Lung-Heart-Spleen and Lung-Kidney-Liver cycles, six mechanisms that deplete Kidney Yin, and the spirit-level mechanism by which the po dominates the shen. Read more ›

DNA Staining Reveals the Existence of the Meridian Sub-Systems

Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 1, Issue 1, February 2006.

A review of Korean research using the Feulgen DNA-staining reaction to identify Bonghan threadlike ducts on the surfaces of mammalian organs — physical evidence for the acupuncture meridian sub-systems. Read more ›

Thermal Imagery Using Moxibustion Shows the Existence of the Jinglou

A review of biophotonic thermal imagery research by Schlebusch, Maric-Oehler and Popp (JACM 2005) showing that moxibustion stimulates heat along the entire length of acupuncture meridians. Read more ›

4. Academic papers

Peer-reviewed academic papers on Chinese medicine theory and clinical practice, published in specialist journals.

Disorders of the Spleen and Stomach

The Lantern, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2005; and ATCM Journal, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2015.

A translation into English — for the first time — of a clinical paper by Professor Shi, a leading Spleen and Stomach specialist in Chinese medicine, on the treatment of digestive disorders using Chinese herbal medicine. Read more ›

The development of Wind aetiology in Chinese medicine — Part one

Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 1, Issue 2, April 2006.

An in-depth historical examination of the concept of Wind in Chinese medicine, tracing its roots in Chinese culture and how it shaped the development of Chinese medical theory across the centuries. Read more ›

The development of Wind aetiology in Chinese medicine — Part two

Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 1, Issue 3, June 2006.

The second part of this series focuses on the clinical application of Wind theory and how Wind manifests as disease within the body. Read more ›

A Discussion of the Eight Strategies (Ba Fa) from the Aspect of Herbal Formulary

A comprehensive overview of the eight treatment strategies (Ba Fa) in Chinese herbal formulary: sweating, vomiting, draining, harmonising, warming, clearing, reducing and tonifying — with a clinical case study. Read more ›

An Interview with Zhiyun Bo: Inventor of Abdominal Acupuncture (Fu Zhen)

An interview with Dr Zhiyun Bo, inventor of Bo’s Method of Abdominal Acupuncture (BMAA), covering the Abdominal Meridian System theory, indications, contraindications and clinical evidence. Read more ›

The Regulation of Herbal Medicine in the UK and Europe

Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2006.

An interview with Michael McIntyre, Chair of the European Herbal Practitioners Association, on the history of statutory regulation for herbal medicine, the THMPD and the supply of Chinese patent medicines. Read more ›

DVD review: Acupressure for natural pain relief in labour

European Journal of Oriental Medicine, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012.

A review of a DVD resource on acupressure techniques for natural pain relief during labour, aimed at both practitioners and the general public. Read more ›

5. Chinese medicine theory

Foundational papers on Chinese medicine concepts, philosophy and the body-mind connection.

Concepts of Chinese Medicine

Invited article, Pharmacognosy Magazine, Vol. 1 Issue 3, July–October 2005.

An overview of Chinese medicine theory: history, Yin-Yang, the Five Phases, Zangfu organ systems, pattern differentiation and the eight treatment strategies, with a Five Phases correspondence table. Read more ›

A Comparison of the Influence of Chinese and Western Philosophies on the Development of TCM and Western Medicine

A comparative essay on the philosophies that shaped Chinese medicine and Western orthodox medicine, from Hippocrates and Galen to Daoism and Confucianism, and how the two traditions might converge through Einsteinian thinking. Read more ›

Cellular Memory and Zangfu Theory

A paper exploring how the phenomenon of cellular memory in organ transplant recipients can be understood through Chinese medicine Zangfu theory, the holographic principle and Yin-Yang. Read more ›