AAPI Heritage Month Archives - Mend Acupuncture

Celebrating AAPIs with Honor, Recognition and Compassion
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Celebrating AAPIs with Honor, Recognition and Compassion

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Celebrating AAPIs with Honor, Recognition and Compassion

By Jaime Kauffman|2023-05-16T14:59:49-04:00May 16th, 2023|Categories: #StopAsianHate, AAPI Heritage Month, Holidays|Tags: AAPI Heritage Month, celebration, TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine|

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the United States. One aspect of AAPI culture that is particularly significant, especially to us here at Mend, is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which has been practiced for thousands of years and continues to be used today. As stewards of TCM, we respect and honor the knowledge and practices that have been passed down through generations of Asian practitioners. Though this traditional medicine is not our own, we strive to preserve, promote and practice [...]

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Master Yang Zhenhai
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Master Yang Zhenhai

AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists, Self-Care, Wellness

Master Yang Zhenhai

By Yan Jiang|2022-11-15T14:05:42-05:00May 25th, 2021|Categories: AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: Master Yang Zhenhai|

A workshop that changed my life.... In one of his very famous writings, “Discourse on Teachers", Master Han, Yu of Tang Dynasty said 1,200 years ago: "A teacher is one who transmits the Dao, imparts professional knowledge and resolves doubts．"师者, 传道受业解惑也" Master Yang, Zhenhai, who taught me the Yellow Emperor's Inner Transmission of Acupuncture, an acupuncture lineage that was passed down from father to son unto him, is one of those teachers. After a 24-hour flight and a jet-lagged sleepless night, I finally met the master in person during a workshop in Beijing. He looked like a very ordinary [...]

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Dr. Heming Zhu
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Dr. Heming Zhu

AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists

Dr. Heming Zhu

By sarahhumpal|2022-11-15T14:05:59-05:00May 18th, 2021|Categories: AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists|Tags: AAPI Heritage Month, Dr. Heming Zhu|

Dr. Heming Zhu is a local, Columbia, Maryland-based practitioner, teacher, and scientist who trains cohorts of acupuncturists at the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH). His academic credentials list is long with a PhD in Anatomy and Neuroscience and and MD in neurology, an international certificate of Chinese Medical Doctor by the World Federation of Chinese Medical Societies, a Master of Acupuncture from MUIH (formerly Tai Sophia), and he is a nationally board-certified acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist through the NCCAOM. He has worked in research for the National Institute of Health (NIH), published many peer-reviewed articles, and authored a [...]

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Dr. Miriam Lee
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Dr. Miriam Lee

AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists

Dr. Miriam Lee

By sarahhumpal|2022-11-15T14:06:00-05:00May 10th, 2021|Categories: AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists|Tags: AAPI Heritage Month, Miriam Lee|

While I never studied with Dr. Miriam Lee (1926 - 2009), she was an influential practitioner, teacher, and leader in the acupuncture community during her life. I have learned about her and from her in waves and through various sources. I was in acupuncture school the first time I heard a story about Dr. Lee. Someone shared about how she practiced acupuncture from her home before there was a licensing for it in the United States. Her treatments were so effective that word-of-mouth spread. I learned from her book, Insights of a Senior Acupuncturist, that one day “there were [...]

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Kiiko Matsumoto
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Kiiko Matsumoto

AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists

Kiiko Matsumoto

By Aurora|2022-11-15T14:06:01-05:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: AAPI Heritage Month, Acupuncturists|Tags: AAPI Heritage Month, Kiiko Matsumoto, KMS Acupuncture|

Kiiko Matsumoto is an internationally renowned clinician and is considered a living master of acupuncture. In practice for over 30 years, her intensive study of the original Chinese classical texts and work with other infamous practitioners, combined with extensive hands-on clinical experience, brought her to formulate her own style of treatment (“Kiiko style” or KMS) which is taught and used widely around the world. She has authored five seminal acupuncture medical texts and teaches at a number of acupuncture schools, which is how I got to learn from her. The curriculum at Tri-State College in NYC, where I received [...]

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Asian/American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Asian/American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

#StopAsianHate, AAPI Heritage Month

Asian/American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

By sarahhumpal|2022-11-15T14:06:01-05:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: #StopAsianHate, AAPI Heritage Month|Tags: #stopasianhate, AAPI Heritage Month|

The month of May is Asian/American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month which aims to highlight and commemorate the myriad of cultures, traditions, and histories of Asian and Pacific Islander people in the United States. As we move into AAPI Heritage month, we at Mend would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the healing arts and sciences of Asian medicine by honoring some of our teachers. Each week during this month, our newsletters will include a highlight of someone who influenced an acupuncturist in our clinic. We are grateful for the long history of this medicine, the many [...]

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