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Acupuncture for Better Sleep

Acupuncture, an ancient healing art rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, is gaining increasing popularity as a natural sleep aid. Learn the six key benefits illuminating how acupuncture can significantly improve your sleep quality. In the fast-paced and demanding landscape of modern life, achieving a restful night’s sleep has become a universal challenge. As sleep disorders impact individuals worldwide, the pursuit of natural and holistic remedies has led many to delve into traditional practices. Acupuncture, an ancient healing art rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, is gaining increasing popularity as a natural sleep aid. Benefits of Acupuncture The centuries-old acupuncture practice involves […]

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Five Ways Acupuncture Aids in Weight Loss

In a world where fad diets and extreme workout routines often dominate the conversation around weight loss, many individuals are seeking holistic and alternative approaches to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. One such approach gaining attention is acupuncture. Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese practice that involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body to promote healing and balance. While it may not be a magical solution for shedding pounds overnight, acupuncture can be a valuable part of a holistic weight loss strategy that addresses not only the physical but also the emotional and mental aspects of weight […]

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Feeling Tired and Fatigued? Acupuncture Can Help

If you are feeling fatigued and tired, you may want to try acupuncture.  Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body to stimulate the flow of energy or “Qi” and promote healing.

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Seven Benefits of Acupuncture for Women’s Health

By Dr. Ruonan Zhang, M.D. (China),  L.Ac. Acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for women’s healthcare for women. It is a non-invasive and drug-free approach to managing various women’s health conditions. Based on my experience of practicing acupuncture and TCM over 15 years at Yang Institute in the Mainline, I found acupuncture is an effective therapy for treating various chronic diseases and can help women in every critical stage of their lives.

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Integrative Medicine to Treat Children With Autism

Integrative medicine uses a holistic approach that combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative therapies to address a person’s health’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects. In the case of children with autism, integrative medicine can help in several ways, including:

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How Do Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Help Skin Care

The benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine are far beyond treating acute and chronic diseases. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine doctors have used acupuncture and various Chinese herbal formulas to improve skincare and enhance beauty.  

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The Healing Power of Performing Arts

People will tell you how much happier and energized they feel after they have watched an incredible performance.

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Are You Eating “Dirty” Produce?

EWG’s 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce.

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How Nutrients Affect Mental Health

Though medical science has made significant advances in researching and treating mental health diseases and developed new drugs each year to control the conditions and symptoms, mental illness remains one of the most persistent issues in our society. It tops the #1 cause of disability.

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Fat Burning Nutrients

In our blog article posted on ⅖, we discussed that brown fat in our bodies may help burn white fat. One of the most effective ways to activate the function of brown fat cells is to expose our bodies to cold temperatures, however, long exposure to cold temperatures can be an unpleasant experience, not to mention the risk of a weakened immune system if not done properly.

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Understanding Brown Fat in Our Bodies

The more we learn about the human body, the more we realize that the human body is truly amazing. For example, one type of fat cell in the body can help burn another type of fat.

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How pyrrole disorder relates to mental illnesses

Though psychiatrists started to use pyrrole disorder to diagnose and treat mental illnesses years ago, it is not known to most of the general public.

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COVID-19 Induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Among all the long haul symptoms of COVID-19, severe mental impact has drawn the attention of psychiatrists and therapists.

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Why metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe symptoms and death from COVID-19

A recent article published in The Lancet analyzed the association between the severity of the new coronavirus infection and a chronic illness.

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Health Benefits of Vitamin D on Our Immune System

Dr. Mikael Brucker, ND, LAc at Yang Institute of Integrative Medicine

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Meditation and Energy Healing

Meditation has become a popular health practice. People who practice it experience a wide range of wellness benefits, including stress reduction,  relief from anxiety and depression, improved energy and a relief from chronic illnesses.

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Immune Aging

Studies have shown that the immune function of the human body will gradually age when we get older. Roy Walford, the well known  immunologist, called it immunosenescence, which combines the words of  immunity and aging.

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Chemical Imbalances And Mental Disorder

The chemicals in the human body, such as hormones, enzymes, and neurotransmitters, serve important purposes, not only in regulating our body’s functions, but also affecting the way we react to stress and more.

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TMS, A Non-Drug Alternative to Antidepressants

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, recurring, and debilitating mental illness that is the most common in the United States.

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Finding Wellness During Covid

As we continue to practice social distancing and following Covid restrictions to decrease the spread of the COVID-19 virus, our stress and anxiety levels intensify. With each passing milestone of the pandemic, people everywhere are experiencing “Covid fatigue.” From missing human interactions, loss of loved ones, and feeling as if the past year has been on pause, the prevalence of Anxiety, Depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are at an all-time high.  

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Thrombosis Prevention with Nutrition

Among the various symptoms of COVID-19, thrombosis is a life-threatening condition that increases the risk of death in COVID-19 patients.

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Advanced Nutrient Therapy for Mental and Brain Disorders

Brain chemical imbalance may cause serious mental illnesses.

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Understanding Advanced Nutrient Therapy

Have you ever heard of the term “advanced nutrient therapy” when it comes to treating mental health disorders? You may not have understood what that meant and may even be wondering if nutrients can really address chemical imbalances in the brain. We tell you more in this article.

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Patient-Centered Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is biology–based approach. It focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease.

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Symptoms Of Hormonal Imbalance

Hormonal imbalances can occur in men, women and children. As your body’s chemical messengers, hormones play an important role in regulating normal bodily functions. They are produced in the endocrine glands before being transported to different parts of the body, essentially instructing your organs and tissues what to do. When you have too much or too little of a certain hormone, hormonal imbalance occurs. As hormones are crucial in key bodily processes such as metabolism and reproduction, any imbalances should not be overlooked.

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The Impact of Stress on Health

Stress is caused by a person’s physical and emotional reaction to life events. Heavy workloads and the modern lifestyle create excessive chronic stress in people today. As we discussed in a previous blog article on functional medicine, the human body is a holistic organism, in which all systems and functions are complex and interrelated components.

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Acupuncture for Weight Loss

Obesity not only affects our image but more importantly it affects our health.   Some people try to achieve fast weight loss through pills, extreme diet, or over-exercising.  All of which contribute to unexpected health issues.

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Managing Menopause Symptoms with Acupuncture

Are you suffering from menopause-related symptoms, such as hot flashes, sweating, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, depression, moodiness? Are you worried about the side effects of hormone replacement therapy for menopause-related symptoms?

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The Top Three Most Important Foods During the Pandemic

During our battle with the pandemic, we can reduce our risks of infection and increase our chances of survival and recovery by living a healthy lifestyle, keeping a positive and calm mindset, and eating food that helps improve our immune system, and providing our body with nutrients that are especially helpful to make our body stronger in fighting with Covid 19. There are three types of foods with the specific nutrients we need.

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How Vitamin D Helps Fight the Coronavirus

Vitamin D is well known for its benefits to our bone health, such as preventing rickets in children and osteoporosis and fractures in the elderly.

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Six Health Benefits of Curcumin

Turmeric powder is in seasoning and curry. Curcumin is extracted from turmeric and is well known for its approved medicinal effects.

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Zinc for Mental and Brain Health

The Real Life Story A couple of years ago, a college student came to our clinic for a mental health consultation. The 18-year-old youth was bright, knowledgeable, and intelligent. However, he constantly had issues with homework. He spent many hours doing the research and won’t let it go even though he exhausted his source of information. He was often late for handing in his assignments. He tried many management techniques but could not help researching compulsively. As a result, he lost many hours of sleep, was frustrated with his imperfect work, fearful of failure, and had doubts about his ability. […]

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5 Ways to Cultivate Your Liver Energy

In modern medicine, the liver’s primary function is to filter the blood, pass it to the rest of the body,  metabolize and detoxify food and medication.

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Vaccine Safety & Children with Autism  (Part 2)

Genetic testing has found that there are almost 100 genes related to autism. Therefore, there is an inherent susceptibility factor in the occurrence of autism.  

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Vaccine Safety & Children with Autism  (Part 1)

Is the vaccine safe for children? Do vaccines cause autism in Children? What dilemma and challenge do the parents with autistic children face on the Covid-19 vaccine?

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7 Ways to Combat Election Anxiety and Protect Your Heart and Lungs

The US presidential election is provoking a lot of anxiety. No matter which candidate you voted for, the contradicting news and uncertainties can cause anxiety, insomnia, fear, and worries. These symptoms have a direct impact on your immune system and overall health.

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7 Nutrients you must know about turkey

On the evening of Thanksgiving, a turkey was on the table of almost every family in the United States. According to statistics, on Thanksgiving day, 88% of Americans eat turkey. Annually, Americans consume 736 million pounds of turkey. Since 1970, both turkey production and consumption has increased by over 100%. Why the jump in consumption?

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Improve Your Lung Health to Fight COVID-19

In Chinese medicine, the emotions associated with the lungs are sadness, grief and loss. It is important to manage these feelings to improve lung health.

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Advanced Nutrient Therapy & Seven Foods to Keep a Vibrant Brain

Learn how to use nutrients and food to maintain brain health, improve memory, and prevent dementia and other mental illnesses.

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Relieve Pain with Acupuncture

In addition to physical integrity and biochemical homeostasis, Chinese medicine believes human life and functions also depend on the abundance and balance of the body’s biological energy, known as Qi (pronounced as chi) in Chinese.

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Why Acupuncture Is Effective for Restoring Your Skin’s Youthful Glow

Kamali tore her meniscus during a workout just over a year ago and was desperate for a way to relieve the pain without resorting to surgery. Dr. Yang used acupuncture to alleviate Karmali’s knee pain, and it worked so well that she decided to try facial acupuncture to improve her skin and ease signs of aging.

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Yang Institute’s Philadelphia Office at 1608 Walnut Street is Now Open

Along with offices in Bryn Mawr, PA, and Marlton, NJ, Yang Institute of Integrative Medicine focuses on Mental and Brain Health, Pain Management, Chronic Illnesses and Aging, through the application of a holistic, natural and scientifically based approach, while helping people depend less on the use of medications that cause serious side effects.

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A Life-Changing Non-Drug Treatment for Depression

FDA Cleared TMS Therapy is a non-invasive treatment of depression. It uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain that are underactive in depression.

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The 5 Biotypes of Depression and the Integrative Treatment Solution

Over 300 million people suffer from depression globally according to the World Health Organization. This common mental disorder impacts almost every aspect of a person’s life, reducing their ability to function while inducing fatigue and a feeling of worthlessness.

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Persistent Stomach Pain Stopped after Visiting Naturopathic Physician

How Natural Medicine Helps Treat Chronic Diseases Natural medicine is based on the laws of nature. It listens to the symptoms of the body to identify the root causes underlying chronic disease. Therapy gently directs the natural healing response of the body’s innate physiology to overcome the patterns of chronic disease.

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Train The Brain For Peak Performance

A Cutting-Edge Non-Invasive Technique for Brain and Mental Illness Brain training using a technique called neurofeedback is becoming increasingly popular. It is widely used in mental health clinics as a non-drug and non-invasive therapy in treating conditions like concussion, ADD/ADHD, stress and anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders.

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How to Harness Your Child’s Focus & Concentration Naturally

A clear and focused mind is crucial to learning, developing social skills, and achieving academic success.

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Understanding Qi in Chinese Medicine

Qi is what traditional Chinese medicine calls the vital life energy that exists within us.  It is the life force that propels and keeps everything inside us alive and in motion.

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Dr. Yang Speaks with Norma Kamali

Dr. Yang speaks with his friend, Designer Norma Kamali about how the outward signs of health that are commonly referred to as “beauty” are indicative of organ and circulatory health. He details the ways you can find clues in your appearance to the condition and function your major organs.

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Can Acupuncture Provide a Solution to the Opioid Epidemic? 

In recent years, the opioid epidemic in America has reached critical levels. According to CNN, the number of deaths attributed to opioid overdose has quadrupled since 1999. Although the use of illegal drugs like heroin comprises part of the epidemic, most of the deaths involve prescription painkillers.

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Infrared Sauna Therapy

Sweating is good for you. Seriously, sweating is one of the body’s safest and most natural ways to heal and maintain good health. Our state-of-art Full Spectrum (near, mid, and far) Infrared Sauna helps promote a deep, healthy and natural detoxifying sweat.

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Addressing Depression and Anxiety in the Modern Workplace

As we approach October 10th, celebrated worldwide as World Mental Health Day, Yang Institute of Integrative Medicine would like to address the state of mental health in the modern workplace, which is the theme for this year’s observance. Because we spend such an enormous amount of our lives working, it is only inevitable that our mental illnesses stem from, or are exacerbated by, our jobs.

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Neurofeedback and ADHD

By George Yang at Yang Institute of Integrative Medicine The therapeutic application of neurofeedback for ADHD has been implemented since the 1970s. Research has shown that neurofeedback can be a potentially effective therapy for ADHD, and the results were promising. Several different neurofeedback protocols have been observed.

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Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Integrative Medicine: A New Trend in Government

A few months into 2018, America’s opioid epidemic continues to rage on. However, some developments prompted by our government offer some glimmers of hope. Shapers of law and policy on both the state and federal levels have started to embrace non-drug therapies like acupuncture and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as treatments for chronic pain and effective therapies in addiction recovery.

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Methylation Disorders

Methylation is truly a multi-tasking marvel that allows us to be “healthy and human.” Though this highly intricate process occurs within each cell as well as in the fluid supplying the brain and within the liver, it is responsible for the most vital undertakings throughout body chemistry.

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Acupuncture for Pain Relief, Stress Reduction and Beyond

Blog: Ease Your Stress and Anxiety With Integrative Acupuncture

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Community Support: Veterans Programs

Three Ways Veterans Can Benefit From Acupuncture Treatments As the amount of research and awareness surrounding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) increases, so do its applications across a wide range of demographics and locations throughout America. Yang Institute of Integrative Medicine has partnered with the Veterans Affairs to provide acupuncture services. The three major benefits of acupuncture treatments include:

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Women’s Health: Menopause Treatment, Fertility Support and Beyond

Fertility Support People experience infertility for many different physical and emotional reasons. It is believed that stress reduction, nutritional support, and a healthier lifestyle increase the chances of pregnancy.

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Depression, Anxiety and PTSD

Depression, Anxiety and PTSD

Blog: Understanding Depression: The 5 Biotypes By Jingduan Yang, MD Depression, a common mental disorder, accounts for most cases of disability in the world. It negatively impacts almost every aspect of a person’s life, reducing their ability to function and inducing feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, and fatigue. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression around the globe. The medical community has made many strides toward reducing the stigma of mental illness and improving access to treatment and therapy. https://mommabe.com/ However, our understanding of depression and its biological causes continues to evolve. The […]

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