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This blog gathers the notes and readings of the clinic team: what research allows us to say, what practice teaches us, and what remains open. Each article is sorted by topic, so you can quickly find what concerns you.
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Thinking About Epidemics Without a Microscope: The Wen Bing School
How Chinese physicians of the Ming and Qing theorized contagion three centuries before microbiology: a history of medical ideas, soups included.
Read the articleReasons for consulting
10 articlesAugust 15, 2026
Seasonal Allergies: How Chinese Medicine Reads Them
4 min readJune 26, 2026Acupuncture for Digestive Disorders: What the Research Shows
5 min readJune 26, 2026Acupuncture for Migraine and Headaches in Montreal
4 min readJune 26, 2026Acupuncture and Fertility: What the Research Shows (and What It Doesn't)
5 min readJuly 20, 2024Anxiety, the Nervous System and Acupuncture: What We Know
10 min readApril 19, 2024Acupuncture for Insomnia in Montreal: How Many Sessions to Sleep Better?
6 min readJanuary 28, 2024Acupuncture and Women's Health: Menstrual Cycle, PMS and Menopause
4 min readJanuary 27, 2024Acupuncture and the Thyroid Gland
3 min readJanuary 27, 2024Acupuncture Before, During and After Pregnancy: Support Through the Trimesters
3 min readJanuary 21, 2024Acupuncture for Bruxism in Montreal: Relieving Jaw Tension and Teeth Grinding
6 min readChinese medicine
24 articlesAugust 22, 2026
Dampness, Mucus and Phlegm: The Pathogen That Sticks
4 min readAugust 8, 2026Wind in Chinese Medicine, Chief of the Hundred Diseases
5 min readAugust 1, 2026The Immune System in Chinese Medicine: A Defence in Layers
5 min readJuly 14, 2026Imagination Is an Organ Function: Hun, the Spirit of the Liver
14 min readJuly 14, 2026Po: The Corporeal Soul of the Lung in Chinese Medicine
12 min readJuly 14, 2026Will Is Not Motivation: Zhi, the Spirit of the Kidney
15 min readJuly 14, 2026The Two Ways of Overthinking: Yi, the Spirit of the Spleen
13 min readJuly 14, 2026The Flame and Its Oil: Shen, the Spirit of the Heart
15 min readJuly 6, 2026The Clinician's Hand: Sensationism, from Chinese Medicine to the Vienna Circle
11 min readJune 27, 2026Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Ancient Practice for Modern Times
6 min readJune 27, 2026Seasons and Cycles in Traditional Chinese Medicine
5 min readJune 27, 2026Kidney Energy in Traditional Chinese Medicine
10 min readJune 27, 2026Meridian Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine
4 min readJuly 20, 2024Understanding Acupuncture: Balancing Yin and Yang
7 min readFebruary 20, 2024The Philosophical Foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine
3 min readFebruary 17, 2024Liver Syndromes in Traditional Chinese Medicine
4 min readFebruary 9, 2024The Extraordinary Vessels of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Guardians of Physical and Psychological Harmony
4 min readFebruary 4, 2024Nourishing Destiny: A Classic on the Spirit of Chinese Medicine
4 min readFebruary 3, 2024The Five Element Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine
6 min readFebruary 2, 2024Metaphors in Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Evocative Language
3 min readFebruary 2, 2024The Nei Jing, Founding Text of Chinese Medicine
7 min readFebruary 1, 2024Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Menstrual Cycle: Understanding and Balancing
3 min readJanuary 18, 2024Emotions and the Body in Traditional Chinese Medicine
7 min readJanuary 18, 2024Nourishing and Strengthening the Kidneys in Winter: Acupuncture Dietary Tips
5 min readSports acupuncture
3 articlesWhat is acupuncture
5 articlesJune 26, 2026
From the Margins to Recognition: The History of Acupuncture in Québec and Montréal
4 min readJune 26, 2026Is Acupuncture Safe? Safety Standards in Québec
3 min readFebruary 15, 2024Acupuncture: The Ancient Art of Needles and Its Modern Benefits
4 min readJanuary 26, 2024Does Acupuncture Hurt? What the Needles Actually Feel Like (Montréal)
4 min readJanuary 25, 2024How to Find a Quality Acupuncturist in Montréal
4 min readAcupuncture & research
6 articlesApril 16, 2024
Electroacupuncture: Mechanisms, Uses and Precautions
3 min readApril 16, 2024Acupuncture vs Dry Needling: Which Should You Choose? (Montréal)
8 min readMarch 23, 2024A Literature Review on the Physiological Processes of Acupuncture
5 min readFebruary 10, 2024Sports Acupuncture in Montreal: Recovery and Injury Care
6 min readJanuary 23, 2024Does Acupuncture Work? An Honest Answer
3 min readJanuary 16, 2024Acupuncture: Benefits and Evidence — What the Research Shows
7 min readReflections
5 articlesAugust 29, 2026
Thinking About Epidemics Without a Microscope: The Wen Bing School
5 min readJune 30, 2026The Black Box Is Everywhere
7 min readJune 27, 2026Effectiveness, the Plaque and the Person: What Acupuncture Can Teach Us About Medicine in 2026
10 min readJune 27, 2026Acupuncture, a Way Out of Crisis? Paradigms in Health Care
5 min readJanuary 19, 2024Gérard de Nerval's "Voyage en Orient"
3 min readAnd for your own situation?
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