Resources & Links

American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM)- is an organization that seeks to increase public awareness in the arts of acupuncture and oriental medicine while promoting high ethical, educational, and professional standards.
http://www.aaaomonline.org/

Autism Society- is a resource to help improve the life of all those effected by autism.
http://www.autism-society.org/

Acupuncture Today- is a leading provider of news, articles, links and online discussion forums on acupuncture.
http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/home.php

Acupuncture.com- is a resource on Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, qigong, tuina, dietetics, diagnosis and theory, and clinical point location.
http://www.acupuncture.com/

Environmental Working Group (EWG)- provides governmental research-based-information that may be putting your health at risk and seeks to protect citizens from toxic chemicals that are in the food, water, air, and products we use every day.
http://www.ewg.org/

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)- is the national regulating body for acupuncture and oriental medicine.
http://www.nccaom.org/

National Institute of Health (NIH)- is a national medical research agency that supports scientific discoveries into health.
http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htmm

Selene River Press- provides a wealth of information on the teachings of Dr Royal Lee, one of our founding fathers in nutrition, and illustrates how disease results from malnutrition.
http://www.seleneriverpress.com/

The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF)- is a foundation based on the teachings of Weston A. Price that is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research, and activism.
http://www.westonaprice.org/

Video
The Potato Project- portrays a young child’s class experiment on the importance of organic:
My Potato Project; The Importance of “Organic”
9000 Needles- a documentary film on the story of a 40-year-old man that after having faced the confines of the American health care system travels to Tianjin China in search of the stroke rehabilitation he needs.
http://www.9000needles.com/9,000_Needles/Welcome.html

Books
Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine, by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition, by Paul Pitchford
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats, Sally Fallon and Mary Enig
Eat Fat; Loose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fatsby Mary Enig and Sally Fallon