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05/16/08 - Color Light Acupuncture Techniques For Treatment of Pain Associated with Depression, Anxiety & Trauma
One of the biggest motivators bringing new patients to acupuncturists is pain. Acupuncture has a wellearned
reputation for effective pain relief without drugs, in many cases, when other methods fail. Yet even traditional acupuncture has its limits – and this became apparent early on in my practice.
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D & Gregory Nevens, Ed.D
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05/16/08 - Degenerative Neuro-Muscular Disease Treatment Utilizing Systemic Microcurrent Protocols
Our modern medical system offers many effective treatments for injuries, infections and lifethreatening
diseases. Survival rates have improved for patients with heart disease and cancer. Yet
medicine offers few viable answers for patients with degenerative neuro-muscular conditions such
as multiple sclerosis (MS), Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) and Parkinson’s.
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D., Lic. Ac.
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05/16/08 - Gems, microcurrent and color light to promote inner balance and outer beauty
This report contains the following sections:
• What is Acugems Facial Rejuve?
• Healing Properties of Gems used with Acugems
• Acugems and Oriental Medicine
• Acugems Facial Rejuve: Return on Investment
What is Acugems Facial Rejuve?
Acugems is an innovative, and highly effective, method for facial and whole-body rejuvenation
that uses a synergistic combination of healing gemstones, microcurrent stimulation and various
colors of visible light, in conjunction with special skin care products.
Author: Aracely Plateroti, L.Ac. and Darren Starwynn, O.M.D.
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04/29/08 - Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy With Microcurrent Electro-Acupuncture
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a painful, disabling disorder of the peripheral nervous system. Initial symptoms include burning pain in the hands and feet, and it often progresses into muscular weakness and gait difficulties. The condition is often precipitated by diabetes and AIDS In the case of diabetes, there is often more central nervous system degeneration, while AIDS-related PN is usually limited to the peripheral NS
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D.
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01/28/08 - Rapid Cancer Pain Relief With Auricular Micro-Macro Technique
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D.
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09/27/07 - Color Light Acupuncture Techniques For Treatment of Pain Associated with Depression, Anxiety & Trauma
One of the biggest motivators bringing new patients to acupuncturists is pain. Acupuncture has a well-earned reputation for effective pain relief without drugs, in many cases, when other methods fail. Yet even traditional acupuncture has its limits – and this became apparent early on in my practice.
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D & Gregory Nevens, Ed.D
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09/27/07 - Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy With Microcurrent Electro-Acupuncture
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a painful, disabling disorder of the peripheral nervous system. Initial symptoms include burning pain in the hands and feet, and it often progresses into muscular weakness and gait difficulties. The condition is often precipitated by diabetes and AIDS In the case of diabetes, there is often more central nervous system degeneration, while AIDS-related PN is usually limited to the peripheral NS
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D.
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09/27/07 - Microcurrent-Electro-Acupuncture Protocol for Cancer Pain
Average # of treatments needed: Significant temporary pain relief usually noted in first treatment, long-term carryover common after 3 – 6 treatments
Frequency of treatments: 2 times/week is best
Equipment used: Acutron Mentor microcurrent & color light system
Physical symptoms: Persistent pain in affected body part or referred pain to joints.
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D., Lic. Ac.
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09/27/07 - The Yin Wei Mai and Solar Plexus Chakra Connection: A Valuable Understanding For Treatment of Modern Patients
Most of the texts acupuncturists study in school are translations of works that are hundreds to thousands of years old. They offer diagnoses and treatment prescriptions for syndromes common in Asia well before the advent of modern society. It is amazing how much power and value there is for modern people in these ancient sources.
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D.
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09/27/07 - Microcurrent-Electro-Acupuncture Protocol:Fibromyalgia
Average # of treatments needed: Significant temporary pain relief usually noted in first treatment, long-term carryover common after 3 – 6 treatments
Frequency of treatments: 2 times/week is best
Equipment used: Acutron Mentor microcurrent & color light system
Physical symptoms: Persistent pain 11 – 18 body areas, usually accompanied by insomnia, mood swings, digestive problems or depression/anxiety.
Author: Darren Starwynn, O.M.D., Lic. Ac.
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06/03/07 - Microcurrent-Electro-Acupuncture Protocol for Cancer Pain
Author: Darren Starwynn
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06/03/07 - Energy Medicine In The News
1) “A device using specialized light emitting diodes, based on NASA technology for plant growth in space, is continuing to show promise as a treatment to aid healing of bone marrow transplant patients. Use of the LED apparatus has advanced to the second phase of clinical trials in U S and foreign hospitals.
Author: Darren Starwynn
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06/02/07 - Microcurrent-Electro-Acupuncture Protocol:Severe Low Back Pain/Sciatica
Average # of treatments needed: Significant pain relief usually noted in first treatment, long-term carryover after 2 – 10 treatments, depending on severity. Frequency of treatments: 2 – 3 times/week
Physical symptoms: Chronic pain in the low back, sacro-iliac region or hip, with or without radiation down legs
Method: Use the following microcurrent electro-acupuncture techniques in sequence, testing pain level and pain-free range of motion after each technique.
Author: Darren Starwynn
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04/02/07 - Light up your face Health and Fitness Boulder Daily Camera
Ashley Banks, of Boulder, lies on a table under the glow of two metal probes. Right now, the probes glow red. Next is orange. Then yellow, in time with chimes on a CD There are 12 colors, each designed to stimulate a different 'chakra' in other words, different physical organs and psychological issues.
Author: Aimee Heckel
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01/20/07 - MEA Sciatica Treatment
Microcurrent and color light electro-acupuncture brings together quite a few valuable techniques. The synergy of these techniques can often produce better results in relieving pain than traditional acupuncture alone. Here is a valuable protocol for treatment of sciatica:
1) Ask the patient to lie supine on a treatment table.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/07 - Vibrational Medicine for Acupuncturists, Part One: Light and Electricity
The purpose of this article, and the series to follow, is to offer principles and treatment protocols for the use of light and low-level electrostimulation (microcurrents) in the acupuncture practice. The meridian system has been shown to respond powerfully to such stimulation through the principle of resonance, which may be defined as:
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Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/06 - Climate Change Drives Diseases Into New Territories
Global warming, which is increasing in this new century, is precipitating the spread of disease epidemics in areas unprepared for the diseases, say many health experts world wide. Warmer climates are allowing greater numbers of ticks, mosquitos, mice and other disease carriers to survive longer and to expand their ranges.
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01/20/06 - Laser and LED Treatments: Which Is Better?
There is quite a bit of controversy among light therapy proponents about the therapeutic value of lasers, which produce coherent light, versus LED and incandescent sources, which produce incoherent light. Laser enthusiasts, backed by a large body of research, claim that only the intense, highly coherent beam of a laser can penetrate deeply into the body's tissues and meridian system for significant results.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/06 - Vibrational Medicine for Acupuncturists, Part II: Pain Treatment With Microcurrent and Color Light Therapies
Pain is a severe phenomena, a decidedly unpleasant set of sensations that motivates us very strongly. It is estimated that Americans spend over $100 billion a year for dealing with all aspects of pain, including medication, therapy and lost time at work. According to Western science, pain is associated with the mechanism of complex interrelationships in the nervous system.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/05 - The Power of Intent, Part Two: Excellent or Mediocre Results With Facial Rejuvenation?
In my last article, I wrote about how practitioners can tap into the unlimited power of positive intent to amplify the results of their treatments. This article discusses a very popular treatment called facial rejuvenation, and why there has sometimes been a wide variance in results and client satisfaction reported by various practitioners offering this service in their practices.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/05 - The Power of Intent in Acupuncture Practice
Here is a fascinating question: Which of these factors is most significant for healing our patients: 1 the specific clinical techniques we administer, such as insertion of needles into well-chosen acupoints, giving herb formulas, physical therapy, bodywork, and so on; or 2 the healing intent we project while giving treatment?
This question has been of great interest to me.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/05 - Is Microcurrent Therapy Effective for Treatment of Macular Degeneration?
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common forms of vision loss in this country, affecting mainly the elderly. About 12 million Americans have AMD, and that number is expected to escalate to 30 million within the next few years. Patients with AMD gradually lose their vision, with a large black spot covering part of their visual field that progressively gets worse.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/05 - Microcurrent-Assisted Yoga for Low Back Disk Injuries
This article is about a simple, yet remarkably effective method to help your patients who are suffering with low back pain (or yourself) This technique is an example of how acupuncture, microcurrent stimulation and physical therapy can be combined advantageously to treat a difficult condition. It is estimated by the National Institutes of Health that 70 percent to 85 percent of all people have back pain at some time in their lives, and that it is the most frequent cause of activity limitation in people younger than 45 years old.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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10/20/04 - Therapeutic Effects of the Colors and Chakra Correspondances
RED
1st - Root
Muladhara
Stimulates liver, sensory nerves & immune system, increases metabolism, resolves scars, benefits bones, reduces chronic constipation, hemmorhoids, speeds circulation/ Ungrounded, inability to manifest, coldness, fear of death
ORANGE
2nd - Sacral
Svadhishthana
Builds and stimulates lungs, thyroid, bones.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/04 - Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy With Microcurrent Electro-Acupuncture
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a painful, disabling disorder of the peripheral nervous system. Initial symptoms include burning pain in the hands and feet, and it often progresses into muscular weakness and gait difficulties. The condition is often precipitated by diabetes and AIDS In the case of diabetes, there is often more central nervous system degeneration, while AIDS-related PN is usually limited to the peripheral NS
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/04 - Facial Rejuvenation: Good Medicine?
During my years of teaching, I have heard various attitudes expressed about so-called "facial rejuvenation" by my acupuncturist students. The significant profit potential of offering this service seems to be a major motivation for most to want to learn it, yet many also disparage this practice as a cosmetic and rather superficial form of therapy.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/04 - Color Light Acupuncture: Some Interesting Cases
One modality now generating tremendous excitement among acupuncturists and other health care practitioners is color light therapy. This excitement is due to its remarkable effects at helping to resolve so many challenging and frustrating patient conditions of the body and mind. Color light has been used for healing purposes since the times of ancient Egypt and Greece (or even earlier), and inexpensive modern technologies have made color healing more accessible and more effective than ever.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/04 - Color Light Acupuncture For Patient with Hepatitis C Diagnosis: A Single Case Review
Can electro-acupuncture help heal viral infectious disease? Here is a remarkable case history that suggests that this may be possible with a common, and very challenging, disease. I recently treated a 48 year old woman who came to me with the complaints of unexplained skin boils arising in her inguinal region, facial blemishes, nausea and fatigue in the evenings.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/04 - "As Above, So Below" Acupuncture: Great Loops and Reverse Body Image Points
One of the greatest contributions from acupuncture is the understanding of the interrelatedness of all parts of the body, and the ability to effectively treat using this understanding. It is the use of distal acupoints, energetically related to the afflicted body area, that often brings the most immediate balance and relief.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Acupuncture and the Seven Hermetic Laws
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the Seven Hermetic Laws that have been recognized throughout human history as a basis of energetic healing and magical practices, and to give practical examples of their remarkably effective applications for acupuncturists. Taking a bit of time to read and consider the timeless truths contained in these laws might help integrate many of your varied, seemingly contradictory aspects of learning and expand your healing abilities.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Microcurrent and Color Light Mu-Shu Technique and Mind-Body Acupuncture
I continue to be amazed by the effectiveness of a simple technique called microcurrent and color light mu-shu. This is the practice of applying polarized microcurrent stimulation with simultaneous color light to front-mu (alarm) and back-shu (associated) points of Organs, so that the currents flow through the Organ and its associated autonomic control nerves.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - The Heart of Healing: Restoring Our Original Program
What really happens when a person shifts from chronic physical or emotional pain to enjoy a new, expanded experience of wholeness? Is it due to a shift in brain chemistry? Is it a change in the body's bioelectrical patterns? Or is it a spiritual phenomenon?
The "heart of healing" is what allows a real shift in the inner, fundamental cause of pain or disease, and includes all of the above.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Microcurrent Electro-Therapies - Acupuncture Practice Applications
IMPORTANT NOTE - All electrical stimulation devices, including microcurrent stimulators, are are registered with the F D A as "pain control" devices. Stimulators may not be used invasively or labeled as "acupuncture" devices, as this puts them in the category of "experimental" devices which would not be reimburseable by insurance.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Four Step Treatment - Great Loops
Those of us who have studied acupuncture have had to deal with massive amounts of often confusing and contradictory information. This includes TCM (traditional Chinese acupuncture), Japanese meridian work, auricular therapy, Korean hand acupuncture, electrical stimulation, hara diagnosis, back shu points, and of course good old symptomatic treatment.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Treatment of Bells Palsy
Average # of treatments: First patient-5 treatments, second patient-10 treatments. Frequency of treatments: Three times weekly. Physical symptoms: Both patients presented with left Bell's palsy, the first patient with less than functional strength, and severe left sided facial pain, blurring and tearing of left eye.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Treatment of Bilateral Rotator Cuff Tear
Application brief #9403-NS-4
submitted by Paula Bell PT, based on one case. Average # of treatments: 16
Frequency of treatments: Twice weekly. Physical symptoms: Shoulder pain. Etiology of injury/condition: Unknown, work related. Method: Four pads, two each shoulder anterior/posterior then moist heat and probe treatment.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Treatment of Post-Operative Carpal Tunner Release with Adhered Scar Tissue
Average # of treatments: 24
Frequency of treatments: Three times a week. Physical symptoms: Adhered scar, pain, swelling, less strength and range of motion, less functional use of hand. Most patients are three to six months post surgery. Method: Pads on acupuncture points Li 11 --> LI 4, and anterior/posterior wrist joint.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Treatment of DDD cervical spine, myofascial pain below cervical paraspinals, upper traps and levators, postural dysfunction, and disc protrusion C6 - C7- Acutron Mentor
Physical symptoms: Patient's chief complaint was of constant achy pain originating in the central occiput and radiating to the spinous process of C7, also complained of cervical stiffness and muscle spasm in her bilateral cervical paraspinals and levators. Symptoms have been present daily for greater than five years.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Treatment of Cervical-thoracic pain, trigger point dysfunction including thoracic inlet/outlet syndrome
Average # of treatments: 8 - 10
Frequency of treatments: Two to three times weekly. Etiology of injury/condition: Motor vehicle accident, trauma. Settings used: Acutron Mentor presets Probe #1 and Pad #1
Other therapies: Ultrasound, osseous manipulation, soft tissue manipulation, and massage.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/03 - Vibrational Beauty Therapy: Facial Rejuvenation With Light and Microcurrent
Facial rejuvenation is a highly profitable cash service that has become very popular among American acupuncturists in recent years. This article offers an overview of how low-level electrical stimulation (microcurrent) and customized color light can provide a facial rejuvenation treatment that not only significantly improves the appearance of the face, but promotes good health and vibrant energy as well.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/02 - Label and Off Label Uses Of Microcurrent Devices
The FDA approves electrical stimulation devices for sale in the United States for for "the
symptomatic relief of chronic intractable pain and as an adjunctive treatment in
the management of post surgical traumatic pain problems. " Manufacturers of microcurrent and other electrical stim devices are only allowed to advertise and promote their devices for these approved uses.
Author: FDA/Office of Science Coordination and Communication
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01/20/02 - Liver and Age Spot Treatment
One of the more difficult issues clients seeking facial rejuvenation ask about is reducing or eliminating age spots, also known as liver spots. These are brown spots or patches on the hands, arms, neck or face that are primarily caused by sun damage to the skin. Some people are more susceptible to age spot formation than others, depending on melanin levels in the skin and other genetic factors.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/02 - Microcurrent Color-Light Mu-Shu Method for Internal Organ Therapeutics
By the time most patients decide to visit an acupuncturist or other CAM practitioner, they are past the acute stage of pain or illness. In fact, most patients visiting us have a history of chronic pain and/or illness that has not been well-alleviated with Western medicine. When a patient tells us they have sacroiliac pain, migraines, knee pain, or a host of other complaints, diagnosis usually reveals a combination of internal and external factors - for example, a 45-year-old woman with recurring hip-SI pain that also has tension in the liver-gallbladder functions, or a man with knee pain in which kidney-adrenal imbalances also show up.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/02 - Psycho-Emotional Practice: PNE Balancing Therapy
The purpose of this article is to introduce a method called PNE balancing therapy, which can be effective in evaluating and treating a wide range of mind-body (psychosomatic) complaints. Every health care practitioner has encountered patients who do not respond favorably to well-chosen treatments. Even after trying several therapeutic approaches, perhaps even referring the patient to other professionals, there is no substantive improvement.
Author: Darren Starywnn
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01/20/02 - Focus On Color Magenta And Why So Many Americans Crave It
Magenta is a mixed color – it does not have its own discrete wavelength. It is produced by combining Violet and Red. Red is the most Yang color, the lowest frequency (and longest wavelength) light we can see with our naked eyes. Violet is the most Yin visible color, with the highest frequency (and shortest wavelength)
Author: Darren Starywnn
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