Acupuncture is an important aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The exact origin of TCM and acupuncture is not known, but it originated more than two or three thousand years ago. The theoretical basis of TCM is that there is a life-force, call Qi, that resides and circulates within one’s body, and illnesses are due […]
Archive for December 2012
From the Eyes of Grandma
December 2012
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My first impression of my maternal grandma was a small, frail lady who was very quiet, but with pensive, penetrating eyes. I first met her when I was almost seven years old and she was 71. She lived to 100 years old, but I never interacted much with her, and never really knew her or […]
Profile in Courage and Dedication – Tamaki Matsuoka
One of the most horrific atrocities committed in human history was the Nanking Massacre. During a six-week period beginning on December 13, 1937 in Nanking, the then capital of China, the Japanese Imperial Army slaughtered approximately 300,000 Chinese (most were civilians, including women and children) and raped approximately 20,000 women and girls (including great grandmothers […]