ABOUT CHINESEMEDICINESAMPLER.COM
Our mission is to bring Oriental Medicine to the mainstream
of America. If you've read our page listing conditions which
are commonly treated by Oriental Medicine (WHAT TCM TREATS)
you probably have an idea of the vast treasure it is. It
offers not only treatment options but the very possibility
of any treatment at all to countless thousands of people
every day through out the world. The USA should be among the
nations to reap the benefits of this old but very advanced
technology. In addition to the human gains, a great deal of
the economic burden of health care could be shouldered more
easily if Oriental Medicine were as available in the USA as
it is in China.
The ChineseMedicineSampler.com is operated by Health Balance
L.L.C. which is a for-profit firm located in Tucson,
Arizona, USA. It's primary activities are the private
practice of TCM, this web site, continuing education
presentations and educational presentations to the
non-professional public.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The acupuncturist who authored this site, Joseph Balensi. graduated from Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA in 1995 with a M.S. in Oriental Medicine. In private practice in Tucson, Arizona since then, he taught Chinese herbal medicine, Acupuncture Techniques, supervised interns in the clinic at the Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and served as the Clinic Dean at the Asian Institute of Medical Studies in Tucson.
Professional Experience
by Type
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| 2002-Present |
Staff Acupuncturist Cottonwood de Tucson – Psychiatric
hospital
specializing in
addictions and multiple co-occurring diagnoses.
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| 1999-2002 |
Acupuncturist and
Researcher
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University of Arizona Health Sciences
Center, Department of
Pediatrics, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Center,
Tucson, Arizona |
| 1999-Present |
Author
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www.ChineseMedicineSampler.com |
| 1998-2001 | Acupuncturist - University of Arizona, Department of Psychology. NIH Study of Acupuncture and Depression, Tucson, Arizona |
| 1995-Present | Practitioner of Oriental Medicine in private practice,
Tucson, Arizona. |
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Teaching |
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| 2000-2002 |
Instructor - Acupuncture Techniques - Asian Institute of Medical Studies. Tucson, Arizona |
| 1997-2000 |
Instructor - Acupuncture Materials and Methods, Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Tucson, Arizona |
| 1996-1998 |
Instructor
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Chinese Herbal Medicine, Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Tucson, Arizona. |
| 1995-2002 | Instructor
- Tai Chi Chuan Ott YMCA, Tucson, Arizona. |
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Administrative &
Marketing |
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| 2000 - 2002 |
Clinic Dean - Asian Institute of Medical Studies, Tucson, Arizona Medicine, Tucson, Arizona |
| 2000 - 2002 |
Executive Director -
LAU Clinic, Tucson, Arizona |
| 1998 - 2000 |
Chairman
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Ethics Committee, Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental |
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| 2005 – Present |
Member and
Secretary – State of Arizona Acupuncture Board of Examiners |
| 2000 - 2001 | Arizona Integrated Acupuncture Alliance - Vice-President |
| 1999, 2000 | Acupuncture Society of Arizona - Web Master |
| 1999 | State of AZ, Acupuncture Board of Examiners, Test Writing Committee Member |
| 1997 - 2000 | Acupuncture Society of Arizona - Southern Region Board Member |
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Publications and Presentations |
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1) Balensi, Joseph; Point Energetic Reference - Classification of
acupuncture points by traditional functional property. The Medical
Acupuncture Web Page, 1999; Aristotle University, Thessalonica,
Greece),http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/articles/pointref.html
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2) Balensi, Joseph; Chinese Herbal Formula Reference - Classification of
formulas by traditional functional property with cautions and
contraindications. The Medical Acupuncture Web Page, 2000 (hosted by
Aristotle University, Thessalonika, Greece), |
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3) Balensi, Joseph; The Chinese Medicine Sampler - A 75 page
introduction to Oriental Medicine, www.chinesemedicinesampler.com
1999; (hosted on independent domain) |
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4) Balensi, Joseph; presentation: Scalp Acupuncture in the Treatment of
Children with Cerebral Palsy; given at: First Annual Pediatric
Integrative Medicine Conference, Tucson, Arizona |
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5) Balensi, Joseph; Acupuncture Diagnostic and Treatment Manual for
Cerebral Palsy, Used in the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Pediatrics Research Project - funded by the National Institute of
Health.
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6) Balensi, Joseph; Arizona Catches Up With Ancient Healing, Arizona
Senior World, August 2000. |
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7) Balensi, Joseph; Weekly column on Traditional Chinese Medicine in
AltMed-HealthAnswers.com e-mail newsletter 2000 |
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8) Balensi, Joseph; Scalp Acupuncture Seminar, Asian Institute of
Medical Studies, Tucson, Arizona; November 2000 |
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9) Balensi, Joseph; A Serendipitous Treatment of Cerebral Palsy with TCM
http://www.acupuncture.com/Acup/cerebral.htm 2000, and JOURNAL OF
CHINESE MEDICINE,
22 Cromwell Road, Hove, BN3 3EB, UK |
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