Author Archives: Mark Reinhard

My book and this website would not have come to be if I had not had a stroke in 2015. That gave me the time and motivation to write. My brother actually put the thought of writing in my head. At first I thought of writing about my experience treating myself with scalp acupuncture. ButContinue reading “My Story”

I have always liked to know how things work. That is why I studied engineering first. When I became an acupuncturist, I brought that curiosity with me. Being an electrical engineer I was particularly interested in the electrical properties of acupuncture points. And electro diagnostic methods developed in Germany. Those interests brought me to knowContinue reading “Why I created this Website”

I learned TCM in my training. It was an OK foundation. But aside from the training in Western anatomy and physiology, it was far from complete. The electro-acupuncture part was terrible. Just enough so you wouldn’t hurt anybody, but being an electrical engineer, I understood more than the teacher. The “basics” as I saw themContinue reading “How is scientific acupuncture different than TCM?”

I have had a chance to try something new again. I have long wondered whether my AIEAC would work with just electrode pads to avoid using a needle at all. And the answer I got was YES! I thought is might because FSM does a similar thing especially for inflamed nerve roots. The big differenceContinue reading “Recent Research”

My critics complain my work is amateurish. I don’t have the resources to do “legitimate research”. I learn by doing. I think of things to try and do them. I have the background and interests to learn and do things no one else has thought of doing. So if you have an argument against myContinue reading “My Critics”

There is no specific research that looked at this question directly that I know of. But according to Dr. Nordenstrom’s work, negative charge does attract water and since inflammation is associated with accumulation of water in the tissues, I thought it was likely that there would be a relationship. That was the realization that broughtContinue reading “Why I say Inflammation is Associated with an accumulation of negative charge.”

When I was teaching electroacupuncture many of my students weren’t very interested in learning about the science. They liked the fact that traditional acupuncture was low tech. And they wanted to practice that way, despite my trying to explain the benefits of the “technology” of acupuncture in making their treatments work better and allowing themContinue reading “Acupuncture doesn’t have to be mysterious.”

I have been working on a treatment for bone-on-bone joints. I think I have figured out how to regrow a meniscus (knee) and avoid an expensive joint replacement surgery. Doctors say it can’t be done, but I know all the science on how it can be done. It is not that complicated. You just haveContinue reading “Bone-on-Bone Joint Treatment”

I doubt it. Even after knowing the parts, it took me time to put it all together into a senible whole. So we have to thank the researchers that discovered the parts. Dr. Bjorn Nordenstrom for discovering electroosmosis. Drs. Darras and Devernejoul for visualizing the meridians. Dr. Robert Becker for his work on regeneration. TheContinue reading “Did you know any of this before reading it here or in my book?”