Dr. Angelica Kokkalis recently attended Lafayette Health Fair at Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette on Thursday, July 12, 2018. It was so nice to interact with the community to help promote wellness.

Acupuncture at the Lafayette Health Fair at Subaru Automotive

Cupping at the Lafayette Health Fair at Subaru Automotive

At the Han Institute, we have created the Musculoskeletal Recovery Protocol that combines products from two innovative companies (American Elk Velvet and Wei Labs) that we have found over the years that strengthen patients’ bone and muscle health.

The patches we use from Wei Labs, the FASTT Patch and WHITEE Patch, contain natural herbs that operate synergistically to increase local blood flow in order to enhance nutrient supply. By increasing the nutritional supply to the site of degeneration, it accelerates the healing mechanism necessary for recovery. The patch also increases the local temperature, catalyzing metabolic reactions for effective damage repair. The patches also enhance the lymphatic circulation to remove accumulated metabolic waste.

When we combine the Wei FASTT patch with American Elk Velvet we can expect excellent results for ligament, muscle, tendon, and bone injuries such as sprains, strains, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, bone fractures, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

When American Elk Velvet is used in combination with the Wei WHITEE Patch, it can be used for damaged cartilage and discs, cysts, scarring, nerve pain, osteoarthritis, stenosis, bulging herniated discs, pinched nerves, and torn meniscus.

Let me give you an example. When someone has tendonitis, the muscle needs to be treated, not just the tendon. This is because tendons connect muscle to bone, so when muscles are weakened or inflamed, they need to be treated too. In the same way, ligaments connect bone to bone, and also need to be treated.

Both ligaments and tendons are made out of collagen and the building blocks of collagen is IGF-1. American Elk Velvet, which naturally contains IGF-1, promotes collagen production, which will help with the repair of the tendons, ligaments, as well as muscle recovery and inflammation.

Dr. Angelica Kokkalis will be presenting Professor Han‘s research at the AAMA Annual Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA, in April, 2016.

Dr. A. Mungherera from the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa has formally invited the Han Institute to present December 27-January 7 on pain management, herbal medicine, and the Han Protocols.

Dr. Angelica Kokkalis, O.M.D, L.A.c. will be attending The Society for Acupuncture Research Conference in Boston November 12-14, 2015. Presentations of original research in acupuncture and allied traditional East Asian modalities, including clinical trials, basic science, and research methodology, will be solicited from members of the national and international research communities for oral and poster presentations.

Dr. Kokkalis and Dr. Branch are excited about this opportunity to further support Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture research in the United States.”

Dr. Kokkalis plans to present a poster titled, “Special Library Development for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Knowledge Transfer, And Community Building,” with Dewayne Branch, Ph.D. for the Han Institute Special Libraries for TCM Research. This will feature the collections of Dr. Ji Sheng Han who co-authored the book, Neurochemical Mechanisms of Acupuncture with Dr. Songping Han (edited by Dr. Kokkalis).

While at the conference, Dr. Kokkalis and Dr. Branch will also be attending multiple plenary lectures that will directly address current basic, clinical, and translational research in acupuncture. In addition, to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration, special panel discussions will be directly addressed. The topics will cover three preceding and content-linked plenary presentations.

Workshops scheduled within the conference will offer Dr. Kokkalis and Dr. Branch guidance in performing meta-analyses and systematic reviews, designing mind-body East Asian medicine based clinical trials and a hands-on introduction to various high and low-tech devices and tools for objective and subjective outcomes in acupuncture-related research.