It was 1:30 p.m. on September 19, 1991, when a German couple discovered a body at an altitude of 3,210 meters in South Tyrol (Northern Italy), near the Austrian border. They alerted the authorities, and the police opened an investigation. At the time, nobody could...
By Juan Hahn Western society, formed by Cartesian ideas, considers the world, and therefore the human being, as a big machine whose parts can be studied and treated separately. However, for thousands of years, Eastern thought (and in recent years, quantum physicists) teaches us that everything...
By Juan Hahn At the end of October 2021, after teaching a series of YNSA courses in different cities in Mexico, I had the good fortune to visit the ISSEMyM Medical Center in Ecatepec, Mexico City. It was a fascinating experience. This public hospital offers acupuncture consultations...
By Juan Hahn YNSA (Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture) is a comprehensive system of acupuncture assessment, diagnosis and treatment, developed by the Japanese physician Toshikatsu Yamamoto, affectionately called Toshi by those of us who have had the pleasure of spending time with him. It was discovered in the...
By Juan Hahn Pain is one of the most frequent reasons for acupuncture consultation. Pain, especially chronic pain (i.e., lasting longer than three months), entails a significant problem with very important familiar, labor, and socioeconomic implications, which also significantly worsens the sufferer´s quality of life. Acupuncture points...
By Juan Hahn During the months of January, February, and March 2014, I traveled to work and study in India and Nepal. I spent almost 100 days there, where I had the great fortune to work as a volunteer in the emergency department of the Sahid...