Articles by Leon Hammer M.D.


Science East and West, by Leon Hammer, MD. Published in Medical Acupuncture Volume 22, Number 2, 2010

Ecology in Chinese Medicine, Part Two, by Leon Hammer, MD. First Published in Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 5, Issue 3, Winter 2010

Ecology in Chinese Medicine, Part One, by Leon Hammer, MD. First Published in Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 5, Issue 2, Summer 2010

A Discussion of Terrain, Stress, Root, and Vulnerability Within Chinese Medicine, by Leon Hammer, MD. First Published in Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring 2010

The Liver in Chinese Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, September 2009, Vol. 21, No. 3: 173-178

Integrative Medicine- the Lamb and the Lion; Acupuncture Today, April 2009, Volume 11, Issue 4

A Discussion on Wang Shu He's Pulse Classic, Part One,; by Leon Hammer, MD published in Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2009

A Discussion on Wang Shu He's Pulse Classic, Part Two,; by Leon Hammer, MD published in Chinese Medicine Times, Volume 4, Issue 2, Spring 2009

The Pulse, the Electronic Age and Radiation: Early Detection; by Leon Hammer, MD and Ross Rosen, LAc published in The American Acupuncturist, Spring 2009 (Vol. 47)

Chinese Medicine at the Crossroads; by Leon Hammer, MD published in Acupuncture Today, June 2008, Vol. 09, Issue 06

The Pulse and the Individual; The American Acupuncturist, Spring 2008, Volume 43

Awareness in Chinese Medicine, The American Acupuncturist, Fall 2007, Volume 41, www.aaom.org

The Concept of "Blocks"; Structure; The American Acupuncturist, Winter 2006 (Volume 38). Used with permission from the American Acupuncturist, www.aaom.org

Removing The Block; TCM World, Fall 2004

On the Matter of the Pulse; TCM World, Summer 2004, Volume 6, Number 2

Chinese Medicine and Biomedicine: Looking at the Patient in Different Ways, TCM World, Spring 2004 (Volume 6 No.1)

Trauma and Shock in Chinese Medicine; Traditional Chinese Medicine World, Volume 5, Number 3, 2003

Trauma and Shock in Chinese Medicine, Part II; TCM World, Winter 2003 (Volume 5 No.4)

Inflammation in Atherosclerosis; Medical Acupuncture Vol. 15, #2, 2003

Tradition and Revision; Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; Vol. 3 No. 1, 2002

Response to Rebuttal by Leon Hammer, Rebuttal by Z'ev Rosenberg; Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 2003

The Paradox of the Unity and Duality of the Kidneys According to Chinese Medicine; American Journal of Acupuncture, Vol. 27, No. 3 & 4, 1999

Towards a Unified Theory of Chronic Disease with Regard to the Separation of Yin and Yang and "The Qi is Wild"; Oriental Medical Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2 & 3, 1998

Out of My Head and Into My Heart; Acupuncture in Practice, Churchill Livingstone 1997

Contemporary Pulse Diagnosis: Introduction to an Evolving Method for Learning an Ancient Art -- Part I; American Journal of Acupuncture, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1993

The Chinese Medical Model in the West- A Journey in Paradox, Chrysalis Journal of the Swedenborg Foundation, Vol VI Issue I, Spring, 1991

The Power of Respect; published in Voices

Dueling Needles: Reflections on the Politics of Medical Models; American Journal of Acupuncture Vol. 19, No. 3, 1991

The Chinese Medical Model in Thyroid Disease; American Journal of Acupuncture Vol. 10, No. 1, January-March 1982

Diagnosis and Acupuncture Treatment of a Chronic, Recurring Skin Disease and Septicemia Using the Chinese Medical Model; The American Journal of Acupuncture No. 1,Vol. January 1981

The Extraordinary Acupuncture Meridians: Homeostatic Vessels; The American Journal of Acupuncture, Vol. 8, No. 2, June 1980

Integrated Acupuncture Therapy For Body and Mind; American Journal of Acupuncture, Vol. 8 No. 2, 1980

Psychotherapy and Growth; Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1974