The obligatory LINKS PAGE These are links that I like, and that I think are quality informational sites. I'm not too into the idea of advertising commercial sites unless I actually use the products themselves. In any case, these are either non-commercial sites or sites where you can get some good info without a lot of sales pitches... General Acupuncture and Chinese medicine resources: Al Stone's searchable directory of acupuncture and TCM links can be found at the Aculinks WWW Directory. While you're at it, the whole Gancao.net site is worth a look. Acupuncture.edu, the web site for my alma mater, the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine. I was formerly on the faculty at the Chicago campus, teaching TCM acupuncture theory and point location. Acupuncture & Massage College, in Miami, formerly known as Southeast Institute of Oriental Medicine, where I taught classes on Japanese acupuncture and TCM. Michael Tierra's Planetary Herbology. Articles on a wide range of herbology and acupuncture topics, including fukushin (abdominal diagnosis in Kampo). Dr. Tierra is a master herbalist with a vast knowledge of some of the world's greatest healing traditions. Recommended. Phil Rogers Veterinary Acupuncture Homepage. Phil Rogers is one of the folks who runs the Professional Acupuncture mailing list. His site contains a lot of stuff he's written on acupuncture and veterinary science plus all manner of useful links on these topics. Acutone, a very interesting method of doing Meridian Therapy with tuning forks, by Dean Lloyd and John Pirog. Five Element Acupuncture Information Site, by Gye Bennetts, a very informative site on Five Element acupuncture, which can be considered a cousin to Meridian Therapy. Includes an excellent case history and an in-depth explanation of the style. Yin Yang House, a good resource for a lot of different styles of acupuncture, including Japanese styles. Alon Marcus' page. Alon is one of the greatest practitioners of integrative musculoskeletal medicine in the world. His new book is reviewed here. White Pine Healing Arts, the homepage of Sharon Weizenbaum. Sharon is a great teacher of Chinese medicine, and her website has information on her classes in Chinese herbal medicine and Integrative Mandala Acupuncture, as well as information on her clinic in Amherst, MA.   Japanese Acupuncture and Kampo resources: The NEW Najom Home Page, the web page for the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine. NAJOM is a publication devoted specifically to Japanese styles of East Asian Medicine, the only one of its kind (that I know of) published in English. The website for the Toyohari Association International branches. Modernized Oriental Medicine, a very interesting trilingual (Japanese, English and Esperanto) page on Kampo. for those interested in Masakazu Ikeda, here's his study group, Kampo Inyokai (in Japanese). Teizan.com, a cute page on Sotai with animated GIFs of some of the exercises, sort of. Yoshito Mukaino's Meridian Test Michi Online, a journal of Japanese cultural arts. Ohashiatsu Chicago, directed by my brother, Ken Hayden. Randall Sexton's Laughing Hara, a Zen Shiatsu website. Oran Kivity's Japanese acupuncture site, a very nice consumer-level Flash presentation on Japanese acupuncture. Masamichi Shibata's Japanese acupuncture site . Mr. Shibata's writings have been featured in NAJOM, and he's put together a really nice website. Jeffrey Dann'sTraditional Japanese Acupuncture Foundation site . Jeffrey's been heavily involved with Japanese acupuncture and bodywork for many years, helping bring some great practitioners like Shudo and Sorimachi to the States. An excellent practitioner and a great guy himself. My good friend and colleague Tom Hurrle has his Vital Directions website up and running. Tom is a highly skilled Japanese acupuncture practitioner in Chicago. Alan Jansson's Institute of Classical Oriental Medicine website, where you can purchase videos of Ikeda sensei's Australian workshops. Working Class Acupuncture, a non-profit organization using Japanese acupuncture in an accessible, affordable clinic. I find their work very inspiring, please have a look. Zero Balancing Association, not Japanese, but a great form of bodywork I've been studying recently. My own Japanese Acupuncture Reading List.   Japanese language resources: The mighty Monash Nihongo ftp Archive, the motherlode of free Japanese language software for all platforms.   other varied interests of mine..... Badly Played Chunes   back to the top The rest of the site... My Home Page Japanese Acupuncture classes Great Practitioners Toyo Hari lectures Meridian Therapy Fukusho Email me! kampo36@yahoo.com