Ms. Ahna Bridenbaugh, L.Ac., licensed acupuncturist and master of Chinese medicine was our showboater at Wednesday’s meeting. She refers to the herbal formulas she uses in conjunction with acupuncture as Asian medicine–all natural, and designed to get patients off medications that are narcotic with the outcome of eliminating pain. She described a recent patient who had just had a massive surgery for an obstructed bowel, who was taken massive narcotics, but was still experiencing pain at a level 7 (out of 10), whose pain subsided to a level 1 after acupuncture.

It is important to understand that acupuncture usually requires a series of treatments to deal with recurrent pain, unless there was a very recent accident (less than 30 days–best after less than 24 hours). She had a severe whip[lash patient who came in right away, and the pain was permanently alleviated after just one treatment.

Acupuncture was designed 4000 years ago to keep people from getting sick, and the emperor’s acupuncturist’s head was in danger if the emperor ever got sick. Ms. Bridenbaugh then effectively and powerfully demonstrated muscle testing with her allergy kit, which she uses to diagnose, then treat allergy symptoms. 15 short documentaries of Ms Bridenbaugh explaining Chinese herbs can be found with this link: http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_6962_herbal-remedies-illness.html

Ms. Laurie Wilson of Verde Valley Tile was the speaker and humorously described her recent getaway to Alaska on a cruise out of Los Angeles. She had never even seen a cruise ship–2000 passenger and 2000 crew. Juneau, Alaska was the first stop after 3 days of motion sickness, and the city was full of the passengers from three other cruise ships, so she went to museums, and saw totem poles, kayaks, toys and dolls among other things. In Ketichikan, Alaska, the museum had a lot of historical artifcats from the gold rush, and went on the “married men’s trail,” which was brothels built up on piers. She watched eagles fishing for 20 minutes. The food on the ship was amazing, especially the Beef Wellington. She ended up in Vancouver, went to Stanley Park, and saw raccoons, lots of animals, saw a whale’s tail and dolphins.

The Sedona Referrals Club meets Wednesdays at 7 a.m. at the Heartline Cafe in West Sedona. Each meeting features a showboater & a speaker. Each member and guest is allowed a one-minute commercial as part of the meeting format. The club promotes prospect referrals and each business category is represented by only one member. For information, contract Mr. Jeff Teele at 300-5361 or Mr. Bill Klauser at 202-7193 or visit our website www.sedonareferralsclub.org