Nyon Acupuncture | Traditional Chinese Medicine

TCM: Acupuncture, Massage, and Herbal Medicine in Nyon, since 2004.

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August 1, 2026

Active Inference, De Qi, and the Neurobiology of Acupuncture: A Critical Response

The integration of modern cognitive science with classical East Asian medicine has reached a fascinating threshold. A recent paper published in MDPI’s Brain Sciences presents a pioneer attempt to frame the therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture through the lenses of Predictive Processing (PP) and Active Inference under Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle (FEP) [1]. At the… Continue reading Active Inference, De Qi, and the Neurobiology of Acupuncture: A Critical Response

July 29, 2026

Qi Ball

Please check out my new substack feed, subscribe and share if you would…. Here is a post on Substack that features a few paragraphs from the introduction of my upcoming book Neurophilosophy, Qi, and the Science of Consciousness. Substack Article

July 27, 2026

Inflammation: From Classical Signs to Modern Neuro-Immunology

Inflammation is one of the most fundamental defensive mechanisms in human biology. Long before modern immunology identified the cytokines and cellular cascades that govern immune responses, classical observers recognized its outward physical manifestations. In the first century AD, Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus codified the cardinal signs of acute inflammation: Rubor (redness), Calor (heat), Dolor… Continue reading Inflammation: From Classical Signs to Modern Neuro-Immunology

July 21, 2026

Treating Low Back Pain Through Acupuncture

Low back pain is arguably the most ubiquitous biomechanical failure of the modern human form. Whether it manifests as acute lumbago following a sudden postural error, the radiating neuropathy of sciatica, or the chronic, insidious ache of structural degeneration, spinal pathology severely limits our functional degrees of freedom. Patients arriving at our Nyon clinic frequently… Continue reading Treating Low Back Pain Through Acupuncture

July 15, 2026

Error Stacking and the Somatic Tipping Point: A Predictive Model of Chronic Pain

In clinical practice, patients experiencing a sudden onset of severe pain or profound exhaustion frequently express bewilderment. They describe an innocuous trigger—bending to pick up a pen, a minor disagreement at work, a slightly disrupted night of sleep—that seemingly caused a catastrophic systemic failure. We often contextualize this using familiar idioms: “the straw that broke… Continue reading Error Stacking and the Somatic Tipping Point: A Predictive Model of Chronic Pain