The struggle to conceive can be a very emotional and taxing journey. In conjunction with conventional medical treatments, there are several aspects of health and well-being that can be addressed through complementary techniques. These techniques include diet, exercise, acupuncture, herbs, … [Read more...] about Holistic Fertility Group: New Tools to Enrich Your Fertility Journey
Bottoms Up!
As most of our patients taking herbs know, herbs do not taste good. There is a reason for this. The Chinese materia media (all Chinese herbs) are classified by their tastes--different tastes have different functions. For example, sweet tonifies deficiencies and sour astringes fluids. Therefore, … [Read more...] about Bottoms Up!
Affect Damage
Affect damage is a concept within TCM that describes how our emotions affect us on a physical level. It is the concept that our emotions play an integral part in our state of health. There are five basic emotions recognized within TCM: joy, grief, thought, fear and anger. In a well-balanced … [Read more...] about Affect Damage
Food Choices
As we begin the new year, many people are hoping to make dietary changes. I have found a lot of confusion among people as to which dietary path to choose: Vegetarian? Organic? More grains? Less grains? Whenever I find myself confused about dietary choices, I always think of the basic TCM … [Read more...] about Food Choices
Suddenly Sick
I have had an increasing amount of patients who are coming in with problems that "just appeared one day"--out of nowhere--with problems that severely debilitate their quality of life. These patients all have a seemingly similar story: No previous health problems, no previous medications--they look … [Read more...] about Suddenly Sick
Intention
Acupuncture is, among other things, a transfer of energy. When we needle a point, we are using the needle to active the acupuncture point’s unique function. Each acupuncture treatment is a unique set of points that are used to treat each person's Chinese pathology. However, I have found that the … [Read more...] about Intention