June 2014 – Watertown Acupuncture

Watermelon Mint Summer Cooler

susanshaver@gmail.com June 23, 2014 Comments Off

Here’s a refreshing summer drink to help beat the summer heat in New England. With only three ingredients, it is delicious and packs a healing punch! Watermelon: it is cold and sweet; quenches thirst, relieves irritability, dispels summer heat problems, promotes diuresis and detoxifies. * Lime/Lemon: it is cool and sour in taste; helps to regenerate body fluids, harmonize the… Read more »

Summer in New England: 6 ways to beat the heat with Chinese Medicine!

susanshaver@gmail.com June 17, 2014 Comments Off

Summer time is finally here in New England . . . and with it those hazy, hot, and humid days that seem to sap the energy right out of you. In Chinese Medicine we look at the climactic factors of Summer-Heat and Dampness, and how they can affect the body. Summer-heat tends to injure the Yin of the body. This… Read more »