Summer is here, which means I’m up north hiking in the woods as often as I can, and I’m very aware of ticks here in New England. Despite being super careful, I found an attached tick on myself last summer. After a three-week course of antibiotics, that experience made me particularly aware of treatment and how this medicine can work… Read more »
Do you find yourself feeling “stressed out,” “burnt out,” or just finding it hard to cope with what life throws at you? Are you dreading the stress of the upcoming holiday season? According to Merriam-Webster, stress is “a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.” You can’t avoid… Read more »
I try to practice what I preach, and while I can’t say that I never get sick, I seem to hold my own against the many sick people I see throughout the year without getting sick. So, what do I do to stay healthy? Here are the top five ways I’ve learned through my studies in Chinese Medicine that are… Read more »
A lot of you ask me why I am using certain points on your body during treatment. So I thought I’d start a mini-series on my blog about commonly used acupuncture points. Probably the most used point in my practice is Stomach 36 (ST36) – also known as Zu San Li in Pinyin, or translated to Leg Three Mile. This… Read more »
Pregnancy is based on blood and qi. Blood and qi are based on the emotions. Suppressed emotions will lead to disharmony in the chong mai and ren mai. This is the cause of infertility. – Complete works of Jing Yue (Jing Yue Quan Shu) Zhang Jingyue (c.1563-1640). Are you struggling to conceive either naturally or through Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART) such… Read more »
