This weekend after my morning cup of tea I headed into the yard to tackle a little perennial garden that I inherited from the previous owner. The only reason I knew it was a perennial garden is because just this week the brave wanderings of tulips and a single bright crocus appeared above the rambling […]
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In Chinese Medicine there are four basic substances we attempt to balance: Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang. Qi and Blood are probably obvious, qi is the energetic material component of the body and blood represents all the blood and menstrual blood of the body. Yin and yang are lesser known substances though familiar concepts.
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In the world of alternative medicine the word “placebo” seems to hang over all our heads like a curse. It is very common for first time acupuncture patients to say to me “I don’t know if it is the acupuncture, but I am feeling better lately.” They are so busy fearing that they will be
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Lately, I am doing really well with periods. I’m a period specialist, but sometimes there are spurts of time when all the sudden something shifts and I have a break through in several patient cases all at once. It is fabulous. In the last few months I’ve worked with a patient to bring back a
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This is a guest post by a patient, Nikki Thelan. Please read her story of recovery and return to a full healthy, active life after an amazing year of hardship. I am so priviledged that Nikki came into my life last winter because sharing in this journey has been truly inspirational. She is one powerful,
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As an Acupuncturist I have the seemingly mystical (even to me) talent of pulse reading. There is just so much to learn and differentiate and notice. Western Medicine finds their marker in the speed of a pulse which puts disease in the below 60 beats per minute (unless you are an athlete) or above 80
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I don’t talk a lot about Chinese Herbs in my blog. However in my office herbs, acupuncture and yoga are all equal. They are my three most successful tools. However more often than not people come in for a treatment or consultation and are completely opposed to herbs. This blog post, I hope, will quiet
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It is amazing how many people come in and check off “Fear” under the Emotions category of my health history form and then when I start to ask questions correct themselves and say it is worry. It might be helpful in addressing fear to return to my Worry post or my post on a recent skiing trip, Outside
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We all have our own affinities. When teaching yoga I love to teach about organ systems. There is nothing more exciting than helping someone to release their organ bodies in a yoga pose and see the pose soften and expand. With acupuncture one of my affinities is scar treatments. A scar treatment for those of
I feel moderately obligated to skip ahead and talk about fear with all this snow buzz, but as I’ve spent all week treating spiked levels of stress I must stay true to course. The most dangerous aspect of stress is thinking that it is inevitable. Don’t get me wrong there are going to be times
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