Many women today are having great success with IVF and other fantastic methods of conception that our medical system has come up with. And others still are using acupuncture and other natural therapies to either complement the conventional therapies they're using, or as their first effort, hoping to forego the drugs and test tubes. But…
Read more5 Ways Your Spleen is Different in Chinese Medicine
If you know much about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), you probably know that acupuncture and TCM practitioners view your internal organs in a much different way than your science-based conventional medicine does. While both frameworks of medicine are important to our health care, TCM is unique in that it views your body as a direct…
Read moreDetox – Does it Work?
Detoxification (aka 'detoxing') is a popular activity in our culture, and it's not surprising that we think of ridding ourselves of so-called 'toxins', what with the knowledge that industry has polluted and continues to pollute our environment so. But are these different detox diets really necessary? Do we need to starve ourselves with chicken broth-only…
Read moreA Good Massage – from a TCM Perspective
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="136"] Chair Massage at Yellow Gazebo[/caption] Although acupuncture is my specialty and not massage, I've been lucky enough to have had some great training in massage, and I've worked with massage therapists for several years. I'd like this blog to talk about what I think a good massage should be, according to…
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