We take a holistic approach to wellness - treating acute conditions while also addressing the root cause of an illness - through the combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, dietary therapy and tuina massage.
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Acupuncture is well suited to supporting a child's wellness because it is a safe and effective treatment for common childhood ailments that comes without the same side effects of common medications. We use a combination of acupuncture and needle-free massage techniques, along with herbs, to treat everyone from babies through teenagers. More...
Men's Health, or andrology, in Chinese medicine is a relatively new specialty, just 30 or so years old. This has allowed for a synthesis between traditional philosophy and modern science in a unique way. We can now combine the ancient texts for sexual health and vitality with cutting edge understanding of male fertility and prostate health. More...
Acupuncture is probably best known for its ability to reduce and even eliminate pain. Whether the pain is a result of a chronic problem or back spasm that started yesterday, acupuncture can help you feel better, and does so with fewer side effects than pain medications. More...
Acupuncture has been helping women with their specific health concerns for thousands of years. Whether it is painful periods, PMS, infertility, fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS or menopause symptoms, acupuncture and herbs can help. More...
Put your best face forward with facial rejuvenation. Jinhee's technique has been distilled from thousands of years of Chinese medicine cosmetology to help fight fine lines and wrinkles while also restoring your skin's youthful glow.
One in five visits to a doctor's office is for a skin-related complaint, yet Western medicine has few treatments for dermatological conditions. Chinese medicine treats skin conditions safely and obtains significant, lasting results even in the most difficult cases of acne, eczema and psoriasis. More...
A new research study out of New York, has shown a correlation between certain anti-HIV medications and a risk of insulin resistance (Type II) diabetes. The older anti-retroviral (ART) medications were most likely to be associated with risk of developing diabetes. Crixivan and older nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) were also found to have a […]
It is so nice to see articles about yoga and fertility, specifically yoga helping treat infertility, being posted by Western medical groups. Yoga really can help people struggling with infertility get pregnant. I have said a number of times, and I believe it is deeply true, infertility has a strong basis in anxiety and stress. […]
New research out of the UK, documented in HIV+ Magazine, shows that the anti-HIV meds HIV-positive people take to stay alive may be accelerating aging. Anti-retrovirals save lives, so how can we help reduce these signs of accelerated aging in HIV-positive people. They cannot stop taking HIV meds, so what is the work around? Chinese […]
I am strongly considering trying a Paleo diet since I saw this research that rice could be included on the acceptable foods list. I cannot live without rice, especially my beloved congee that I write about so often. Still, I imagine this diet – I hesitate to call it that because it makes me think […]
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered the truth about the “itch-scratch cycle.” It was previously thought that itching traveled along in your nerves the same way pain did. In fact, itching was considered a mild form of pain. However, said researchers at Harvard have learned that itching has its own distinct pathway. In Chinese […]
In another random parallel – or maybe not so random – Western biomedical researchers are looking at over-thinking, ruminating, obsessive thoughts, call it what you will, and how these thought processes are represented in people with depression. In Chinese medicine, we see over-thinking or ruminating on an idea as a disharmony in the Spleen, the […]
In Chinese medicine, fertility is ruled by the Kidneys. Often, infertility is a kidney deficiency, though this is not a rule since there are other causes. The bones are also ruled by the Kidney. In a rare moment of synchronicity, it seems Western biomedicine has found a link we have known about in Chinese medicine […]
I first learned about Chris Kresser when he was writing as The Healthy Skeptic. He recently transitioned that site over to ChrisKresser.com. The content is still top-notch. It’s definitely worth adding him to your RSS feed. Every to-be parent considering natural childbirth needs to read his series on the topic. You can read the series […]
Black Chicken Soup is probably the number one recommended dietary therapy recipe recommended by Chinese medicine practitioners to all women after childbirth. But there is another tasty way to help tonify the blood post-partum. It is even indicated in cases of post-partum anemia. (In Chinese medicine, Blood Deficiency corresponds pretty closely to the Western biomedical […]
There are a number of different causes of diarrhea in Chinese medicine, and they all require very different treatments. The type that I am concerning myself with here is considered a deficiency-type diarrhea. Symptoms will include watery or soft stools with undigested food, improvement of discomfort with pressure or a warm compress, weakness, loss of […]
