The Cooling Touch: How Acupuncture Can Beat the Heat in Summertime
As the temperature rises and the sun shines brighter, summertime brings with it a unique set of challenges for our well-being. From heatwaves to allergies and stress, our bodies often struggle to adapt to the changing season.
3 Reasons Why People Don’t Get Acupuncture
We know that acupuncture has been practiced as a system of medicine for more than 2000 years, but its philosophy and roots predate what has been recorded. The longevity of this practice speaks volumes to its resilience and efficacy, and as more people experience the benefits it has grown in popularity becoming more widely embraced […]
Chinese Medicine & A Spring Cleaning For Your Liver
Spring, Chinese Medicine, & The Liver In Traditional Chinese Medicine, each season is connected with a particular organ. Spring relates directly to the liver. What does that mean? You might have noticed changes in the way you feel, both physically and mentally, when the seasons changed. During the winter, you may have started to slow […]
Covid Then and Now — Our New Normal
By Kim Schwartz-Finkelstein, L.Ac. Here we are, over two years into the Covid pandemic. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been on this roller coaster for this long. While we all explore our new normal with hope, there is trepidation as well. The next variant may always be just around the corner, and what will that […]
How Can Acupuncture Support Women’s Health?
5 Ways Acupuncture Supports Women’s Health A woman’s body is in a constant state of change. From puberty to menopause, without forgetting about pregnancy, there are many ways in which women of all ages can benefit from the natural curative properties of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. These two related modalities have long been a go-to […]
FEATURE: SHAPE MAGAZINE (COVID-19)
Trying acupuncture for the first time helped pull me out of my quarantine fog.
Feng Shui useful during lockdown? (Covid 19)
While Acupuncture is a form of energy medicine for our body, Feng Shui is energy medicine for our environment and our life.
How acupuncture can help treat Uterine Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are solid muscle tissue growths in the uterus. They are also called fibroid tumors, myomas, or leiomyomas. Fibroids occur so frequently (in up to half of all women over forty) that they could be considered a normal irregularity. The occasional fibroid can become enormous (medical literature reports one that was 100 pounds!), but […]
Insomnia and Acupuncture
Our first blog written by Jessica Liu, L.Ac. Enjoy! “Did you know that the lack of sleep causes cancer”or “Sleep deprivation leads to serious health problems”? Yes, yes, we have seen plenty of these headlines throughout the years. However, what are the solutions? Sleep more, obviously. But what if you just cannot turn off your […]
Lyme Disease and Acupuncture
Lyme disease is popping up more and more as a hot topic in the medical community. It is a highly debated and incompletely understood condition that seems to have been rearing its mercurial head with increased frequency of late. And though it is famously hard to identify for certain, more of our patients are walking […]