Long Covid: Where We Are and How to Avoid It Long Covid is the primary reason why I do everything I can to avoid contracting the virus, and as a healthcare provider, paint this picture as the #1 reason to get vaccinated. Scouring the news today, I felt compelled to share a summary of the […]
alternative treatments
Use This Kitchen Herb For Cold Prevention
Use This Kitchen Herb For Cold Prevention You can prevent a cold 85% of the time using this “kitchen herb” of dried orange peels. Here’s how: save the peels from your oranges to make a tea the moment you feel a cold coming on. Toss a handful in water, add a little honey or sugar […]
Acupuncture for Stress
Update: this article was posted well before COVID-19 disrupted our lives. Since we cannot know how long this moment will last, nor the outcome, that uncertainty feeds the already-prevalent feeling of anxiety. If you are looking for some help for frayed nerves, the information below still very much applies. Acupuncture for Stress When I first […]
Acupuncture For Lower Back Pain
Acupuncture works well for many types of lower back pain – in fact it’s probably 50% of what we treat! We first address which structures in the lower back could be the root cause of your back pain. Anatomy 101: your back is made up of soft tissue (muscles, ligaments, tendons) and bone, blood vessels […]
Taoist Breathing Method
The air we breath contributes to our general well-being, but we don’t often think about that in the context of nutrition. Yes, nutrition! Air is a form of nutrient in both biomedicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The exchange of gases occurs in the lungs, where oxygen (O2) is inhaled and carbon dioxide (CO2) […]