If you’re experiencing more than your share of stress, anxiety or depression, and want to improve your mood, give acupuncture a try. Research with fMRIs demonstrate a key region of the brain, the limbic system, responds to acupuncture well. This is the area of the brain where emotions, memory and learning are stored. Animal studies using acupuncture to test […]
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Superfood Smoothie
This superfood smoothie packs a nutritional punch and is thick so it satisfies the appetite, too. Full of fruit and nutrients, we’ve crafted a smoothie using three kinds of fruit: cherries, blueberries, and banana. Then we sneak in a superfood that complement the distinctive flavors, rendering it so thick you’ll need a spoon, if only to slow down and […]
Acupuncture and Insomnia
How can acupuncture impact insomnia? In our practice, people frequently mention problems they have surrounding sleep. When insomnia is recent, treatment resolves it quickly because acupuncture’s affect on the nervous system is strong, so when we focus on this issue the results can be profound. Long-term insomnia is a different scenario in part because the […]
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs to Help Stop Smoking
We treat patients who want to quit smoking, but only start treatment if they have a strong desire to quit- that’s #1. The combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs makes quitting easier because the treatments are designed to calm the nervous system and treat the lung system. One of the tools we have in our belt is a […]