Aroma-therapy is an empowering, consciousness-shifting modality. I was taught through my Chinese medicine training to construct essential oil blends like herbal formulas. In my own experience, they are surprisingly effective in treating both body and mind. The practice of Chinese herbal medicine encompasses many things, including...
I consider the Stomach and its energetic functions most important to maintaining balance in the body. Clinically as an acupuncturist, I use the Stomach’s acupuncture channel constantly to treat a multitude of symptoms and conditions. I’m not the only acupuncturist who considers the Stomach the most...
“If you want to be a great leader, you must learn to follow the Tao. Stop trying to control. Let go of your fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.” Tao Te Jing, Chapter 57. Taoism, the philosophy much of Chinese Medicine is based...
What does it take to really change? What’s required to break habitual patterns that make us unwell and unhappy? It’s easy to look out into the world and see what’s wrong with it. It’s easy to look at our past and identify what went wrong,...
An acupuncture protocol that captures the imagination of many acupuncturists are the “Ghost Points,” made famous by the great Tang Dynasty era doctor Sun Si Miao (581-682 CE). Miao worked as a traveling doctor for many years during a very exciting time in Chinese history: when...
