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...
As an acupuncturist, the major tool I use for diagnosis is the pulse. Everyone is fascinated by this process. For good reason: a tremendous amount of information can be gathered by feeling a person’s wrist. Pulse diagnosis is thousands of years old. Along with diagnosis of...
Many of us have lives that feel heavy: burdensome. We may be pessimistic, or stuck in a type of trauma, feel jaded or just overwhelmed. The outer world is full of conflict and instability at this time. It’s easy to feel anxious, afraid, angry or...
Many healing traditions believe illness is a call for change. The most ancient of Chinese medical texts call this the metaphor of “wind.” There is a transcendent learning opportunity inherent in illness and challenge. This is a common spiritual view. “Wind” is something agitating us...
