The mental state has a profound impact on our physical health. It can help or hinder the healing process. Long-standing chronic deficiencies also have an effect. They are usually linked and must be addressed for deep healing to occur. Recently I’ve been treating several people...
Much of what I do as an acupuncturist is detoxification therapy. Patients come to me complaining of (often strange) symptoms affecting their physical bodies (pain, digestive, respiratory, skin, muscle, joint issues), their minds (anxiety, depression, obsession) or quality of life (insomnia, fatigue). In my experience...
Healing can be a mysterious process. Science may have us believe it is very straightforward, but the body and mind are deep and complicated. Alleviation of symptoms can be easy, but healing the root of an issue is a process that can be illuminating and...
Trauma can leave its remnants throughout the body and mind. For example, physical trauma due to injury, if it fails to fully heal can result in periodic rheumatism (joint pain). Emotional trauma that fails to fully heal can also leave remnants. Such remnants can periodically...
Toxic buildup is one of most common causes of recurrent, residual and chronic illness. Chinese medicine discusses toxic buildup in depth in the medical classics Su Wen (Simple Questions) and Ling Shu (the Spiritual Pivot). These are the two books upon which most of Chinese...