I wanted to share my thought process and observations with my own recent experience with alpha-gal. Alpha-gal, short for Alpha-galactose, refers to a complex sugar molecule found in the tissues […]
I wanted to share my thought process and observations with my own recent experience with alpha-gal. Alpha-gal, short for Alpha-galactose, refers to a complex sugar molecule found in the tissues […]
As a person who was raised to look at every creature as having a place and purpose in the world—I admit there is a short list of critters I just […]
May is a month loaded with great awareness campaigns—most of which we see routinely in our clinic: Lyme, Mental Health, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and Celiac Disease. Two of those are largely […]
Early in my training as an acupuncturist, one of the hardest concepts to internalize was that in classical East Asia, the brain really had no role in the physiology of […]
Millions of women suffer from gynecological complaints each year. Endometriosis (11% of women in the US) and fibroids (26% of women in the US) are two of the most common […]
Don’t get me wrong, I love my morning coffee; yet if I ever had to choose either just coffee or just tea for the rest of my life, tea wins […]
Palo Santo translates to “holy wood” and is closely related to frankincense and myrrh, which also produce healthy, antioxidant-rich oils. Palo Santo is often used for the beneficial properties of […]
In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to share some of the stories of how acupuncture came to be a legitimate practice in the US largely through the activism […]
When it comes to the heart and the question of “Can Acupuncture really help with that?” the answer is a resounding yes! From angina to issues of rhythm and blood […]
