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Questions for Women
The study of women’s diseases, as in Western Medicine, is a field of study on its own. While the syndrome differentiations and treatment principles often stay in line with Traditional Chinese Medicine differentiations and principles, the diagnosis and sometimes the...
Food for Thought
Foods have nutritional qualities. The understanding of these food qualities vary in Eastern and Western medicine. One of the recurring themes in this website… and many other Alternative Medicine theories as well is to let food be...
Labour Pains
Acupuncture is renowned for pain relief for just about any type of pain, so why should labour be different? The great news is that it’s not! Acupuncture is fantastic for relief of labour pains. The trouble is that it can be difficult to implement,...
Eeek! Needles!!
There are a lot of people afraid of needles, usually because of painful hypodermic needle experiences. Rest assured though, acupuncture is COMPLETELY different, from sensation to result. During acupuncture, some people feel nothing, others might feel a slight pinch...
Before You Lose Your Head…
Just about everyone has had some type of headache at one time or another. Generally, a one-time headache doesn’t cause too much of a concern but chronic or severe headaches can be quite debilitating. Headaches in Western Medicine According to western medicine, there...
The Sky is Falling! Oh wait, that wasn’t the sky….
Uterine prolapse is the sinking and falling out of the uterus. It can be mild, when symptoms are generally only felt with exertion or exercise, or severe when the uterus can be seen falling out of the vagina. Prolapse occurs when the muscles, ligaments and other...
My Baby is Beautiful, Why am I so Sad!?
Postpartum Depression is often not talked about. Studies are showing that up to 50%-80% of new mothers have some sort of emotional changes or mood swings postpartum, lasting up to 10 days post-delivery. Estimates of 10%-20% of women continue on to develop postpartum...
My, My, You Ask A Lot of Questions!
Questions! One of the things that people are most surprised about after their first intake at a TCM clinic is how many questions they are asked. We ask questions about sweating, different kinds of pain, vision problems, bowel movements, diet, etc. Why do we ask so...
TCM Babies
Every parent knows how stressful and worrisome it is to have a sick baby, even if it is just with a cough or cold. Fortunately, TCM has treatment protocols for babies with coughs and colds that you can do yourself at home. For adults, coughs and colds are unpleasant...
Is It Getting Hot in Here?
All of a sudden it feels like someone turned up the heat and aimed it right at you. Your skin starts to glisten and glow, your cheeks flush red and you try not to be too obvious taking of extra layers and fanning yourself with the closest piece of paper you could...
A Good Example of Stress
A few days ago I got this email that gave a great depiction of how stress impacts out bodies: A teacher walked confidently around a classroom explaining stress management to an audience while holding up a glass of water. Everyone thought she was going to ask the...
The Inner Workings
Women and their inner workings. In our journey with life, if we pay attention we see the ebb and flow, the coming and going, the ups and downs, the ins and outs, the here and there… the yin and yang of the constant balancing our bodies and minds. The way our bodies...
The “Will” to Succeed
Will-Power and New Years. What do they have in common? With the coming of the New Year some people make new resolutions, some renew their resolutions, some reinstate their resolutions that were quickly dropped the previous year, and some just don’t make any...
Love: ‘Tis the Season of the Heart
When we think of the Heart, generally we think about the organ in the upper-left side of our chest that propels blood through our systems. In Chinese Medicine, the Heart means so much more! Heart is also ‘innermost being; mind; feeling, intention;...
Dampness in Chinese Medicine
What is dampness? Another one of the different words that Chinese Medicine uses to describe what is happening in the body. It is easier to understand though, if we see how Chinese Medicine uses the environment and nature and ascribes them to movements within the...
Chronobiology & Chronotherapeutics
What is chronobiology?? Basically, it is the study of biological rhythms. Everywhere we look there are rhythms, from the ocean’s tides and seasons, to our heartbeats and breath, we are alive because of ebb and flow – yin and yang. (all references taken from Liu...
Food as Medicine
Food. Think about it…. We are ALIVE! What does it take to be alive? We need skin, bones, nerves, muscles, blood, organs, brains, Qi, etc, etc. How do we make these things? What we EAT makes these things and ensures their proper functioning. What does this mean? ...
I’ve Heard Acupuncture Can Help With Pain….
When most people think about acupuncture, the first thing that comes to mind is that acupuncture helps pain. When I’m speaking with new patients and I ask if they have tried acupuncture before and their response is “Yes”, they have usually had acupuncture for some...
Tongue in Cheek Tongue Diagnosis
The tongue plays an important role in diagnosis in Chinese Medicine. In Chinese Medicine there are four methods of diagnosis: Inspection: facial complexion, body appearance, eyes, skin, hair, nails, tongue, etc. Listening & Smelling: sound of...
Pulses: The Rhythm of the Heart (and a lot of other things)
The pulse reflects more than the Heart in Chinese Medicine. In Chinese Medicine there are four methods of diagnosis: Inspection: facial complexion, body appearance, eyes, skin, hair, nails, tongue, etc. Listening & Smelling: sound of the voice and breath, etc....