May 6, 2013 | Postpartum, Pregnancy
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...
Mar 25, 2013 | Selected Topics, TCM Information
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...
Mar 11, 2013 | Food and Healthy Eating, Menopause
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...
Mar 4, 2013 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pre Menstrual Syndrome, 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...
Dec 24, 2012 | Selected Topics, TCM Information
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;...
