When walking in to a acupuncture facility, you may notice that the treatment rooms have lamps. They are called heating lamps, and work really well with acupuncture and cupping treatments. …
Why Iron is Essential
Iron is one of the most essential nutrients for all humans. Iron is found in red blood cells; which is used to produce hemoglobin, and allows the red blood cells …
Vitamin D
Did you know that 75 percent of Americans do not get enough vitamin D? You may be among the 75 percent. If you feel fatigued; whether that’s from muscle weakness, …
Meditation
For many people, a common routine is waking up and ending the day stressed. Within a second of their eyes peeling open, or their heads hitting the pillow, their responsibilities …
The Power of Moxibustion
The use of natural medicines was, at one time, the best and most effective way to treat pain. For example, willow bark — which contains the active ingredient in aspirin …
What to Expect During a Cupping Therapy Session
Most people are familiar with using acupuncture and massage to help stimulate your body’s natural healing responses. But cupping isn’t nearly as well-known, leaving many people in the dark when …
Why do Acupuncturist Look at Your Tongue?
In Chinese Medicine, it is believed that the appearance of your tongue is a reflection of your health and can be a powerful diagnostic tool. Tongue diagnosis is a very …
Where Babies Come From or Female Reproductive Mechanism
To answer this question, we begin about 1 week after fertilization. So, one week after the female embryo is formed, primordial germ cells start to form that later will become …
Acupuncture For Postpartum Recovery
Postpartum Tonification There are very real benefits in using traditional Chinese medicine during pregnancy and during postpartum period to prevent disharmonies developing. It is only too common in clinical practice …
Treating Infertility with Acupuncture
A surprising fact is, infertility treatments utilizing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture has been recorded, in age-old texts and similarly on the backs of turtle shells for thousands of …