Pulses: What They Mean
What does my pulse say?
This is the number one question I hear when taking pulses. First off, there is more than one, they start at 12 and go up from there.
Chinese Herbs and How They Can Help
When you come in for an herbal consultation we ask you a lot of questions in order to figure out a pattern that is unique to you, what works well in your body, what doesn’t. We take your pulses, look at your tongue. We get these red flags of what’s not working and we make an X in that system to make sure we address it. A successful formula is one that addresses all your Xs and you tolerate well until your conditions improve. You may only be worried about your symptoms, but we tend to worry about what caused them
How Can Acupuncture Help with Mental Health?
In Chinese Medicine there is no separation between mental health and physical health. If the intention of the practitioner is to treat the whole person, then you can have your knee and your depression treated in the same treatment.
Summer Solstice/Fire Talk
Summer is here! Today is the longest day of the year, peak of yang, element Fire.
The summer season has hot weather, daylight is long, people connections are up, there is more fun, partying, laughter, and thunder and lightening cause the occasional forest fire. That’s how you know you’re in the Fire element.
When a person smells like Fire, laughs a lot when they speak, has a lightness about them that makes them approachable, we call them a Fire person. You can still be a Fire person if you’re sad and shy, you’re just not the firey kind (pun intended). It’s not easy being a Fire person, just like it’s not easy being anything. You have to deal with relationship issues, broken heart, not knowing if you should open up or protect yourself more, sometimes you retreat, sometimes you’re too forward.
How to cool off in the summer
Feeling hot in the summer time, or any part of the year for that matter, depends on the environmental temperature, as well as the internal one. If they both happen to be hot you’re in trouble. Most of us try to control the environment by turning up the AC or the fan, going to the mountains or cooling off in the water. It helps. If you want to turn down the internal feeling of heat there are also many options.