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One of the many things acupuncture and herbal medicine can assist with is the various complex causes behind many GI issues.
It is becoming more and more common for women to look to East Asian and holistic medicine practices for support on women’s health and fertility issues, so I wanted to share a bit on this topic.
I wanted to share with you some of my favorite immune supporting formulas right now. All are formulated by one of my favorite professors up in Portland, Heiner Fruehauf.
People love cupping, and often there will be remnant marks on the area that last a couple days to a week. Everyone is always curious what that means, and what the different color marks indicate.
Many of you have heard me talk about how Pilates is strengthening you in your most bio-mechanically sound posture, where the shock of gravity and exerted force is carried through your joints and spine in the most optimal way.
One of the things Chinese Medicine and acupuncture has to offer modern society is its ability to help regulate the nervous system. Whether from day to day stress, a traumatic event, pain, lack of sleep, etc., the nervous system can get stuck in the sympathetic state. When this happens, the body is unable to drop down into its parasympathetic mode, where most deeper healing and restoration happens.
In Oriental medicine, insomnia and sleep issues can come from a variety of different patterns: digestive issues and inflammation, a deficiency (where the yin substance of the body is not substantiated enough to hold and house the spirit at night), inflammation and agitation of the nervous system, and so on.
In holistic medicine, one is concerned with wholeness and complete systems, aiming to increase health, resilience, and radiance. Its focus rests on what is right about the individual being and the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
There are many herbs in the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica that are rare and exotic, but there are also quite a few that are familiar and common within American kitchens
It is most commonly used to support lymphatic congestion, back or shoulder pain, but can be used for much more, like facilitating the release of emotional stress held in the body.