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Acupuncture can effectively reduce menopausal hot flashes and night sweats. Here's a TCM view of what's happening in the body during peri-menopause and menopause and 4 ways that acupuncture helps.

Four categories of food that can help relieve menopausal hot flashes and night sweats and which foods to limit or avoid all together

Raw salads and smoothies are undeniably delicious but not always the best choice for our digestion.

If you're a new mom in the postpartum recovery phase, acupuncture can make you feel better in a variety of ways.

Balancing the health benefits of movement and the joy of slowing down

Think green for supporting the liver this spring. Bringing vibrancy of color and flavor into our diet during this season is not only healthy but delicious!

I recently watched a Netflix mini documentary series called “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones.” It was an inspiring watch and I highly recommend checking it out. It got me thinking about ways in which I want to cultivate a long and healthy life

Even though it’s sunny here in the bay area and we’ve been seeing signs of the coming spring, we are still technically in the midst of winter. As spring comes we’ll start to see more activity and growth and I’m super excited for it. Even so, I want to discuss the importance of nourishing yin

The holidays are a wonderful and magical time, but they can also bring stress and anxiety for some of us. Whether it’s catching that early flight or an awkward family conversation that ruffles your feathers, it’s easy to find yourself feeling a little stressed. While this is completely normal, it’s good to remember that our reaction

In TCM (traditional Chinese medicine), each organ has a corresponding emotion. Joy is the emotion of the heart. It’s easy to assume that when it comes to joy you can’t go wrong but according to Chinese medicine, you can actually have too much or too little joy. Either can cause an imbalance of heart Qi (energy).