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Blossom Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine is Jen Cherewaty Registered Acupuncturist and Traditional C

Jen provides compassionate and experienced health care and coaching using an integrated, research based approach with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, massage, diet, high quality supplements and mind-body relaxation. She specializes in women's health including fertility, pregnancy, post partum and menopause. She also skillfully treats pain, sleep issues, emotional disorders, digestive problems, arthritis, thyroid imbalance and fatigue. Jen treats you in clinic at;
Crossroads Naturopathic in Vancouver
CareMed Integrative Health in North Vancouver and
online via skype

Jen's greatest clinical skill is that she actually deeply cares about your health and well being. She is dedicated to working with you and your other healthcare practitioners to create a healthy life and happy outlook.

01/26/2026

Your fertility foundation is built long before you start trying to conceive, and digestion is where it all begins. It’s the soil that feeds your hormones, blood, eggs, and future pregnancy.

If you are planning to try to conceive in the next month to 5 years, what you do with your digestion right now is planting seeds for your fertility future.

One of my key pillars with fertility clients is strengthening digestion first.

Your ability to break down food, absorb nutrients and fluids, and transform that fuel into essentials like blood, hormones, and neurotransmitters all hinges on how well your digestion works.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, digestion is one root of optimal fertility—it's the powerhouse that converts food into vital energy (Qi) and nourishment (Blood, Essence) needed to create life.
Weak root → fragile branches.
Thriving root → optimal general health for vitality and conception.

Digestion & Fertility under these pillars:
1️⃣ Improve Digestion
2️⃣ Balance Blood Sugar
3️⃣ Restore Your Microbiome
4️⃣ Nourish Your Blood
5️⃣ Calming Your Nervous System

This is foundational work that sets the stage for your fertile future!

Save this carousel & come back tomorrow for more.
Let’s build your fertile foundation together 💛

01/25/2026

Are you in perimenopause and noticing your digestion is shifting?
Your hormones are changing—and your gut is responding.

During perimenopause, estrogen and progesterone no longer follow predictable rhythms. This shift can affect gut motility, stomach acid, bile flow, blood sugar, and even your microbiome. When hormones change, digestion changes too.

The mistake most women make is trying to eat, supplement, and "fix" their gut the same way they did in their 30s.

What works? Supporting digestion in alignment with your changing hormones—not fighting them.

This week, we've been exploring the hormone–gut connection, and today we're getting practical. Here are three foundations to help support digestion during perimenopause.

They're simple, strategic, and all about working with your physiology. Start with the foundation that feels easiest—then build from there.

When digestion is properly supported:
- Inflammation calms
- Blood sugar stabilizes
- Foods break down easily
- Everything moves smoothly through your system

Share this with a woman who's struggling right now, she needs to know her body isn't broken.

Your body is wise—it just needs the right support.

01/23/2026

Are you noticing hormone and gut shifts in perimenopause?

Your digestion didn’t suddenly “dysregulate”, your hormones changed the terrain.

In perimenopause, fluctuating estrogen and progesterone don’t just affect your cycle, they influence:
—> Appetite
—> Gut motility
—> Microbiome diversity
—> Inflammation
—> How reactive your gut feels to food

So your gut responds in very real ways:
😓Appetite changes
😥Burning acid reflux
🎈Post-meal bloating or heaviness
😣Constipation or slowed digestion
🥐Foods you’ve eaten forever suddenly don’t feel the same

From a functional medicine view: fluctuating hormones, stress, and gut imbalances can slow digestion, reduce enzymes, and trigger bloating, reflux, or food sensitivities. Your estrobolome—the gut bacteria that metabolize and recycle estrogen—also shifts, leaving you bloated, constipated, or just feeling “off.”

From a TCM view: Kidney Yin declines, Liver Qi stagnates, and Spleen & Stomach Qi struggle—making it harder for your digestive system to transform and transport food efficiently. In TCM, the Spleen & Stomach are your Middle Burner—the powerhouse that turns food into energy, nutrients, and balance.

✨ The empowering part: strengthening your Middle Burner, nourishing Kidney yin, moving Liver Qi in addition to supporting your microbiome, and your hormones support your digestion to find its rhythm again.

Follow along for more insight! 🌸

01/20/2026

Digestive changes in your 40s-50s are often one of the first signs of perimenopause/menopause.

One day you're fine. The next, there's bloating you've never felt, constipation out of nowhere, or reflux that wasn't part of your story before.

Here's what I want you to know: This isn't random and you're definitely not alone.

Your hormones are the invisible maestros of your digestion. When they shift—gut changes can follow. Inflammation rises. Motility changes. Your stress response amplifies. And suddenly the same foods you’ve always been eating feels don't sit right anymore.

The good news is that this is solvable, workable. This is something we can actually do something about.

This week, we're talking perimenopause + digestion in one integrated conversation. Because the solution as I’ve always said isn't restriction, elimination, or pushing through discomfort. It's understanding what your body actually needs right now, and giving it that.

If you're experiencing:
→ New bloating or that "puffy" feeling
→ Constipation or irregular stools
→ Reflux or heaviness after meals
→ Feeling sensitivity to certain foods.

Your body is speaking. Let's listen and give you the support you need.

01/18/2026

Six months ago, my client Sarah was dealing with digestive challenges:
- No appetite
- Bloating after every meal (even “healthy” food)
- Afternoon crashes around 3 p.m.
- Sweet cravings from afternoon into evening
- Loose, irregular stools
- 15 pounds stuck despite diet and exercise

She didn’t feel like herself.
Her digestion was overworked and asking for support.

Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis: Spleen Qi deficiency.

Here’s what I recommended📝:
- Eat with her body’s rhythm: bigger breakfast (7–9 a.m., when stomach energy peaks), medium lunch, lighter dinner by 6:30 p.m.
- Warming, nourishing foods: bone broth, room-temperature or cooked veggies, ginger, turmeric, warm rice, steamed fish, soups, stews (no ice-cold drinks or lots of raw food)
-Si Jun Zi Tang: 3 times daily for 8 weeks (a spleen-tonifying formula to support digestion)
- Acupuncture: weekly for 4 weeks, then every other week
- Acupressure + moxa at Zhongwan (Ren 12) and Zusanli (St 36) between visits
- Mindful eating: slower chewing, no screens, calm environment (stress can shut digestion down)
- Walk after meals: 10–20 minutes

After 8 weeks, her appetite returned at regular times, the bloating disappeared, her afternoon energy improved, her weight started to shift, her bowel movements became more regular, and she finally felt like herself again ✨

Here’s what Sarah told me: “I thought that this was just the way my digestion was and I’d have to learn to live with it. Thank you so much for educating me on foods, timing of meals, herbs and your acupuncture treatments. All this made me realize my digestion was just out of balance.”

Your body might be speaking the same language. If you have similar symptoms, it’s likely asking for similar support.

01/16/2026

Your Body Has a Clock ⏰ And when you eat in rhythm, you heal in rhythm.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Organ Clock maps when each organ is most active over a 24-hour cycle.

Eating in sync with this rhythm supports digestion, energy, hormones, and mood.

🌿 The Best Times to Eat (TCM Style)
🥣 7–9 AM | Stomach Time (most important meal)
Digestion is strongest
→Choose warm, nourishing foods
→Supports energy, metabolism & hormones
Eat: cooked grains, eggs, soups, stews

🍽 11 AM–1 PM | Heart Time
Strong circulation + digestive fire
Eat calmly to improve absorption

🍵 3–5 PM | Bladder Time (optional)
Gentle nourishment if needed
Keep it light
Skip heavy, cold, or sugary foods

🍲 5–7 PM | Kidney Time
Best to eat lighter, earlier dinners
→Supports kidney energy, fertility & sleep

Aim to finish eating by ~7 PM

✨ When you eat in alignment with your body’s rhythm, you may notice:
✓ Better digestion
✓ Steadier energy
✓ Fewer cravings
✓ Easier weight balance
✓ Deeper sleep

Your digestion loves when your eating matches it’s rhythm. 💛
Ready to reset your rhythm and transform your digestion?

01/15/2026

Meet the formula that rebuilt my clients’ digestion: Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction).

This 900-year-old formula is the gold standard for Spleen Qi deficiency.

It contains four herbs in perfect harmony:
🌿 Ginseng (Ren Shen) — Tonifies Qi
🌿 Atractylodes (Bai Zhu) — Strengthens digestion
🌿 Poria (Fu Ling) — Supports fluid balance
🌿 Licorice (Zhi Gan Cao) — Harmonizes the formula

If you’re struggling with brain fog, fatigue, poor appetite, loose stools, or that “depleted” feeling that rest doesn’t fix—you may have Spleen qi deficiency.

Si Jun Zi Tang actually rebuilds your digestive capacity. After 4-8 weeks of consistent use, your body remembers how to transform food into energy.

But here’s the key: Every person’s pattern is slightly different. Some clients need Si Jun Zi Tang alone. Others benefit from variations like Liu Jun Zi Tang (if there’s bloating) or Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (if there’s prolapse or deep fatigue).

The formula that heals you is the one matched to your unique constitution.

Want to know which formula your body needs?

Book a consultation. We’ll assess your specific pattern and create a personalized protocol that works for you.

Link in bio. 🌿

01/13/2026

Meet Stomach-36 (Zu San Li): the digestion game-changer your body has been waiting for! 🦵✨ “Zu San Li” literally means “Leg Three Miles”, because in Traditional Chinese Medicine, stimulating this point was thought to give you enough energy to walk three more miles!

In TCM, Stomach-36 is known as the Sea of Water and Grain. It’s where your body transforms food and liquids into energy, supporting digestion, nutrient absorption, and overall vitality. When your digestive Qi is strong:
✅ Food breaks down easily
✅ Bloating eases
✅ Bowels move regularly
✅ Energy flows freely

You’ll find this legendary point four finger-widths below the knee along the stomach channel. Pressing it daily is like giving your digestive system a gentle tune-up.

✨ How to use it?
- Apply gentle pressure for 1–2 minutes each day
- Press on the inhale, release on the exhale
- Feel digestion harmonize, bloating ease, and energy awaken

Think of it as strengthening the foundation of your wellness — because when digestion works, everything else follows. Your optimal digestion starts here.

01/12/2026

Here's what most fertility doctors won't tell you: before you track ovulation perfectly or spend thousands on supplements, you need to fix your digestion first.

Poor digestion equals chronic inflammation, nutrient malabsorption, hormone dysregulation, and you cannot build healthy fertility on a weak foundation.

The Connection
Your gut bacteria regulate the estrobolome, how your body metabolizes and recycles estrogen. When your gut is healthy, estrogen metabolism works beautifully. When dysbiosis happens (which it does after holidays, stress, antibiotics, or processed food), estrogen dysregulation follows.

This shows up as:
→ Irregular cycles
→ Heavy or painful periods
→ Fertility challenges
→ Hormonal acne
→ Low libido
→ Brain fog

In TCM the digestive system, the Middle Burner, is one foundation of reproductive health.

Here's what happens when we strengthen it first:
1️⃣ Inflammation decreases, crucial for egg quality and implantation
2️⃣ Hormones naturally balance, no forcing or suppressing
3️⃣ Nutrient absorption improves, your body can actually use the vitamins you're taking

This is why so many of our fertility patients conceive after we heal their digestion first.

The Bottom Line?
You can't build healthy fertility on a weak digestive foundation. You just can't.

This month we're diving into digestive foundations. If fertility, women's health, or perimenopause are on your mind, this is your starting point.

Your digestion holds the keys to your reproductive and hormonal health.

👉 Book a consultation and let's assess your digestive and reproductive health as one integrated system.

This is how TCM works. This is why it's so effective.

01/11/2026

Stop fighting your cravings. Start understanding them.

In TCM, food cravings are never random. They’re your body’s way of asking for what it needs to rebalance.

Here’s the breakdown:
🍬 Craving sweets? Your Spleen (digestive system) is depleted and needs nourishment. But not with candy—with sweet potato, oatmeal with honey, or squash. These deeply nourish while stabilizing blood sugar.

🧂 Craving salt? Your Kidneys need grounding and restoration. Try instead miso, tamari, bone broth. Not potato chips (which are inflammatory).

🍋 Craving sour? Your Liver is asking for movement and detoxification. Try lemon water, pickled vegetables, sauerkraut, apple cider vinegar.

🌶️ Craving spicy? Your body feels cold and sluggish. It needs warming and circulation. Try ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper.

🌿 Craving bitter? Your Heart and digestion need cooling. Try having dark leafy greens, bitter melon, herbal tea.

The game-changer:
Instead of resisting cravings, TCM teaches us to honour them, and satisfy them WISELY. This is why so many women who work with TCM practitioners don’t feel deprived during their health journey. They’re eating delicious, real foods that actually satisfy what their body is asking for, and it heals them in the process.

Your cravings are your body’s guide to healthy nourishment.

Want more insight and support for YOUR cravings?

👉 Book a consultation and let’s create your personalized food plan—one that honors your body, not restricts it.

01/09/2026

Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at the body through a different lens than Western medicine, and this perspective can be incredibly supportive.

Instead of focusing on individual organs in isolation, TCM looks at systems, patterns, and the flow of energy that connects everything. Digestion, hormones, emotions, and vitality aren't separate, they're deeply linked.

This brings us to one of the most important systems in Chinese medicine: the Middle Burner (Spleen and Stomach).

Think of it as your body's digestive powerhouse. It transforms food into usable energy, creates blood, absorbs nutrients, and fuels your metabolism.

When it's strong, you feel:
Steady energy, comfortable digestion, stable weight, balanced hormones

When it's under strain, symptoms appear:
Bloating after meals, fatigue or brain fog, stubborn weight, cravings, loose stools, irregular cycles

Here's what most people don't realize: a weak Middle Burner doesn't just affect digestion, it can influence energy levels, hormone balance, and even fertility.

This is why so many women feel off after the holidays. The Middle Burner has been working overtime.

This week, we're exploring how the Middle Burner works. Next week, I'll share how to support it with food, acupuncture, and Chinese medicine.

If bloating, fatigue, or stubborn weight feel familiar, your body may be asking for support. Let's listen 🌿

Book a consultation — link in bio

01/08/2026

Your digestive symptoms aren’t random, they’re your body communicating.

When digestion feels off — showing up as bloating, low energy, cravings, or stubborn weight — Chinese medicine recognizes this as reduced digestive strength, often referred to as Spleen Qi deficiency.

This is one of the most common patterns I see in clinic.

Your body may be saying:
• Bloating after meals = digestion is feeling overworked
• Sweet cravings = your system is asking for steady while food nourishment
• Fatigue (esp after eating) = your digestion can’t pull energy from food efficiently
• Sensitive to cold or raw foods = decreased digestive yang/warming energy
• Weight that won’t budge = decreased metabolism and fluid retention

All of these symptoms are your digestion asking for support.

This week, we’re decoding what your digestion may be trying to tell you.

In the next days I’ll share the Chinese medicine tools — food, acupuncture, and herbal support — that help restore digestive balance.

If you’re ready to understand your digestion more clearly, book a consultation and let’s look at your unique pattern together.

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Now OPEN for In Person Acupuncture & TCM Consults (Jen 1, 2020) •15+ years experience Jen provides compassionate and experienced health care and coaching using an integrated, research based approach with Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Massage, Nutrition, high quality supplements and mind-body relaxation. Jen Cherewaty RAc, RTCMP specializes in; | Women's Health | Fertility | IUI & IVF Support | Pregnancy & Pre-Birth | Menopause She also skillfully assists and inspires you to; | Balance Digestion | Reduce Anxiety & Depression | Improve Sleep |Reduce Pain Jen treats you in clinic at; Crossroads Naturopathic in Vancouver Restoration Health Clinic in North Vancouver and online Jen's greatest clinical skill is that she actually deeply cares about your health and well being. She is dedicated to working with you and your other healthcare practitioners to create a healthy, happy life & mindful presence.