Tina Chin-Kaplan Acupuncture

05/27/2025

The California State Government is proposing acupuncture cuts in its 2025–2026 plan. Please sign this petition.

03/21/2025

Brewing tea removes lead from water! https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/02/brewing-tea-removes-lead-from-water/ #:~:text=Good%20news%20for%20tea%20lovers,dangerous%20contaminants%20out%20of%20drinks.

In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped.

03/14/2025

Gratitude for the real luxuries...

03/06/2025

Happy first day of ! 🩵 Artwork by Karen Hallion.

01/29/2025

Happy year of the snake!!! Test your lunar new year knowledge- how many days is Lunar New Year celebrated for? Answer below!

11/12/2024

In Chinese medicine, we look at hormonal production as a function of Yin and Yang. As estrogen (a cooling, Yin hormone) declines, the resulting Yang excess can flare up, causing symptoms. This transformative Fire is meant to burn off any unhealthy patterns that were not addressed earlier in life, so we can move past residual egoic drives for emotional gratification. This is the time to face the dark heavy places so that they can be left behind and no longer burden us.
https://yinqigong.com/menopause/

07/11/2024

🌼 Skip the sugary drinks and brew a batch of cooling herbal tea! The tea pictured uses chrysanthemum, but you can use multiple flower herbs to make a multifunctional herbal blend. Just steep the flowers in boiling water, chill it in the fridge, and voila! To make your own combination, try these ingredients:

* Honeysuckle / Lonicera japonica / Jin yin hua
* Chrysanthemum / Chysanthemum morifolium / Ju hua
* Japanese Pagoda tree / Sophora japonica / Huai hua
* Kapok / Gossampinus malabarica / Mu mian hua
* Frangipani / Plumeria rubra / Ji dan hua
* Roses / Rosa rugosa / Mei gui hua
* Magnolia / Magnolia denudata / Xin yi hua
* Dandelion / Taraxacum mongolicum / Pu gong ying
* Self-heal / Prunella vulgaris / Xia ku cao
* Mulberry leaves / Morus alba / Sang ye
* Hedyotis diffusa / Bai hua she she cao
* Bamboo leaves / Lophatherum gracile / Dan zhu ye
* Hawthorne fruit / Crataegus pinnatifida / Shan zha
* Goji fruit / Lycium barbarum / Gou qi zi

06/25/2024

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH),  the primary federal agency spearheading research on integrative health, has awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant to study the effectiveness of shan zhu yu (Fructus corni / Cornus officinalis) in treating type 1 diabetes.

06/09/2024

I’m now a doctorate of acupuncture and herbal medicine.

03/13/2024

Tai Chi rocks! A study comparing Tai Chi to aerobic exercise for lowering blood pressure. Check it out!

Chinese Clinical Trial Registry Identifier: ChiCTR1900024368.

03/04/2024

March has arrived!! Did you find the Pot of Gold??

03/01/2024

Looking forward to learning more about this!

Evan Rabinowitz will lead a two-day course on how dream interpretation can be skillfully integrated into clinical practice.