Health Traditions Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

03/18/2024

Some insight from my teacher: Through observation, I believe EBV infections are one of the common triggers of auto-immune disease long term. From a CM perspective, it forces the patient’s protective Yang to be reduced to shaoyang levels chronically. This results in the patient never being able to fight infection effectively and ultimately the immune system to damage itself.

Harmonize shaoyang. Warm the yin conformations. Move blood.

Sixtieth anniversary of the identification of Epstein–Barr virus.

03/10/2024

The Spirit is more important to health than the Body. It does not mean that nourishing the body is unimportant, it just means that you need to get your mind-set together first. The Huangdi Neijing - The Yellow Emperor’s Classic on Health and Longevity says it all:

“Quiet peacefulness, absolute emptiness the true qi follows [these states]. When essence and spirit are guarded internally, where could a disease come from?”

When we work together in the clinic, we first look to regulate the Spirit and that makes all the difference in helping you achieve your health goals.

02/02/2024

Check out our new online shop! We have patent herbal medicines for pain relief, sprains and strains, burns, cuts, and much more.

Health Traditions Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

09/05/2023

04/28/2023

Chinese Herbal Medicine, in conjunction with acupuncture, is very effective for many different types of Peripheral Neuropathy. One of the main formulas that gets used is Huangqi Guizhi Wu Wu Tang, which is an ancient formula based on cinnamon and astragalus. Ask your clinican about this formula and if it may be right for your type of PN.

Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (pDPN) is a debilitating complication of diabetes. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the effectiveness of a Chinese herbal medicine regimen—the modified Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction ...