A. Castle For Healing

07/26/2025

Kickstart digestion with Ayurvedic CCF tea and its TCM alternative!

07/26/2025

What is CCF Tea? 🍵

CCF stands for Cumin, Coriander, and Fennel—three everyday kitchen spices that come together to make a gentle, healing tea.

This classic Ayurvedic blend is known for its digestive magic. It helps beat the bloat, supports regularity, and keeps your belly happy. It’s caffeine-free and great for sipping throughout the day—especially after meals.

What It Does: ✅
• Soothes a gassy, bloated stomach
• Helps your body absorb nutrients better
• Gently cleanses your system
• Keeps your digestion strong but calm
• Balances all body types (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha)

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🍵 How to Make It:🫖
Just simmer 1 tsp each of cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds in 3–4 cups of water for 5–10 minutes. Strain and sip warm.

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When to Drink It:
• After meals
• When feeling bloated or heavy
• As a gentle daily detox
• During travel to support digestion

Coffee☕️ vs CCF Tea — What’s in your cup this morning?

Start your day wired and wild with coffee… or calm and clear with CCF tea (Cumin, Coriander & Fennel)

One powers you up , the other powers your digestion 🔥

⚖️ Choose your fuel wisely.

07/25/2025

Ever feel like your body and mind are just… sluggish, sticky, hot, and irritated all at once?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we call that state Damp-Phlegm-Heat — a combo of excess moisture, thick internal “gunk” (phlegm), and internal heat or inflammation.

Yes, we have herbal formulas for this! But first let’s learn about what damp-phlegm heat is and how we can prevent and manage it!

07/23/2025

🌬️💫 Feeling dizzy, foggy, or off-balance? Your body might be dealing with something TCM calls Wind-Phlegm—and there’s a classic herbal remedy just for that!

⚠️Remember: Talk to a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist before taking any herbs to make sure it’s right for you!

07/22/2025

Bhumi-Sparsa Mudra

Bhumi = earth
Sparsa = touch
Mudra = gesture

This hand mudra facilitates letting go of all negativity emotionally and physically by surrendering or letting it all go down into Mother Earth. Sit in a meditative pose, touch the tips of index and thumb with middle, ring, pinky fingers extended touching the ground/earth. 🌍❤️🙏🏻 🧘🏻‍♀️ ✨

Learn more by joining me on Wednesday mornings at 10:15

07/21/2025

🕉️Ayurveda Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine☯️

Discover the Connection of Eastern Medicine:

Ayurveda Doshas vs. TCM Elements:

• Balance is achieved by aligning your nature with diet, lifestyle, herbs, and seasonal routines.

• Knowing your Ayurvedic constitution (Prakruti) and Ayurvedic imbalance (Vikruti) or TCM elemental tendency enables personalized healing.

Schedule an initial consultation to learn more!

07/20/2025

When dampness persists and is unresolved, it thickens into a sticky substance that becomes phlegm, leading to things like mental fogginess, heaviness, and nodules.
Regular gentle exercise, such as yoga, combined with specific acupuncture point stimulation can effectively help to eliminate dampness and prevent phlegm.

Learn more on Sunday’s at 8:45 am EDT 💕🙏🏻🕉️☯️

07/19/2025

Dampness & Phlegm-Clearing Foods in TCM vs. Ayurveda

07/18/2025

Part 2 – Er Chen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction)

Now that you know what phlegm really means in TCM, this formula’s magic starts to make a lot more sense. 💫
Let’s break down each herb and see how they work together to clear the fog and get things moving!

07/18/2025

A few downward dogs or a stroll around the neighborhood may help you sleep better, research suggests.

07/17/2025

This formula dates back to (960–1279 CE) and is foundational for many variations of formulas and treats phlegm but more than the phlegm that we typically know about!

What does Phlegm mean in TCM?

In TCM Phlegm (痰, tán) refers to more than just mucus from the lungs or sinuses—it’s a pathological substance that can form when the Spleen fails to properly transform fluids. It can accumulate and cause a wide range of physical and mental/emotional symptoms.

Two types of phlegm in TCM:
1. Visible Phlegm
• The kind you can see: mucus, congestion, coughing up sputum.
• Often shows up with lung or sinus issues.
2. Invisible (or Hidden) Phlegm
• The kind you can’t see but causes disruption internally.
• Can lodge in the Heart orifices (mind), causing mental fog, depression, anxiety, mania, seizures.
• Can obstruct the channels and organs, leading to dizziness, numbness, nodules, or even stroke.

Symptoms of phlegm (especially the “invisible” kind):
• Brain fog
• Heaviness in the body
• Feeling “stuck” emotionally
• Dizziness or vertigo
• Chest oppression
• Plum pit qi (a sensation of something stuck in the throat with no physical obstruction)

👍🏻like or comment ⬇️ if you want to know more about the herbs in Er Chen Tang🌿

07/17/2025

Have you always wanted to try acupuncture but maybe can’t afford it or feel scared to?
Sign up for free community-style acupuncture now being offered at my school’s clinic!

This style is inspired by traditional acupuncture clinics in China, where large groups are treated at once for the benefit of the whole community. Healing doesn’t have to happen alone. ❤️🙏🏻

Great interns on this shift 😁💕! Hope to see you there!🥰