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dr.sonjafung, La Quinta, CA (2025)

08/01/2025

Happy Friday!

07/30/2025

🎶Take an hour to de-stress and heal🎶

🗓Join us for our monthly Sound Bath Pop-Up with Liz of at Live Well Clinic. Wednesday, July 30th at 6:00pm. RSVP on the linktree! $30 per person. Spots fill quickly! Don't wait until the last minute!

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07/28/2025

We are so excited to welcome our new acupuncturist, Dr. Amalia Gardner to the LWC team! Dr. Gardner earned her doctorate degree in Chinese Medicine from Emperor's College in Santa Monica, CA. Along with acupuncture, cupping, and Chinese and western herbs, she has 20 years experience teaching yoga and breath-work. Her specialties include women's health, chronic health conditions, pain management and stress management. Her practice is grounded in the principles of natural healing, with a belief in the body's innate ability to heal itself when given the proper support.

Dr. Gardner's treatments are designed for those who seek a balance between traditional wisdom and modern science, providing a comprehensive path to wellness. Dr. Gardner comes with 10 years of experience in acupuncture and Chinese medicine and will now be seeing patients in our clinic.

Acupuncture is a form of holistic medical care that is practiced by health professionals across the globe. Existing for over 3,000 years, acupuncture is one of our oldest forms of medicine. The intention behind an acupuncture treatment is to restore any imbalance manifesting in illness in the body, especially digestive disorders, joint pain, headaches, hormonal changes, fatigue, and much more. By accessing specific chi/qi points called meridians using acupuncture needles, practitioners can remove blockages and accelerate healing activity in deficient areas, thus bringing the body back into balance. In addition, Chinese herbs can be utilized as ongoing treatment for acute and chronic conditions.

We’re offering a NEW PATIENT INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL :
$75 OFF a New Patient Acupuncture visit. Normally $175, now only $100! through Sept.

If you’re interested to see if Chinese medicine can help your overall health, schedule a consult with Dr. Gardner. Call 760-771-5970.

07/25/2025

Happy Friday!

07/21/2025

🥣FOOD AS MEDICINE! Our recipe of the month is Creamy Nettle soup. It is a delicious way to eat all your vitamins in a bowl, and also great for allergies and inflammation. Once cooked, the “stinging” portion goes away, and what’s left is a highly nutritious and delightful soup you can eat cold or hot.

👇️Let us know what you thought of the soup in the comments below.

Ingredients:
2-3 cloves garlic minced
2 leeks sliced and soaked to remove any sand or dirt from rings
2 large russet potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1 quart chicken or vegetable stock
4 cups packed nettle leaves blanched shocked and drained
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
zest of one lemon
juice of one lemon
2 cups heavy cream
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:
~Mince garlic, set aside. Slice leeks, divide rings and soak in cold water to remove sand or dirt; drain. Peel and chop large russet potatoes. In a large stock pot, bring water to a boil and drop nettle in batches into water for 30 seconds, then transfer blanched nettle to ice water; drain.
~In a large stockpot over medium heat, add butter, drained leeks and minced garlic. Saute until translucent, soft and fragrant.
~Add stock and potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are tender.
~Add nettle, nutmeg, lemon juice and zest, and return to a simmer.
~Remove from heat. With an immersion blender (or use a blender in batches), puree soup until fairly smooth.
~Stir in heavy cream and salt and pepper to taste.
~Ladle into serving bowls.
~Garnish with sour cream, creme fraiche or freshly grated aged cheese if desired.

🙏🏻Recipe from
https://nittygrittylife.com/foraged-foods-creamy-nettle-soup/

07/18/2025

Happy Friday! 🐶

07/14/2025

🌞Pool time is a must in the desert with these soaring temps. Plus, it’s fantastic exercise and a great way to circulate your lymph fluid, reducing hand and feet swelling. It can be a safe way for less mobile people to start walking and strength training without the worry of balance or falling when in the water.

🏊‍♀️One of the concerns is that constant exposure to chlorine in what is considered safe doses, can still wreak havoc on your skin, hair, and endocrine system, like your thyroid. Here are some ways to detox the chlorine post pool time.

🥥Use a coconut oil based lotion or mineral sunscreen before getting in the water. The oil helps to block some of the chlorine absorption.

🍊Get a Vitamin C filter for your shower head and shower before and after you’re done with swimming. Showering in general reduces chlorine absorption and helps wash off residual chlorine, and applying a sodium ascorbate (Vitamin C) spray after the pool can help neutralize chlorine on your skin and hair as well. You can purchase Vit C body washes and shampoos for that purpose.

💦Using a sauna or sweating clears out a multitude of toxins including mold toxins, pesticides, and other chemicals like chlorine. Get your sauna on a few times a week (just stand outside in the shade for 30 minutes this time of year), or do an epsom salt or magnesium soak to draw out toxins. Don’t forget to keep hydrated and drink at least half your body weight in oz of water on the daily to flush out your system.

😎Swimming is an amazing form of exercise and fun for the whole family. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water now that you have these practical tips for keeping you healthy inside and out of the water.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/html/05231301/05231301.html

07/11/2025

Happy Friday! 🌿😿

07/07/2025

🌿July’s herb blurb features a prickly but well-respected herb, the stinging nettle or urtica dioica. Known for the stinging properties of its fine, needle-like hairs on the plant, it can cause skin irritation if brushed with bare skin. But don’t let that deter you from using this amazing plant.

🌿Stinging nettles are highly prized for its nutritive and medicinal value. By cooking the leaves, you remove the stinging hairs. The best time to harvest nettles is from February through June. The young leaves and stalks are the best tasting and more tender than the older leaves. The leaves are packed with vitamins and minerals and taste similar to spinach. You can also dry the leaves for tea and also extract medicinal properties from fresh leaves. Stay tuned for our monthly recipe featuring stinging nettles.

🌿Nettles have been used to treat seasonal allergies, urinary tract infections, gout, kidney and bladder issues, circulation, high blood pressure, arthritis pain, iron deficiency, and to regulate blood sugar. You can find dried leaves, tinctures, and encapsulated powders at your local herbal or supplement store. Make sure you speak with your health practitioner before starting any new medications including herbs!

07/04/2025

🇺🇸Happy July 4th!🎆

🎉The clinic is closed in honor of our nation’s birthday.🎉

06/30/2025

🌞Summer is prime time for grilling, but before indulging in your grill-fest, remember that eating charred meat and veggies increases cancer risk. However, a little preparation can help you serve up a safer, healthy, delicious meal.

💦START OUT CLEAN. Don't let the charred buildup on your grill transfer to your meal. Use a steam cleaner (not your wire brush) to give your grill a good cleaning. Then wipe it down with a brillo sponge to make sure that no residue (or grill-cleaning bristles) will get into your food—or your guests.

🔥SMOKE & FIRE. Exposing protein-rich meat, poultry, and fish to high heat and open flames creates heterocyclic amines (HCAs). Heterocyclic amines are capable of causing mutations to our genes. Also, when fat drips and burns on the grill, the resulting smoke contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. These two groups of chemicals have been linked to various types of cancer.

🍳You can reduce the formation of heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons several ways: Line the grill with foil perforated with holes, or better yet, use stainless steel grill pans or cast iron on the grill to protect your food and avoid aluminum leaching. Cook for longer at a lower temperature. Have a spray bottle filled with water handy to control fatty flare-ups, which char the meat.

🥩MARINATE. Marinating food for a while before cooking limits the formation of HCAs while grilling by as much as 60%. Adding fruits, spices and herbs to your marinade serves as antioxidants and decreases the chemical reactions producing HCAs. Unfortunately, not all marinades are protective. The standard BBQ sauce, which is primarily sugar and tomato sauce, actually triples the HCAs in meats. If you rely on bottled sauces, choose those that are low in sugar!

06/27/2025

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