Amy O'Dell Wilson, LLC

03/13/2024

Help update the NCCAOM exams. Fill out the survey and earn PDA points.

The NCCAOM is pleased to announce that the Job Task Analysis (JTA) Survey is being distributed on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, to all licensed acupuncturists and herbal medicine practitioners. We encourage all licensed acupuncturists and herbal medicine practitioners to participate in the 2024 JTA sur...

02/08/2024

A research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provides early findings from the most recent (2022) survey on the use of complementary health approaches (CHA).1 The findings include data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which conducts interviews both by p...

02/22/2023

Say these words out loud and then close your eyes and feel them.

"You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest love. You are these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself as these things. Choose now to know yourself as these things always." -Neale Donald Walsch

12/27/2021

11/20/2021

An easy thing you can do to warm up your body and digestion:⁠
Drink warm beverages, when thirsty choose 4 oz of warm water with lemon if you like⁠
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Grate 1 inch of peeled raw ginger into a quart jar, fill the jar with boiled water, cover and let steep at least 15 minutes. Drink this when you are thirsty throughout the day. Always drink it warmed or room temperature, never cold.⁠
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Soak your feet in warm ginger tea, make as above but no need to peel the ginger, in fact, save your peels from your drink and add them to this foot soak.⁠
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Place a hot water bottle on lower belly, below your belly button and/ or on your low back for 20 minutes before bed.⁠
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Avoid cold foods. This is the season of soups and stews, root vegetables and cooked greens.⁠
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If you're interested in learning more about how Eastern Medicine could help you, check out the "More about Acupuncture" page on my website for more details or email me directly to introduce yourself, ask a question and book an appointment! I offer a complimentary 15 minute meeting to see if Eastern Medicine is right for you. ⁠
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06/26/2021

Join me for Qi gong Thursdays at 9:30 am in Hancock, beginning July 15.

Check out my new website and receive a free class for you and a friend.

06/26/2021

As we enter summer we also enter the season of the Heart. In Chinese Medicine, the metaphor to understand all qualities of the heart is summer, fire, Love for others, compassion. Recently I came across this video that gives me a new view of the construction of our physical heart. I love gaining new perspectives. If the heart is not a block muscle with 4 chambers but rather one rolled-up muscle, how does this change our understanding of blood flow and heart disease?

Gil Hedley, Ph.D. demonstrates the unwinding of the spinning spirals of the human heart center, and reflects upon the nature of the heart center as the place...

01/24/2021

Does Medicare cover acupuncture for pain? The quick answer is yes. Medicare now recognizes acupuncture as a safe, easy, cost-effective alternative to opioids.

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Does Medicare cover acupuncture for pain? The quick answer is yes. Pain is the number one symptom that acupuncturists treat. It is a safe, easy, cost-effective alternative to opioids and other drugs. The Veterans Administration and the National Health Institute have, for several years, known its suc...

01/07/2021

The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself. It is not selfish, it means you will be your best self when others need you.

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11/26/2020

Happy Thanksgiving - https://mailchi.mp/4ebdab38fa6e/happy-thanksgiving
Did you know all of our traditional harvest foods could be considered out best medicine. Enjoy a warming tea to counter that annoying acid reflux.

11/21/2020

Bach Flower Remedy⁠
It can be purchased locally at Maggies or Natures Green Grocer in Peterborough.⁠
Dosage: begin with 2 drops under the tongue or in 4 oz of water a half hour before bed and anytime during the day that your mind is ruminating or racing. If your mind does not slow down in 30 minutes, increase to 3 drops and try again. Increase just one drop at a time until you find the precise micro dose for you.⁠
“For those who cannot prevent thoughts, ideas, arguments which they do not desire from entering their minds. Usually at such times when the interest of the moment is not strong enough to keep the mind full. Thoughts which worry and still remain, or if for a time thrown out, will return. They seem to circle round and round and cause mental torture. The presence of such unpleasant thoughts drives out peace and interferes with being able to think only of the work or pleasure of the day.” – Dr. Edward Bach⁠
Keywords: Repeated unwanted thoughts, mental arguments, concentration, sleeplessness, insomnia.⁠
Human Indication: When your mind is cluttered with thoughts or mental arguments. You may be unable to sleep because of the thoughts.⁠
If you're interested in learning more about how Eastern Medicine could help you, check out the "More about Acupuncture" page on my website for more details or email me directly to introduce yourself, ask a question and book an appointment! I offer a complimentary 15 minute meeting to see if Eastern Medicine is right for you. ⁠
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11/18/2020

An easy thing you can do to warm up your body and digestion:⁠
Drink warm beverages, when thirsty choose 4 oz of warm water with lemon if you like⁠
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Grate 1 inch of peeled raw ginger into a quart jar, fill the jar with boiled water, cover and let steep at least 15 minutes. Drink this when you are thirsty throughout the day. Always drink it warmed or room temperature, never cold.⁠
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Soak your feet in warm ginger tea, make as above but no need to peel the ginger, in fact, save your peels from your drink and add them to this foot soak.⁠
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Place a hot water bottle on lower belly, below your belly button and/ or on your low back for 20 minutes before bed.⁠
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Avoid cold foods. This is the season of soups and stews, root vegetables and cooked greens.⁠
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If you're interested in learning more about how Eastern Medicine could help you, check out the "More about Acupuncture" page on my website for more details or email me directly to introduce yourself, ask a question and book an appointment! I offer a complimentary 15 minute meeting to see if Eastern Medicine is right for you. ⁠
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11/14/2020

With winter right around the corner, and snow already falling, lets talk about food and how it can help you during the winter months. ⁠
Properties of common November foods⁠
Pumpkin: strengthens the Qi of the Spleen and Stomach (digestion) and transforms dampness (helps with inflammation), helps with pain⁠
Pumpkin seed: Assists the Stomach and Large Intestine. Good for constipation, nausea, and motion sickness⁠
Squash: Assists the Spleen, Stomach, and Large Intestine with digestion: Moves Qi, clears toxins, clears heat and stops pain. ⁠
Apple: Nourishes Yin (Generates essential fluid) for the Lungs and Stomach: helps with a dry cough, poor appetite, and thirst, with its peel, helps with diarrhea.⁠
Cow’s Mild Butter: Benefits conditions of dryness: constipation, dry cough, dry mouth, dry skin, fatigue, and mental exhaustion⁠
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If you're interested in learning more about how Eastern Medicine could help you, check out the "More about Acupuncture" page on my website for more details or email me directly to introduce yourself, ask a question and book an appointment! I offer a complimentary 15 minute meeting to see if Eastern Medicine is right for you. ⁠
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11/11/2020

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates.
One important aspect of Eastern Medicine is food. Nature provides us with an abundance of colors, flavors, and textures that go along with seasons. In spring we eat leaves, in the summer we add flowers, by late summer and autumn we add fruit. As the weather turns to winter we look to the seeds and the roots to nourish us and shift away from raw leaves, flowers, and fruits. It is time for foods that warm us, foods that have stored vital energy meant to bring forth new growth in the spring.

Root Vegetable Mash for boosting your Qi and reducing sugar cravings
Amy and Mark Wilson

This recipe is most efficient in an insta-pot or pressure cooker. It can also be done in a large stockpot on the stove, or a baking sheet in the oven.

The bigger variety of roots and tubers the greater the nutrition, the more balanced and the more flavorful. The sweetness and color of the sweet potato and beets tend to take over all other flavors, so have fun blending in new roots you’ve never tried or tried on their own and didn’t enjoy.

Approximately equal amounts of ( you don’t need the whole list, get what you can. Buy from local farmers if possible)
Yam
Sweet potato
Red Beet
Golden Beet
Celery Root
Turnip
Parsnip
Butternut squash ( not a root but it works)
Carrots
Purple potatoes
1 inch of peeled and grated ginger root

Wash, peel, and cube all vegetables.

Pressure cooker: Add 1/2 c of water, veg. stock, chicken stock or bone broth to all of the vegetables. Ginger, garlic, and onion. Cook on high until it comes to pressure. Reduce heat to low and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool naturally. Once all the pressure is released mash all of the roots together or add to a food processor and blend. Enjoy warm.
Insta-Pot: As above following the manufacturer’s recommendations for mashed potatoes.
Crock-Pot: As above, cook on high for 4-8 hours depending on quantity. Mash all of the roots together or add to a food processor and blend. Enjoy warm
Stove Top: as above, bring to boil then let simmer covered until all the veggies are soft.
Baking sheet: toss all of the cubed veggies in a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary if you like. Spread out evenly on a baking sheet. Cover with foil and cook at 325 until soft.

Stores easily for a week in the refrigerator. It makes a wonderfully easy and beautiful side, snack, or lunch!

11/04/2020

Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, Eastern Medicine, are part of a complex and comprehensive medical system that has been refined over the last 2,500 years. It is both curative and preventative in nature and effectively treats acute and chronic conditions. The National Institutes for Health, the World Health Organization, and the Veterans Administration recognize Chinese Medicine’s ability to treat many common clinical conditions. Below is a list of ten common conditions treatable with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. ⁠
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Back Problems⁠
Allergies⁠
Arthritis⁠
Insomnia⁠
Sprains and Strains⁠
Headache⁠
High Blood Pressure⁠
“Digestive Problems”⁠
Anxiety/Depression⁠
Women’s Health and Fertility⁠
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If you're interested in learning more about how acupuncture could help you, check out the "More about Acupuncture" page on my website for more details or email me directly to introduce yourself, ask a question and book an appointment! I offer a complimentary 15 minute meeting to see if Eastern Medicine is right for you. ⁠

11/02/2020

When I taught 7th grade I had my class read Ray Bradbury’s 1952 short story “A Sound of Thunder.” Spoiler alert, a man steps on a butterfly and changes the course of a presidential election. In 1963 Edward Lorenz a weather scientist from MIT posed the chaos theory that one small action, the flapping of butterfly wings, is enough to change a weather pattern across the globe. Like the butterflies in these stories, your action to vote may seem small but it is significant. In fact, it has been known to change the course of history. If everyone I know and can reach votes, and then everyone you know and can reach votes -that is a significant impact. Your voice matters, our collective voice matters. When you make it important to vote, you make it possible for others to find it important too. Thank you for voting and inspiring others to do the same. If you haven’t there is still time.

10/31/2020

To an eastern medicine practitioner the color of mucous and phlegm matters. Clear and white indicates illness caused by too much cold and would be treated with warming herbs. Yellow or red indicates illness caused by heat and would be treated with cooling herbs balanced with warm herbs. We can never let the core of our body get too cold. ⁠
The leaves of Plantain, Plantago (Che Qian zi) is pictured. In Chinese herbal formulas, the seeds of this plant are used for a cough with yellow phlegm. It is easy to find this herb in unkept lawns in New Hampshire. The leaves of Plantain are easily crushed and can be placed on new bee stings to soothe the sting. ⁠
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