Unlocking Fertility Potential with Acupuncture and Herbs

For 20 years, I have worked with people on their journey to conceive and enhance their fertility. Acupuncture and herbal medicine has been clinically studied and recognized for their potential benefits in supporting reproductive health. Let’s dive into some clinical evidence that sheds light on these ancient practices.   Acupuncture:   A study published in […]

Why Acupuncture Helps Relieve Joint Pain

Acupuncture Can Help Provide Relief from Chronic Back, Joint, and Musculoskeletal Pain.   Living with chronic pain can be debilitating and hinder your ability to enjoy life to the fullest. Whether you’re suffering from persistent back pain, shoulder discomfort, neck stiffness, or knee issues, acupuncture offers a promising solution for relief.  In this blog post, […]

Natural Remedies for Depression

Recently I read an article in the New York Times Well section called “The Anti-depressant Generation.[1]” The article, written by Dr. Iarvovici, a Psychiatrist who works at Duke University, reflects on the emerging rise in anti-depressant use in young adults between the ages of 18-29. This is the age when people find their identity, shedding what doesn’t work for them and replacing old behaviors with learned new behaviors. Growing up is an experiment that should be colored with black and white and everything in between. Without the lows in life and the feeling of failure and sadness, how can anyone actually learn to make themselves happy and grow?

Dangers of Overscreening

Working at St. Vincent’s Cancer Hospital heightens my awareness of how one appointment to the doctor’s office can change the whole course of your life.  Recently, Joan Rivers died of a complication after a routine endoscopy.  Endoscopies are important because they check for diseases like gastrointestinal cancer and Barrett’s esophagus, which can lead to esophageal adenocarcinoma, a cancer that can often be fatal. [1]  How often, though, do these types of investigative procedures lead to worse outcomes than the actual disease itself?  In Joan River’s case, she may have opted for the alternative, a longer life!

Let Food Be Thy Medicine

The father of western medicine said it himself, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Since the great Greek doctor Hippocrates, I haven’t heard many doctors say it again, until I heard about Dr. Terry Wahls. Dr. Wahls was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her health was rapidly declining. She eventually needed two canes to walk. She decided that her medicines weren’t working the way she wanted them to and after taking a course in Functional Medicine, she changed her diet and within 6 months, she was walking again without a cane and within a year, she was biking again.

Natural Ways to Treat the Common Cold for Kids

The common cold to most moms must be what the paparazzi are like to celebrities. Around every public corner, there lurks the potential of being attacked by an opportunist. Children, especially toddlers, are constantly being bombarded with new germs that can cause something as simple as a common cold to something more serious like RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus). Moms know all too well that the personality of a cold is different for every child and different at every age. Until a child is six years of age, the ear canal has not matured, leaving children more susceptible to ear infections, which translates to antibiotics and potentially, chronic ear infections.

4 Essential Supplements for Children

Remember those Flinstones vitamins we used to get as kids? They seemed more like candy than anything else. Now with depleted soil, processed foods and picky eaters all working against the nourishment of our children, supplements seem more necessary than ever before, especially for this over scheduled generation that we expect so much from. Since stories of girls starting their menses at the tender age of 9 began, we have been warned to only give our children organic milk and organic foods, but what should we be giving our children as far as supplements? Some pediatricians say a children’s multivitamin is enough while others say that food should be supplying our children with the vitamins and minerals they need.

Choose Happiness

Choose Happiness. That is the bumper sticker I saw the other day while driving my daughter to ballet class. Happiness is not only good for the soul, it’s good for the body. Any Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner can tell you that being happy helps the heart stay healthy and strong. Not surprisingly, several recent studies by major universities show that being happy decreases heart disease. Also, if you’re happy, you’re not as stressed, depressed, sad or anxious. Whilst all those emotions are inevitable during our lifetime, happiness seems to be the best emotion for health and longevity.

Acupuncture and Herbs for Migraines

Many of my patients use acupuncture for migraines and headaches and it seems that celebrities are also using the natural medicine.  Gwen Stefani has been using acupuncture while she was pregnant to get rid of her migraines.  A source told RadarOnline:  “Gwen started doing acupuncture to get rid of severe migraine headaches that she gets during her pregnancies.  All moms are doing it.  She loves it and shares it with all her mommy friends because of how much it has helped her on so many levels.”