Beef stews can be bland or pasty or just plain uninspiring, but I promise you this one is anything but. Like most everything I make, it originated in one place, and over time and with adjustments, it came to be what it is today. Stews and soups—or at least the type of ones I make—are very forgiving, which is good, because if I can avoid measuring, I will.

Chinese medicine food therapy approaches diet (meaning what we eat rather than a specific way of eating) the same way it does acupuncture: it’s an energetic practice with directionality. All of our organs have a direction in which their qi flows, & when that qi gets out of balance, that’s when we notice problems.

The primary channels exist to manage the organ system and express the emotions of their respective organs, and when this doesn’t happen, for example being told to suppress your feelings or keep secret experiences that need to be brought to light, the complement channels step in, specifically the divergent channels

Chinese Medicine (CM) has a distinct way of looking at how we contract respiratory diseases, how they progress, and therefore, how they can be treated. Of course, CM also has a different way of naming a cold, flu, or other respiratory infection, too, so let’s start there.

Migraines are increasingly common and extremely debilitating. While there are a wide variety of signs and symptoms people experience when they have migraines, if you or someone you know struggles with them, you know they can really be life changing. So how can acupuncture help?

When classical practitioners treat patients with cancers, what we are doing is not treating the cancer per se but restoring the mediumship needed to keep it at bay. This is not a recommendation for any particular type of treatment but rather is an explanation of the ways we can support and rebuild mediumship at home in our daily lives from the Chinese medicine perspective. These suggestions will also be helpful for people with other chronic, degenerative diseases like autoimmune conditions.

23,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance every year in America, & so it’s more important than ever to be cautious about prescribing and using antibiotics. Herbal medicine is an effective alternative for treating common problems like ear infections, strep throat, and even bronchitis.

This time of year, we're inundated with messages about tackling the new year with a vengeance, goal setting, and other (seemingly dubious) New Year's resolution(s).

You've booked your first acupuncture appointment (or you're thinking about it), and you're wondering what to expect. Here are answers to some common questions.

With celebrities and social media influencers flaunting their cup marks, cupping, which is a technique used in traditional East-Asian medicines, has become almost a mainstream practice…

Plant based diets are all the rage these days and for good reason; Americans' health and the planet's health are in trouble.

The Chinese system has a channel system that spans certain areas of the body and connect to the organ itself, similar to a highway system connecting one city to another.