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Exploring pertinent health topics in Integrative and Chinese Medicine.

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Your Appointment Choices

Revised Feb. 28 2025 Treatment Packages Acupuncture packages of (5) appointments include a check-in with each appointment, including pulse taking where appropriate, and a thorough acupuncture treatment based on treatment plan. These treatments do not include multiple services per appt., such as cupping, massage, and moxibustion. Orthopedic packages of (5) appointments include a check-in with...

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The Elegance of Peony and Licorice

This simple two-herb combination is considered a “dui-yao” in Chinese Medicine, a special pair of herbs that balance and encourage each other’s best therapeutic aspects. This pair even has their own formula name when combined: Shan Yao Gan Cao Tang. In my clinic, I use this pair weekly to solve muscle cramps, particularly those in...

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Making Changes Slowly

In health as in life, the body and the mind can best accommodate change when it happens incrementally. Poco a poco. Each step that we take in a forward, positive direction will create small ripples that favor our progress, like the smooth lines trailing a duck who’s swum through rough waters. There are big things—quitting...