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If you’ve never had acupuncture before, finding an acupuncturist can feel a little like playing the slots in Vegas—a real gamble. You’ve decided to try a different kind of medicine, and you have no clue how to find the right person for you. You don’t know what to expect—will there be beaded curtains, tie dyed [...]
Many years ago I worked for a non-profit agency whose mission was to promote women’s health and physical activity. Our mission tended to attract many women with eating disorders, either as interns, volunteers, clients, and employees. Some were very much in denial about their eating disorder, and others were in recovery and willing to share [...]
I have a friend who runs a couple of marathons a year. She’s slim and muscled, and can hammer out fifteen miles at the drop of a hat. While I’m a little bit envious of her physical abilities, there is a down side, too. My poor friend seems to catch every cold, flu, or stomach [...]
We all try to eat as healthfully as possible, or at least we intend to eat as well as we can. However, even with good intentions, sometimes it can be difficult to know how to make the best food choices. One of the components of Chinese medicine is food therapy, which is based on the [...]
We all live with some amount of stress. You are well-aware that you are feeling stressed out when you feel overwhelmed. You have deadlines looming, your mind starts racing, you don’t sleep well, your appetite vanishes, and your digestion is in an uproar. You may think of stress as psychological in nature, in that the [...]
Pain in the lower back is one of the most common problems acupuncturists see in the clinic. It can be severe enough to lay some people out flat on the floor or it can show up as a general achiness that never seems to quit. Either way, lower back pain has the ability to ruin [...]
Asthma is a serious matter. Over 16 million adults and 7 million children in America suffer from asthma, and it is responsible for about 5,000 deaths per year. And if you suffer from asthma, you are no stranger to the shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing, and wheezing that comes with this lung condition. Asthma [...]
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