Self-help for Healthy Digestion
Good digestive health is a key component of overall health. Good digestion provides us with the nutrients and energy for life. If the system is impaired over time, it can...
Stress and Heart Disease
Stress, both acute and chronic, creates changes in the body. This article looks at how stress affects the heart. The link between stress and heart disease has been discussed but...
Sugar Addiction
Sugar tastes so sweet, but it it’s effects on the body are anything but. If you’re like me and think about reducing sugar and just can’t seem to do it...
Ear seeds – Auricular Acupuncture
You may have experienced ear seeds during one of your acupuncture appointments. I sometimes apply them at the end of a treatment to continue the effects of a treatment. What...
Acupuncture for Flu Prevention
Temperatures have dropped and we’ve had our first snowfall of the season. My local pharmacy is now advertising flu shots, which is a good reminder that flu season is just...
Common Cold Headache
In a previous blog post, TCM View of Headaches, I mentioned that headaches can arise from external pathogens or internal impairment. This post will look at one of the headaches...
TCM View of Headaches
Headaches affect 1 in 6 people. To a chronic headache sufferer, figuring out why they have them can be a challenge. This blog will explore the TCM view of headaches....
Safe Snow Shoveling Tips
Living in Calgary it’s a given that we’re going to get some snow. As I write this post we are under a snowfall advisory of 20 cm of new snow...
What is Qi? A Brief Explanation.
What is Qi? Many explanations of Qi make it sound like a mystical substance that flows in our body along invisible channels. Problems in our body are often attributed to...
Home Workout: Keeping healthy under quarantine
With gyms closed down and many of us now working (or unemployed) from home, getting our usual dose of exercise can be challenging. Even without a formal exercise program many...