Stress and Heart Disease
Stress, both acute and chronic, creates changes in the body. This article looks at how stress affects the heart. The …
Sugar Addiction
Sugar tastes so sweet, but it it’s effects on the body are anything but. If you’re like me and think …
Ear seeds – Auricular Acupuncture
You may have experienced ear seeds during one of your acupuncture appointments. I sometimes apply them at the end of …
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, …
Common Cold Headache
In a previous blog post, TCM View of Headaches, I mentioned that headaches can arise from external pathogens or internal …
TCM View of Headaches
Headaches affect 1 in 6 people. To a chronic headache sufferer, figuring out why they have them can be a …
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 …
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 …
COVID-19: New Clinic Procedures
Phase 2 of the Alberta Relaunch strategy began on June 12, 2020. This allowed all wellness clinics to open. We …
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 …