⚡️ When working in the clinic, I’ve seen many patients come with the problems of too much heat inside the body, and these present with a wide range of symptoms, and sometimes patients do not know why or what to do about it. 📍 Hot Body in Chinese Medicine When the weather is hot, we …
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👉🏻 Feeling dizzy is the most common reason people go in for a doctor’s visit or even the emergency room. Dizziness is a reasonably general term that can mean anything from feeling light-headed, dizzy, faint, off-balance, or unsteady to feeling nauseated or like you’re about to pass out. Vertigo is a specific type of dizziness …
🚩 Some patients suffer discomfort in the limb that no longer exists after an amputation. This is known as phantom limb pain. Phantom limb pain ranges from mild to severe and can last seconds, hours, days, or longer. It may occur following a medical amputation. It can also occur after an unintentional amputation, such as …
⚡️ Do you constantly rush to the bathroom, feeling like your bladder is calling all the shots in your life? You might be dealing with an overactive bladder. 📌 Overactive bladder is a condition where your bladder muscles decide to contract even when your bladder isn’t full. This results in sudden urges to urinate, frequent …
👉🏻 Most of the time in every acupuncture treatment, acupuncturists consider it essential to ask their patients about their digestive system function. 📌 Why is gut health important? 👉🏻 Growing research on the gut microbiome shows it is connected to virtually every organ system in the body. More specifically, the health of the gut microbiome …
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👉🏻 Skin disorders like eczema, dermatitis or skin rash can significantly impact one’s quality of life and overall well-being. Conventional treatments often include topical steroids and antihistamines, but these measures may not always provide satisfactory relief or have undesirable side effects. Therefore, many patients use alternative and complementary therapies like Traditional Chinese Medicine. 📌 How …
👉🏻 In my clinic experience, the most common problem is pain. How I deal with muscle skeleton problems and pain related; back/shoulders/legs/hands/neck/wrists/feet/elbows/knees etc. in the scope of an acupuncturist. Of course, you don’t want to chase pain all the time; you want to look at the person as a whole and start correcting the source …
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👉🏻 When patients complain of musculoskeletal pain, headaches, or constipation, I always ask, “How much water do you drink daily?” A typical response is, I drink two cups of coffee in the morning, one or two glasses of wine with dinner… So many people overlook that a lack of water can cause health problems or …
👉🏻 For over a quarter century, acupuncture has helped people lose their cravings for alcohol, nicotine, and other addictive substances. I like to explain how it works and shares some tips for ensuring success with this form of acupuncture. 📌 The History of the Nada Protocol In the mid-1970s, Michael Smith, a medical doctor …
👉🏻 Sleep disorders are one of the most common complaints the clinician will encounter in daily practice. Sleep disturbances are, in most cases, complex issues and are not simply due to stress. 📌 TCM thinking about insomnia Chinese medicine does not consider all cases of insomnia to fall under one umbrella, which allows the individual …
