Addressing Pain

by | Mar 30, 2013 | Acupuncture, Herbs and Supplements, Pain

While pain means suffering and misery to most, it is also a sign that your body is alerting you to pay attention! If your house smoke alarm starts beeping, do you turn it off without addressing the cause of the alarm–the fire? Of course not! Yet many people try...

Acupuncture: How does it work?

by | Mar 28, 2013 | Acupuncture

“So, does acupuncture actually work?”, they ask me. Even if they don’t ask, many people think it. Until you experience the benefits of acupuncture, it’s really a fair question to ask. After all, sticking hair-thin needles into various points on the body to heal it...

What points address stress?

by | Mar 28, 2013 | Acupuncture, Stress

There are many points on your body that can help address stress. As a Dr. TCM, I would ask you questions and assess you before choosing from some of these (or other) points for relieving stress: – DU20 (bai hui): I call this the “lifting point” as it helps to...

Needles to Reduce Stress…Really

by | Mar 18, 2013 | Acupuncture, Stress

Needles. The word usually provokes stress for people. For those who’ve not received acupuncture, that is. My patients know that ahhhhhcupuncture (said like a sigh) gives them a chance to relax and feel better. In fact, some of my patients have called their...

…light the corners of my mind…

by | Oct 11, 2012 | Acupuncture

This long weekend I visited my grandmother in Quebec. Her birthday is coming up later this month and she’ll be 96! Just imagine how different the world was when she was born in 1916! One of the things that has always amazed me about my Grandma is her astonishing...