by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 6, 2024 | Allergies, Health Tips, immune system, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Spring is a beautiful time of year when flowers bloom, the weather warms up, and the days become longer. However, for many of us, spring also brings the dreaded seasonal allergies. Sneezing, itchy eyes, and a runny nose can make this time of year a challenging one for...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 10, 2022 | Allergies, immune system
Spring allergy sufferers are usually easy to spot. They’re often the ones looking unhappy about the arrival of spring and its beautiful blooms, as well as summer grasses. I get it. It sucks when your face feels irritated with a runny nose and itchy eyes, not to...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 18, 2022 | Allergies, Chinese herbs, Health Tips, immune boosting, immune system
We’re not out of the woods yet. This has been a long, long journey, as you know. And it now seems like everyone knows someone who has been affected by COVID, particularly by Omicron. While this version of the virus is causing less severe symptoms than Delta for...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 19, 2020 | acupressure, Allergies, Food, Health Tips, Herbs and Supplements, Video
I’ve never done a video blog before, so here’s my first one. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting people worldwide right now, life is upside-down for many of us. As we try to protect our vulnerable citizens and our medical facilities and system from...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 21, 2017 | Acupuncture, Allergies, brain health, depression, headache, mental health, migraine, Sleep, Stress
I don’t get the Starbucks Unicorn drink craze. It doesn’t look edible, it’s full of junk, and it contains a whopping 59g of sugar! It’s not just the calories. That’s almost 15 tsp of sugar. Inflammatory sugar. I get that it’s...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 24, 2017 | Acupuncture, Allergies, Biopuncture, depression, immune boosting, immune system, injury, Sports
You wouldn’t know it to look outside (the picture to the right is from last year), but spring is finally here—well, technically at least. And after Vancouver’s unusually long cold snap, many are anxious to shake off the dark dreariness of winter. If you’re...
