by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 12, 2012 | Acupuncture, health care, holistic health, Traditional Chinese Medicine
For months I had been complaining that the garage door opener in my building was not working well. I would point and press the button…no door movement. Press again…nothing. Try a different angle, put my hand out the window, get out of my car. So...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 11, 2012 | Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Food, herbal tea, holistic health, immune boosting, Supplements, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Uncategorized
One of the inside jokes we have as Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners is that TCM has two hearts and no brain. It may sound like it, but it’s really not a dig. In TCM we discuss function more than form. The two hearts are the physical heart and the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 25, 2011 | Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, holistic health, research, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Uncategorized
This is the time of year that you may hear a lot about Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a mood disorder that most commonly occurs during the winter, particularly in areas where the days become darker for longer, so it is also known as the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Sep 2, 2009 | health care, holistic health
It’s an American article, but the statements could also be applied to Canadian, especially since we have a public healthcare system. Perhaps we should be using medicine more wisely, rather than more invasively....
