All in all, Castor oil is a simple tool to help with a plethora of health issues. It is a tried and true remedy that has prevailed throughout the years. We highly recommend it for our patients and use it ourselves!
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Regardless of what phase of pregnancy you find yourself in, acupuncture has a direct effect on the development and health of the precious one growing day by day inside you.
The key is to bring balance to your body during this time by keeping cool and flushing the summer heat out. While acupuncture and herbal therapy can help of course, the following 3 items are indispensable weapons to aid in your recovery. They can easily be found in your kitchen or the grocery store:
Many people over the years have asked me “Does acupuncture treat ________?” or “Can acupuncture help with (insert health issue here)?” My answer is always an emphatic “Most likely!”
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San Fu Moxibustion is a treatment given during the hottest days of summer. It is a therapy where we “treat winter diseases during the summer”. For centuries, people have been given this warming herbal plaster treatment 3 times over the course of one month spanning the dog days of summer.
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By the time many people have heard about the benefits of acupuncture for fertility, they may have already been struggling for years to conceive, endured multiple miscarriages, or had an IVF cycle or two that just didn’t take. Many times they come to our clinic as a last resort when everything else has not yet worked for them. We’re here to help.
As we are deep in the season of Winter & The Water element there are certain ways to direct your own daily rituals and health to live in accordance with the season.
Winter is the season associated with the Kidneys and is the best time to strengthen them.
Seasonally, Autumn is the time of dry, itchy throat, sniffling and sneezing, dryness of the digestion and skin. Ruled by the Metal element of Chinese Medicine's 5 Element theory, our Lungs and Large Intestine are the organs most affected by this season.
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Late Summer is a time for grounding, reflecting, nourishing. Think of the harvests and bounty of abundance that this season represents as makes way to Fall. As we evolve into the golden sunset of Late Summer, we too, must evolve our dietary habits to coincide with this transformation of seasons.