If you’ve been wrestling with bloating, fatigue, brain fog, or that mysteriously low mood that shows up after lunch, Chinese medicine may point the finger at an unsung hero. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), digestive issues and the speen are inseparable companions, whether you invited them to the party or not. The Spleen doesn’t get […]
Acupuncture and Women’s Health
Why Acupuncture and Women’s Health are Such A Good Match When patients ask why acupuncture and women’s health seem to go together so naturally, the short answer is: Chinese medicine has been paying close attention to women for about 2,000 years. The longer answer is more interesting. Women’s physiology is exquisitely sensitive to hormones, blood […]
Acupuncture for Better Sleep
If you’ve reached the point where melatonin shrugs, chamomile yawns, and your phone’s “sleep mode” quietly judges you from the nightstand, you’re not alone. Many patients come to us after supplements have stopped working and bedtime has become a nightly negotiation. Acupuncture for better sleep offers a different framework—one that doesn’t try to knock you […]
Acupuncture for Autoimmune Conditions
How Acupuncture Modulates Inflammation, Supports Resilience, and Reduces Symptom Severity for Autoimmune Conditions Acupuncture for autoimmune conditions is often sought out not because someone wants a miracle, but because they want their nervous system to stop panicking every time their immune system has a mood swing. Autoimmune patients tend to know their diagnoses intimately. Some […]
The Mystery of Liver Qi Stagnation: Why Everyone Seems to Have It
If you’ve ever come to an acupuncture appointment feeling irritable, bloated, tense, sighing more than usual, or quietly fantasizing about yelling at your inbox, you may have heard a familiar phrase: Liver Qi Stagnation. It shows up everywhere in modern Chinese medicine, so often that patients sometimes wonder if it’s a polite way of saying, […]
When You Feel Off but Tests Are Normal: How Acupuncture Helps
Many people arrive at our clinic with a familiar story. They’ve seen their primary care doctor, maybe a specialist or two, had labs drawn, scans ordered, and results reviewed. Everything looks fine. And yet, they don’t feel fine. They feel tired but wired, foggy but restless, overwhelmed by small things, and strangely disconnected from their […]
TCM Pulse Diagnosis: What Your Pulse Is Trying to Tell You
If you’ve ever wondered why your acupuncturist seems deeply interested in your wrist while you’re mostly interested in getting back to your day, welcome. TCM pulse diagnosis is one of the most misunderstood, quietly sophisticated tools in Chinese medicine, and also one of the easiest to dismiss. After all, how much could a pulse really […]
Acupuncture for Perimenopause: Why Needles Beat Suffering in Silence
Perimenopause has a way of arriving unannounced, rearranging your sleep, mood, temperature settings, and patience, then acting as if this is perfectly reasonable. Many women are told to grit their teeth and wait it out. Fortunately, acupuncture for perimenopause offers a different approach, one that treats symptoms seriously without asking you to suffer quietly or […]
Qi and Neurophysiology: Are They Talking About the Same Thing?
If you spend enough time around acupuncture, you eventually hear the question: Is Qi just a poetic way of describing nerves? The short answer is no. The longer answer is more interesting. Qi and Neurophysiology describe human function using entirely different languages, developed centuries apart, yet they often point to remarkably similar lived experiences in […]
Microbiome and Acupuncture
Why Your Gut Might Be Smarter Than Your Last Group Text If you’ve been following health trends over the past decade, you’ve likely heard the phrase “the gut is the second brain.” Meanwhile, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) smiles politely and thinks, Second? How adorable. For thousands of years, Chinese medicine has considered digestion the foundation […]
Decoding Chinese Medicine Texts: What Ancient Scrolls Reveal About Modern Health
If you’ve ever cracked open a classical Chinese medical text and wondered whether you were reading timeless wisdom or the world’s oldest metaphorical inside joke, you’re not alone. Decoding Chinese Medicine texts has become something of a sport among practitioners who simultaneously love the poetry and resent the riddles. Yet these ancient writings persist for […]
Is Your Qi Stuck?
The Link Between Emotional Trauma and Physical Pain “Is Your Qi stuck?” is a question acupuncturists ask more often than we ask about exercise habits, caffeine intake, or whether you’ve been sleeping on a mattress last purchased during the Carter administration. And for good reason: emotional experiences—especially the unresolved, unprocessed, or politely-swept-under-the-rug kind—tend to lodge […]
The Role of Sound and Music in Chinese Medicine Healing
Sound has always played a vital role in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). From ancient healing chants to modern therapeutic music, practitioners have long recognized that vibration affects the body, mind, and spirit. Today, we use the same principles in our clinic: toning, breathwork, and curated musical environments to support patients’ emotional balance and organ function. […]
Acupuncture for Long COVID
Exploring TCM’s Role in Post-Viral Recovery For many people, the lingering fatigue, brain fog, inflammation, and digestive trouble that appear after a COVID infection can feel like a second illness entirely. These persistent symptoms—now widely referred to as Long COVID—often behave like autoimmune disorders, with the body stuck in a cycle of inflammation and dysregulation. […]
Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: What Your Tongue Says About Your Health
If you’ve ever wondered why your acupuncturist asks you to “stick out your tongue” as casually as a pediatrician handing out lollipops, you’re not alone. This is the ancient practice of tongue diagnosis in Chinese medicine, a method that turns your tongue into a miniature, color-coded map of your internal world. It’s simple, noninvasive, and—best […]
Extraordinary Vessels and Their Hidden Power
If acupuncture meridians were characters in a movie, the twelve primary ones would be the charismatic leads—handsome, dependable, always in front of the camera. Meanwhile, in the shadows lurk the extraordinary vessels: mysterious, powerful, and slightly offended that no one invites them to the promotional photos. These extraordinary vessels shape development, regulate deep physiology, and […]
Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Optimization
TCM and Biohacking Biohackers love a good gadget—sleep rings, glucose meters, red-light panels big enough to interrogate an alien. But lately, many are discovering something unexpected: a 3,000-year-old medical system that works without Bluetooth. That’s right—Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is stepping comfortably into the modern performance-culture spotlight, proving that ancient wisdom meets modern optimization more […]
Dream Interpretation in Chinese Medicine
Dream interpretation in Chinese medicine is far more than deciphering random images from the sleeping mind—its recognizing reflections of your body’s internal landscape. For thousands of years, Chinese physicians have viewed dreams as subtle messages from the organs and meridians, offering clues about physical and emotional imbalances. When the body’s energy, or Qi, flows harmoniously, […]
What Your Constitution Says About You
A Deep Dive into Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Personality Theory Have you ever wondered why some people thrive under pressure while others wilt, or why one friend can eat anything while another struggles with bloating after a single cookie? In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), these differences are not random—they reveal something profound about your inner blueprint. […]
The Science of Acupuncture: Bridging the East West Gap
In our modern health-landscape, exploring how ancient healing methods fit into rigorous scientific frameworks is more important than ever. In this post, we dive into the science of acupuncture, examining how Eastern traditions and Western medicine converge—or diverge—and what current research tells us about efficacy, mechanisms, and practical use. By understanding the data, you’ll be […]
