Currently, it is estimated that 24 million Americans suffer from migraines headaches.  They occur more in women than men and mostly between 10 – 40 years of age.  Often times, the victims of migraine headaches have a family history of the disorder.

 The common char...

The common cold and flu are both caused by the category of virus called rhinoviruses.  Unfortunately, Western medicine has no treatment for this type of infection.  Taking antibiotics will do nothing for a disease caused by a virus.  However, practitioners of Chinese m...

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a complex medical art and empirical science over 4000 years old.  Acupuncture, Chinese herbs and food-cure system, Tui-Na massage, and exercises like Qi-Gong and Tai Chi are parts of this comprehensive medical system.  In China this anci...

Many health disorders in technologically developed societies stem from all sorts of excess due to overindulging lifestyle.  In the Western world, we are relatively wealthy and do not suffer shortage of consumer goods.  Our constant need for ‘more’ which often times is...

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine are together, very old and versatile medical systems, which for centuries had been employed as the primary health care system in the Orient before the advent of Western Medicine.  Until today this ancient medical system is d...

We are such an active society.  From the moment our feet hit the grounding the morning we’re off and cooking, cleaning, grooming, eating, checking our mail, off to work, taking the kids to school, picking them up, multitasking, groceries, exercise.  Our minds get start...

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine are characterized by great clinical versatility and are most definitely an option and a resource for infertility patients whether you use high tech fertility treatments or choose more natural method.

Acupuncture has an adaptogenic (stren...

The concept of prevention is well known to all traditional medical systems, Oriental Medicine among them.   I want to make a strong point that Oriental Medicine is one of the traditional healing systems THAT IS TRULY EQUIPPED to render preventive care.  There is a need...

It’s mid September and I’d like to give you some tips on how to prepare for the Summer/Fall transition. This is probably the most difficult transition for our bodies, and minds, to make. During the hot Summer months we have the constant agenda of staying cool. Our dres...

This is based on one of the first remedies I learned during my training in Chinese medicinal herbs. I’ve omitted the fermented soybean and added a few things because it makes the formula more flexible.

In eastern medical theory, acute cold and flu are called exterior wi...