The Tupi indigenous people have named a natural phenomenon that provides a perfect description of how nature is directly affected by astronomy. The Prororoca, the great roar, is the creation of a tidal bore which causes the Amazon River to flow against its current. It is so named due to the loud sound that is …
I had a conversation with a dental provider a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned that a common ailment many of his patients suffer from is difficult to treat in his dental practice. Temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, pain is felt from teeth clenching tension in the jaw. Some patients spend their sleeping hours tightening their …
Acupuncture, in itself, is an effective way to promote healing within the body. Placed strategically, an acupuncture needle can effect a response that causes the body to heal itself. Now imagine placing a powerful injection into the acupuncture site. Just as a torpedo can break a smaller ship in half, an injection into an acupuncture …
Regulating Acupuncture Therapy with Local Anesthetics: Treating the Nervous System Read More »
Two women visited the clinic with hormone balance issues. One is in the menopausal stage, the other of child bearing age. Both of these women struggled with anxiety, sleeplessness, and hot flashes. After some acupuncture treatments, both women’s hot flashes subsided and insomnia improved. However, they were noticing that the hot flashes and insomnia would …
Intermittent Fasting- a Chinese Medicine Perspective Read More »
A teen came into Renaissance Health Centre to have acupuncture for her chronic constipation. A year previous she had undergone Accutane care for her acne. After having to go through regular blood draws to track her liver and kidney function while under this protocol due to the side effects and risks, this patient was utterly …
Acupuncture, a practice known to be in use at least 3,000 years, has many practical applications. Our modern, fast-paced world that is frequently driven by lifestyle can exact a heavy toll on our health. How can we keep up when fatigue influences us with a tremendous weight? Whether emotional, mental, or physical, fatigue is most …
An Ancient Practice Cures Modern Ailment: Fatigue Read More »
Could the expression of gender confusion, or the raging maniac behind the wheel of the car that cut you off on your way home from your son’s soccer game be caused by disharmony of an organ system in the body? Traditional Chinese medicine is fascinating in regards to its tenets on mental health. Each organ …
Anxiety and the Small Intestine: A Chinese Medical Perspective Read More »
All she wanted to do was help her kids during concert season. But her chronic fatigue and excruciating leg pain were causing her to feel discouraged and worn down. When she walked up the stairs in her home, the 46-year-old mother of 3 felt like her quads were being ripped from her bones. How could …
True Stories – How Acupuncture Transformed a Busy Mom’s Life Read More »
Have You Heard of The Yin/Yang Balance? Many are familiar with the TaiJi symbol which indicates the balance of not only physical properties but emotional properties as well. Yin is represented as, but not limited to, substances including mother’s milk, blood, sweat, saliva, and ejaculate. These aforementioned substances are key to the body’s ability to …
A thousands-year-old tenet holds that energy within the body when in balance, allows the organism to maintain health. There are factors that cause the body to become out of balance like external environmental factors, emotional imbalance, or inherited genetic response. Acupuncture is the mode of healing the body from imbalances like that of temperature regulation. …