My View of Medical Care

• Reduce Your Stress, Improve Your Mood!

  Stress is ubiquitous where we live. Can East Asian medicine help? Indeed, yes! Acupuncture care is remarkably effective at reducing the sensation of dis-stress and…

• Healing Your Digestion

  Oriental (Chinese, East Asian) medicine is a good choice for people who have digestive difficulties. If you select a practitioner who also has skills in nutritional assessment, you will be even better off….

• Healing and Curing
• What is Slow Medicine?
  

  Would you like to receive medical care in a warm, engaging, supportive and loving atmosphere? Practitioners of slow medicine--and that includes acupuncturists like me--try to create a healing oasis of calm and beauty....

• The Empowered Patient
  

  Are you eager to 'get well'? Then take the steps of an empowered patient....

Acupuncture

• Acupuncture FAQs
• The Many Uses of Acupuncture
  

  Did you know that acupuncture care is the fastest growing medical alternative in the US? It's true--and here are 5 good reasons why!

• Who Might Benefit from Acupuncture Care
  

  Acupuncture care is good for anyone to use, both to prevent ill health, and to treat ill-health. But some people are candidates for special reasons....

Nutritional Guidance, Enzyme Therapy and Allergy Elimination

• Drugs, Herbs & Enzymes
  

  You've probably heard about difficulties with pharmaceutical drugs in our society. What I'd like you to know is that there are safe, effective herbal, enzyme, and homeopathic remedies available to replace nearly any pharmaceutical drug.

• Super-5 Nutrients

  As an acupuncturist and holistic healer I am very concerned with my patients' nutritional health. Each person may need some special guidance or tweaking of the recommendations below, but as they stand they provide a good basic set of nutrients to help support good health. Here's my take on the "Super-5" everyone should consume daily.

• What is 'Sugar'?
  

  How often have you heard someone say "Sugar isn't good for you!" But 'sugar' is the fuel for your body! Find a little clarity with this Handout.

• Eat Greens!-But I Don't Know How!
  

  I like to remind my patients to 'eat greens' but often, they don't know what I mean, or how to cook them. Here's a quick guide!

• Get Rid of Your Allergies!
  

  February...March...April...allergies! Who feels well with itchy eyes, drippy nose, and all those sneezes? You can take drugs of course...but what would you say to reducing your allergic tendency so you almost forget it's there?

Self-Help Handouts

• Are You Constipated?
  

  Constipation is common and harms health. Combining acupuncture and enzymes or herbs can often relieve even very chronic cases…

• The Big Seven for Good Health!
  

  WANNA BE WELL?—IT'S EASY! JUST PRACTICE THE BIG SEVEN DAILY AND YOU'LL BE AS WELL AS YOUR BODY-MIND CAN MAKE YOU!

• Cancer Care in Asian Medicine
  

  The focus in biomedical care is on destroying the cancerous tissue. The focus in Asian medical care is on supporting the body's capacity to heal itself. Phrased this way, you can see why adding Asian medical care is helpful to most cancer patients.

• Musculoskeletal Pain

  Pain of joints, bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments is the commonest reason why people consult acupuncturists...because it's so effective!

• Treating Stress with Acupuncture
  

  Stress is that miserable sense that you are just too tired, too buzzed, too frazzled, to enjoy life...acupuncture helps by calming and centering the body and mind, and putting your physiology back into balance so....

• How To Get a Good Night's Sleep
  

  Statistics claim that nearly 2/3 of adult Americans don't sleep well. Are you one of them? Acupuncture can help, and here's how--

• How To Keep Your Immune System Strong
  

  Acupuncture care is an excellent choice for those who want help with autoimmune disorders, as well as for those who simply want to keep their immune system strong.

• How to Keep Your Gut Really Happy, or poor Digestion as a Hidden Cause of Disease

  Chinese medicine claims that good digestive health is at the center of a healthy life. Surprisingly, many symptoms and illnesses that do not seem to be about digestion, often are, at least in part....

• Reproductive Health and Asian Medicine
  

  Asian medicine has been dealing with reproductive health for several thousand years. It has developed sophisticated ways to maintain treat almost any reproductive complaint, including....

• On Fatigue
  

  Do you feel tired and crummy? Asian medicine has gentle, sophisticated ways to treat fatigue!

• Ohh My Aching Head-Treating Headaches with Asian Medicine
  

  Headaches!--one of the miseries of life. Asian offers a range of treatments that clinical experience and research have shown to be effective.