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January is a season of rest and restoration in Chinese Medicine. Learn how winter affects your health, ways to keep your immune system strong, and a simple warm grain bowl recipe to help you feel grounded and well as the new year begins.
As we make the seasonal transition from fall into winter, our bodies naturally slow down and begin to feel the effects of colder weather—stiff joints and tight muscles, fatigue, mood shifts, and changes in women’s health. This blog explores how acupuncture supports your energy, circulation, and emotional well-being during this time of the year, and offers simple at-home practices rooted in Chinese Medicine to lift your mood. You’ll also find a nourishing Sweet Potato & Lentil Stew recipe perfect for staying warm, grounded, and energized through November and beyond.
5 Summer Self-Care Tips from Your Acupuncturist Summer is the season of Fire in Chinese Medicine—a time of brightness, joy, connection, and outward energy. It’s a season to nurture the spark that animates your spirit. But too much heat (literal or emotional) can leave you feeling frazzled, inflamed, or burned out before summer’s even over. To help you stay cool, balanced, and nourished during...
Spring is here, although this weather is an exercise is patience! It's WARM, it's cold, it's windy, it's sunny, it's gray, it's SLEETING?!? It's a transition season, and that involves a lot of back and forth. Which has the potential to bring some irritability with the unpredictability. With that scenario in mind, I want to discuss SYSTEMS in our bodies, and how they flow.
Spring is Liver season in Chinese medicine—the time to refresh, restore, and get energy moving again after winter’s deep rest. The Liver governs smooth Qi flow, blood circulation, and detoxification, and it also supports healthy tendons, ligaments, and emotional balance.
The best way to support this process? Eat foods that nourish the Blood, improve circulation, and help the body clear out what it no longer needs. Here are my top 10 picks for spring vitality!
In Chinese Medicine, the liver is closely associated with the element of Wood, which is dominant during the spring season. Spring, a time of renewal and growth, mirrors the qualities of Wood—expansion, vitality, and upward movement. Just as trees and plants sprout and flourish in spring, the liver's energy is at its peak, promoting growth and the smooth flow of Qi (energy) throughout the body.
