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Immune Boosting is a Two-Step Process Boosting the immune system in Chinese medicine is a two-step process. Immune stimulation includes everything we do to kick your immune response into high gear when it is actively fighting off “the bugs.” Immune tonification includes everything we do when you are well to strengthen your immune system and your metabolism as a whole.
Immune Boosting in Chinese Medicine: YOU Are the House Imagine a snug little house in a sheltered valley. The walls are solid, the windows are secure, the roof is tight. Inside, there’s a warm fire in the hearth and a hearty pot of stew on the stove. Everything is in good order. No matter the weather outside – cold, damp
Five Element Acupuncture, Autumn and the Metal Element The ancient Chinese understood that the seasonal cycles of nature – the Five Elements – are also at work within us. Five Element acupuncture uses the healing power of nature to balance and harmonize the energy of the Five Elements within the human body, mind and spirit. This article explores the qualities
Nature in Decline The signals of Autumn, season of the Metal Element, are dramatic and unmistakeable. Chill winds strip leaves from the trees, and rain spatters on the roof and windows. Nuts clatter to the ground. All of nature is in decline. There’s a new but welcome tiredness as Late Summer, season of the Earth Element, comes to an end.
Acupuncture: an Alternative to Pain Killers For nearly three years, Minnesota’s Abbot Northwestern Hospital has been successfully offering acupuncture in the emergency room. Acupuncture is used as part of pain management for conditions ranging from accident injuries to kidney stones. Evidence from a preliminary study suggests that for some patients acupuncture may be able to replace narcotic pain killers entirely.
Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your shadow on the sundials and let loose the wind in the fields. Bid the last fruits to be full; give them another two more southerly days, press them to ripeness, and chase the last sweetness into the heavy wine. Whoever has no house now will not build one anymore. Whoever
