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Sleep Restoration
Many of us have experienced or are experiencing poor sleep quality since parenthood. Patient Z in her early 50s, juggling her work and her three kids, started acupuncture treatments in mid Dec 2023. After a few sessions, she was happy to share with me her chart of sleep record.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Results
Last week, Patient was excited to show me that she could finally take off her wedding band for the first time in five years! She has suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis for years. Below are pictures taken from before, and now. Though she has received acupuncture treatments over the past few years, she said the progress…
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Menstruation in Teen Girls
Being a Chinese Medicine practitioner and also a parent of two teens, I know a lot is going on in their bodies now. For girls, it’s the critical point in their lives when they start to have the capability of bearing a new life. In the TCM classical, “The Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor”,…
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Tian Moxibustion (Tian Jiu Therapy)
What is Tian Moxibustion (Tian Jiu Therapy)? Tian means the Nature. According to Human-Nature relation theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) where human corresponds with the Nature, summer solstice is a critical period of balancing yin & yang of the body by applying warm-property and skin-stimulating herbal dressings/plasters on specific acupoints during the hottest time…
Orinda Acupuncture 