As a TCM practitioner who are pursuing health and longevity, I would like to share with my friends the ideas of self-care at the time of transitioning from winter to spring. Spring is a wonderful period of renewal, growth, and expansion, but it also brings some challenges for our health […]
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You Must Have a Negative Answer to Each and Every Question Before Your Treatment Ontario Ministry of Health Covid-19 Screening Questionnaire (adapted) Q1: Do you live or work in a Long-Term Care facility or Retirement Home? Q2: Did you travel outside of Canada in the past 14 days? Q3: Have […]
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Opioid Addiction: What Is It and Why Is It Prevalent Today Opioids. A word all too common to today’s society. Since the late 1990s, the number of opioid-related deaths has increased dramatically. Someone dies every day from opioid overdose in Canada. The opioid epidemic is the deadliest crisis in Canadian […]
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Is TCM effective treating Covid-19? The answer is YES, for sure. In China, among some 80,000 confirmed hospitalized cases, over 70,000 used TCM treatments, which played an very important role to have the crisis under control. Healthy people can use TCM lifestyle/mind-body medicine for prevention. Their symptoms are less severe […]
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Miraculous Recovery from CRPS: Eileen’s Story (A Guest Post by eileensyoga.com) On Autumn Equinox, 2013, I fractured and dislocated a finger while repairing my bike. Within the next 10 days, I visited the ER 5 times, each time being attended by yet a different medical resident who either re-set the […]
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Why do some people always catch a cold, and others don’t? Viruses and germs, and other micro-organism are everywhere. They are in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat, but not all of them are bad or harmful. Think of the immune system as […]
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A study published in the Annals of Yoga and Physical Therapy looked at how acupuncture treatments affect stress levels in administrative workers at a local hospital. The study included 58 participants who reported high levels of stress associated with their jobs. The participants were treated with eight weeks of auricular […]
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New mothers always want to do everything possible to care for their new baby. One of the best ways to care for that new bundle of joy is by breastfeeding them. Breast milk contains vital nutrients and antibodies that can boost the baby’s immune system. And as an added bonus, […]
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A study published by the Journal of Evidence-Based complementary and Alternative Medicine looked at the holistic effects of acupuncture treatments. The study looked at how acupuncture treatments were conducted and evaluated. One of the areas this study looked at is how acupuncture influences the function of the brain. By using […]
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Tension headaches are the most common types of reported headaches that usually consist of a dull ache in the head coupled with tenderness in ones scalp, neck and shoulder muscles. It’s often also described as having a sensation of pressure or tightness reaching the sides and the back of the […]
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