This dish was delivered to my door by one of my colleagues after I had my baby, and my husband and I both voted it number one. Shockingly because it's so simple, but so unbelievably nourishing. Jook (sometimes called congee) is one of the greatest things to ever come out of China in my humble [...]
Ah, springtime is here. The days are longer, the cherry blossoms are blowing in the wind, things are starting to heat up, and at the back of many a young fertile female’s mind is the consistent nagging thought, How Do I Keep From Getting Pregnant? Chinese Medical theory does not support oral contraceptives (OCP's) and [...]
What do the needles do? They reduce inflammation. They release the body’s natural painkillers: endorphins, norepinephrine and enkephalin. Some of these substances are 10-200 times more potent than morphine! They increase blood flow to an area, and they sedate the sympathetic nervous system allowing for healing and homeostasis. Why are you putting a needle in [...]
My husband and I gave birth to our first child last year safely, comfortably and quickly at home. We dozed in our bed between contractions, he caught the baby on the way out, and we spent the first few hours of our son’s life nestled in a cozy heap in front of the fireplace while [...]
As I sit down to write this I feel like my life is piling up around me. There are stacks of paper next to me and they just keep getting bigger, my 6-week old is upstairs with his grandparents, I have no idea what day it is, my eyes are bloodshot, my husband for some [...]
Which one of these women looks more likely to get pregnant? We see a very common type of patient coming to acupuncture for fertility here in San Francisco. This type of patient is what I like to call a Damn Hard Worker. She has generally made a [...]
I have recently fallen deeply in love with bone broth. Nothing brings me more joy than skipping out of the meat department of my local grocery store with a bag full of sliced femur bones. I can barely wait to get home and fill my crock-pot. And it's SO SIMPLE to concoct a good bone [...]
Late Summer is the season, according to Chinese Five Element Theory, that corresponds with the element of Earth. On the east side of the country we welcome this last burst of energy and call it Indian Summer. Here on the west coast we continue to plug away through the fog and I notice lots of [...]
I’m a heart gal. I always look to this organ first when diagnosing imbalances at our acupuncture clinic. We call the heart The Emperor organ. A healthy heart constantly supplies the other organs with fresh oxygenated blood, delivering nutrients and circulating waste out of the body. The heart is basically a big pump and we [...]
This can be a very surprising and confusing time for a woman. A lot of women come to acupuncture seeking help in getting pregnant, but what happens next? When the pregnancy test comes back positive? There is no shortage of information on this subject, but I have had a difficult time finding a nice consolidated [...]
