As summer warms up and progresses, so does the possibility of experiencing heatstroke. But there are things you can do to help prevent heatstroke or even treat it, should it occur. East Asian Medicine (EAM) offers some tried and true…
Ozempic is enjoying fifteen minutes of fame right now because of the medical profession pushing it as the next big weight loss drug. But, as with all pharmaceuticals, it is not without adverse side effects (check out our blog post…
Anybody who has worked with me is familiar with the term biofilm. But what exactly is a biofilm and how does it affect the body? And even more importantly, what can be done to counter the negative effects of biofilms? …
For decades, the “natural” health industry has been touting vitamin supplements by the thousands. Unfortunately, most of the supplements on the market are doing nothing more than creating expensive and perhaps even toxic urine. The truth is that most vitamins…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is usually associated with past and present military personnel. However, PTSD can affect anybody who has had some sort of traumatic or life changing event, such as a car crash, physical abuse, natural disasters or…
Migraine headaches are a bit of mystery to the medical world. This ailment tends to be poorly understood and frequently undiagnosed and undertreated. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, this neurological disease affects nearly 39 million Americans. Migraines are characterized…
Almost everybody has participated in sports activities at some point in their life. Along with playing sports comes the possibility of getting injured. Most of the time it’s something simple like a sprained ankle or general overuse of a muscle…
The prostate gland is an important part of the male sexual reproductive system. It is located between the penis and the bladder and it surrounds the urethra. The urethra, part of both the urinary and reproductive systems, provides the pathway…
East Asian Medicine and it’s most popular modality, acupuncture, work because they adjust the body through the main driving force, energy. In East Asian Medicine (EAM), it is sometimes referred to as qi (pronounced “chee”). Acupuncturists understand that when these pathways become blocked…
Sweating is an essential function of the body that helps to excrete metabolic wastes, cool the body down and moisten our skin. The way in which we sweat is affected by a lot of factors including diet, medications, mood, hormone…
