Natural Foods to Prevent Winter Illness

December 6, 20200

As a Doctor of natural medicine, I believe strongly in the healing power of nature. So as the cold and flu season approaches, there are many natural approaches to optimizing one’s immune system in order to get yourself ready for battles ahead. While sleep and stress management are fundamental to health,…

East Asian Medicine Lifestyle Changes that Support Joint Health

East Asian Medicine, Newsletter

November 15, 20200

A torn ACL, menstrual cramps, a broken heart –– life brings all sorts of pain. The good news? You are meant to experience pain. It is your body’s way of signaling stress; your innate intelligence gently aching (or screaming impatiently) to stop, listen, and change something...but what? Do you know where your…

Photobiomodulation 101

Newsletter, Photobiomodulation

November 8, 20200

Photobiomodulation therapy is defined as the utilization of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy to trigger photochemical changes within cellular structures that are receptive to photons. Mitochondria is particularly receptive to this process. At the cellular level, visible red and near infrared light (NIR) energy are absorbed by mitochondria, which perform the function of…

Autumn Forest Bathing

Autumn Forest Bathing, Newsletter

October 25, 20200

In Japanese culture there is something known as Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to "forest bathing". Studies have demonstrated a wide array of health benefits, especially in the cardiovascular and immune systems and for stabilizing and improving mood and cognition. When people remember that they are a part of nature, not separate from…

Spot Treating vs. Treating the Root Cause

Newsletter, Treatments

August 23, 20200

A lot of people are quick to spot treat a problem without really understanding the reason for the problem. If you're one of those, you're not alone. It’s the way of the Western medical model to spot treat. What I mean by spot treating is something like popping a couple ibuprofen…

Herbs: An Effective Approach to Health

Herbs, Newsletter, Treatments

August 16, 20200

In the Western world, most of us have a bias to one style of Medicine: allopathic or western medicine. The normal cycle for most of us who get sick is this: we get sick, we go to the doctor, we get prescribed drugs, we get better over time and then…

Acupuncture Regulates and Improves Vision

Acupuncture, Newsletter

July 19, 20200

While those in the field of acupuncture know that it works, because we see the results every day and have extensively studied the archives dating back thousands of years of Chinese medicine, it is always cool when a new study demonstrates that acupuncture does indeed work. This study is citing the affects of…

Sleep Nutrition

Newsletter, Sleep

July 12, 20200

While there are a few different patterns for insomnia, in Traditional Chinese Medicine all of them include the heart or heat. Try eating calming and cooling foods to help promote deep sleep. Calming foods to eat 1-2 hours before going to bed: Almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, pineapple, bananas, cherries, lemon balm (tea) Foods to avoid…

Acupuncture, Racism and African American History in the US

Acupuncture, Newsletter

June 7, 20200

By: Tenisha Dandridge, L.Ac. If you do a quick google search for the history of acupuncture in America, it will get you a few results. Most notably, is the popular Nixon era story. In 1972 President Nixon’s Secretary of State, Henry A. Kissinger, traveled to China. A journalist for the New…

Organ Sound Vibration QiGong

Newsletter, QiGong, Treatments

May 10, 20200

Did you know shushing someone might actually may be beneficial to your health? There are six healing sounds known to Taoist qi gong practice that vibrate specific organs and promote emotional and physical well-being. It has been shown sound vibrations promote healing and provide a type of massage to the organs.…

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