You’ve probably heard of the TCM principles Yin and Yang, but do you understand their functions? In this article, Dr. Cheryl Lee outlines a few symptoms that are associated with excess and deficient Yin and Yang within your body, and introduces you to what acupuncture can do to help. Yin and Yang…
Inflammation is a word that we generally associate with redness, pain, and downright discomfort. It may not be our favourite thing, but inflammation is actually a process that our body undergoes in order to encourage healing and restoration. So what happens when the inflammation has went down, but pain is still present?…
Once your child arrives in the world, it has a lot of adjusting to do. This adjustment period is sometimes wrought with problems like indigestion and a lack of sleeping time, and, as many parents know, this isn’t just a problem that occurs in the newborns! You might think that Traditional Chinese…
When you hear “small intestine”, the first thing you think about probably isn’t back, neck, or shoulder pain. After all, the small intestine is an organ that helps us digest, so how could it affect anything other than our gut? Well, it turns out that a lot of chronic pain conditions can…
Acupuncture can be a valuable drug-free tool in treating depression. Treating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) with acupuncture can also be effective, helping people who experience lower energy and a lack of motivation over the darker winter months. Due to the drug-free nature of Traditional Chinese Medicine, treatment will not inhibit the work…
You may have heard people talking about “Qi” (pronounced “chee”), the term for “energy” in Traditional Chinese Medicine. If you are lacking in vitality and suffering from exhaustion, low stamina, and poor digestion, Chinese Medicine might consider you Qi deficient. A trained acupuncturist looks for the underlying cause of this fatigue and…
When we think of menopause, “hot flashes” are one of the first things that come to mind, but menopause involves much more than this, with a wide range of symptoms. When it comes to treating menopause, some studies have shown acupuncture to be just as effective as hormone replacement therapy, which,…
