This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 01/21/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Turmeric – a central spice in Indian cooking for more than 2500 years – is a powerhouse of…
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Acupuncture for Athletes
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 02/28/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. We treat a lot of athletes here at Stepping Stone – from recent moms who jog twice a…
How Chinese Herbal Medicine Appears in Your Everyday Life
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 02/02/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Chinese Herbal Medicine is an integral part of our therapeutic practice here at Stepping Stone Acupuncture and Chinese…
Thing I Have Learned from Being an Acupuncturist*
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 04/09/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. *Things I have learned from being an acupuncturist, above and beyond the 3000 years of theory, the requisite…
Why Maintenance Care is Important
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 01/18/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Most patients that come in for acupuncture or herbal medicine do so because they are seeking treatment for…
Spotlight on: Goji Berries!
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 11/14/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. You may have seen dried goji berries at your local health food store or even tried goji berry…
Visualization
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 11/07/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Patients come in for acupuncture for a wide variety of issues: backpain, whiplash, menstrual problems, chronic headaches, insomnia,…
Gua Sha
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 12/27/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. As our patients know, we like to use any and all adjunctive techniques available to us in our…
10 Health Tips
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 01/11/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. I recently got asked the following question: “What health tips would you recommend to all your patients, in…
Healthy Eating Habits
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 5/12/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. When we talk about healthy eating in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we not only talk about the characteristics…