This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 12/11/2013. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. In Chinese Medicine, we frequently talk about the Five Elements – but what exactly are these mysterious “elements”?…
Healing Wisdom
Detoxing for the New Year: The Detox Lifestyle Overhaul
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 12/29/2013. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Many patients have asked me recently about how our wellness services can help them “detox” in the New…
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…
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…
Foods that make you happy
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 9/20/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. This morning the plumber showed up an hour late to fix my broken toilet, which made me stressed…
Why I am an acupuncturist
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 10/4/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Being an acupuncturist is still a unique enough profession that people always ask about it. It is a…
Treating Morning Sickness with Acupuncture
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 8/2/2011. By Marcie Bower, LicAc. Here at Stepping Stone, we treat a lot of women during pregnancy to help alleviate uncomfortable symptoms and…
Summer Solstice
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 6/21/2011. Today is the summer solstice, and here in New England, it finally feels like summer has actually arrived! Summer is the season…
Emotions and Spirit
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 3/22/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Many patients who seek acupuncture treatment come to us for a specific physical ailment – such as knee…
The many dimensions of the Spleen
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 2/15/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we talk about many organs – the Spleen, the Lung, the Heart, the…