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…
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Chinese Medicine: Pulse Diagnosis
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 5/31/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. As you have probably noticed from your acupuncture treatments at Stepping Stone, acupuncturists feel your pulses before starting…
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…
Acupuncture for the Common Cold
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 10/25/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Most people in the United States seek out acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain. Clinically, we also see an abundance…
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…
The current problem with acupuncture research
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 1/20/2011. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. As an acupuncturist, one of the most common questions that I get asked is “Does acupuncture really work?”…
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…
Tongue Diagnosis
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 5/3/2011. By Bethany Hauch, Lic.Ac. If you have ever had a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture treatment, your acupuncturist probably asked to look…