Chinese Medicine

Back to Basics: How an Acupuncturist Understands the Body

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 02/23/2013. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. I know I’ve posted about these concepts before, but I get so many questions from interested patients about…

Shingles

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 09/18/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Shingles is a very painful skin rash that can often leave patients in pain long after the rash…

Mushrooms

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 10/15/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. When I was 2 years old, mushrooms were my favorite food. Weird taste for a 2 year old,…

Treating Cold Sores with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 10/18/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Cold sores, also called fever blisters, are painful blisters that form around the lips and mouth. If you…

New Year’s Resolutions

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 12/15/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Ok, folks, it is that time again. Time to make some New Years Resolutions and try to stick…

Bell’s Palsy

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 07/20/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Bell’s Palsy (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001777/) is a neurological condition that involves damage to the seventh cranial nerve, which controls the…

Balance Your Emotions the Natural Way

This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 04/18/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. More than 1 in 10 Americans take antidepressant medications, a 400% growth over the past 20 years. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/health/story/2011-10-19/CDC-Antidepressant-use-skyrocketed-in-past-20-years/50826442/1)…