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Articles Our Stress, Our Health When Dr. Robert Sapolsky compares us to zebras in his book ‘Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,’ he is trying to make an obvious point about stress. When the zebra that goes through life grazing and…

Articles Shingles That Just Go On Forever If you have a challenging life at all, as the years roll by you’re likely to meet the shingles nemesis at one point or another. ‘Shingles’, or Herpes Zoster, is opportunistic when certain…

Articles Stress and Our Immunities I have just recently had a patient come back with a deep sore throat that usually lands him on a course of antibiotics and several days off work. He has a young family, a new…

Articles Stress and The Bowel To fully understand stress, Dr. Robert Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers always takes us back to that meeting with that lion. Basically, in extreme stress, all operations of the body give in…

Articles The Many Faces of Diabetes In Chinese medicine, we don’t have a diagnosis of Diabetes.  But in its many forms, diabetes has always been known to us. So, it is confusing when someone asks us to treat their diabetes. …

Articles The Swamp Inside Us “No, I’m not really thirsty, but I try to drink lots of water,” is something that I hear all the time. I look at their nails; they’re pale. They are cold, bloated, and may go…

Articles The Taking Of Herbs It would be nice if herbs were a one-off. “I took the herbs you gave me. the bad condition of my health that has been there for the last fifteen years is all cured. Thanks Doc!”…

Articles The Uterine Connection Part 1: It Should Be Saved Sometimes I come home a little down because a female patient isn’t responding to treatment as she should.  I don’t like to discuss cases too much too openly, but my…

Articles The Yin and Yang Of It Though acupuncture, or more broadly speaking, Chinese Medicine has been a complete healthcare paradigm for anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 years, to the modern day person seeking a solution to their health problem,…