Traditional Chinese medicine centers on physical and mental balance. Emotions like stress, anger, fear, or even excitement can cause seemingly unrelated physical symptoms to manifest. Without an understanding of the connection between our mental and physical experiences, we may wind up taking medications that ease the physical symptoms we are facing but…
During the summer, Traditional Chinese Medicine maintains that the heart is more active. The heart is associated with fire and joy, but joy isn’t a bad thing, right? Well, the type of joy we’re talking about is more of an overexcitement. Having too much stimulus can cause us to get anxious, jittery,…
The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Have a Baby… Miscarriages can happen in up to 25% of pregnancies. One type of miscarriage, known as a missed miscarriage, occurs when there is an absent fetal heartbeat during a routine check-up. In these cases, often doctors will instruct their patient to wait for…
For many people, their introduction to acupuncture comes from their seeking relief from an injury or pain that just isn’t going away despite trying the conventional methods. As an Acupuncturist, I treat pain conditions almost daily, and from this experience, I have adopted a three part treatment to help effectively reduce or…
You’ve probably heard of the TCM principles Yin and Yang, but do you understand their functions? In this article, Dr. Cheryl Lee outlines a few symptoms that are associated with excess and deficient Yin and Yang within your body, and introduces you to what acupuncture can do to help. Yin and Yang…
Inflammation is a word that we generally associate with redness, pain, and downright discomfort. It may not be our favourite thing, but inflammation is actually a process that our body undergoes in order to encourage healing and restoration. So what happens when the inflammation has went down, but pain is still present?…
Once your child arrives in the world, it has a lot of adjusting to do. This adjustment period is sometimes wrought with problems like indigestion and a lack of sleeping time, and, as many parents know, this isn’t just a problem that occurs in the newborns! You might think that Traditional Chinese…
