You likely already know that including holistic and natural medicine in most, if not all, medical treatment plans is a wise idea. In this article, we take a quick dive into the world of integrative treatments for breast cancer. The implications of all the research and clinical experience indicates the efficacy of integrative treatments […]
By Dr. David Martin, Acupuncture Physician, D.O.M.
The Opioid Crisis is making headlines these days. National leaders are beginning to pay attention to this ongoing and expanding situation of overuse of opioids, a class of substances which include heroin as well as prescription pain killers such as Oxycodone, codeine, morphine, or Fentanyl. Essentially the opioids […]
Boost energy and mood
It’s 3:00 p.m. Are you tired or having trouble focusing? In this article are some new ideas about easy ways to use Natural Medicine to help you. It’s using your intelligence and Food as Medicine. Oh, and lest I forget while I have your attention right now: Acupuncture helps energy and […]
Longevity & Vitality: A Brain Requirement, Ancient Wisdom & New “Reverse Aging” Science
Part 3 in the “Live Long and Prosper” Series
In our first two articles “How Gut Health & the Gut-Brain Connection Affect Your Health & Longevity” and “Chinese Medicine: Longevity Practices & Foods”, we covered a lot of territory in what is thought […]
Acupuncture and Back Pain
Back pain is common.
Almost all of us has experience back pain at one time or another. It is very common and one of the main complaints among Americans. It is from this complaint that we seek medical attention and lose days from work more often than almost any other. The statistic […]
Shoulder Pain is one of the maladies treated most often in our acupuncture clinic.
Shoulder pain and arm pain is often treated with acupuncture points on the meridians that traverse the arm, shoulder and neck. Six meridians go through this area. Some end at the armpit or in the chest and some go up to […]
Stories of Healing: Acupuncture
Did you know that Acupuncture is:
Highly effective for much more than pain and stress/anxiety? The full list is too long to write here.
These few examples give an idea of its breadth:
Acupuncture can help reverse the damage of strokes—the sooner treatment is begun, the better the recovery.
Acupuncture can help […]
“Discovering more joy does not save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have […]
IS YOUR THYROID IN DISTRESS?
Over twenty-five percent (25%) of Americans have Hashimoto’s Disease, which triggers the immune system to attack the thyroid gland, sending the endocrine system into chaos. The inflammation (or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis) caused by this attack on the thyroid will typically cause hypothyroidism (an under-active thyroid) and slow the production of […]
LION’S MANE FOR THE BRAIN & NERVES
MEET THE MUSHROOM MAN
We first encountered Paul Stamets on YouTube. I could not rip myself away for a second. His talk at a Bioneers’ Conference in 2015 was riveting and inspiring. This man and his wife have literally spent years in the forests, mostly in Oregon and Washington […]