Slowing Down & Filling Up: Winter & The Water Element in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Once the joyful frenzy of the holidays dies down and you’ve rung in the new [...]

Chaga: The King of Mushrooms

The concept of using mushrooms as anything other than delicious additions to an omelet, pasta [...]

Breathing In, Letting Go: Fall and the Metal Element in Traditional Chinese Medicine

It is the summer’s great last heat, It is the fall’s first chill: They meet. [...]

Mother Mugwort: The Healing Powers of Mugwort

If you google “mugwort” and “magic,” you’ll find articles recommending that you place mugwort under [...]

Fire and Joy: Learning to Embrace Summer Fully

It’s officially summer! Today is the summer solstice (the exact moment of the solstice–when the [...]

Spring Has Sprung: Finding Balance and Connecting to the Seasons

We’re now well into spring here in NYC and it’s finally actually feeling like it! [...]

Mellow Yellow: How To Get the Most Out of Turmeric

In Chinese medicine, all foods have a particular energy and effect on our individual constitutions [...]

Ashwagandha’s Got You Covered: The Powerful Herb that Treats Everything from Memory Loss to Depression

If you’ve read my post on Rhodiola Rosea, ashwagandha may sound familiar to you. Both [...]

Magic Mushrooms: Why You Should Start Using Reishi

The Reishi mushroom, also known as Ling Zhi in Chinese, is a magic mushroom. No, [...]

Facial Rejuvenation: Shine from the inside out

I became interested in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture a couple of years ago. I was looking [...]