by iyashi | Sep 23, 2022 | Child/Kids Health, Chinese Medicine, Cold/Flu/COVID, COVID 5, Eastern Medicine, Family Health, Nutrition
Fall has barely begun but the cold and flu are in full force, and COVID is still going on (though less for right now). I am already seeing increase cases of colds in my office and am helping my patients via herbal telemedicine consults. And this year, we have to...
by iyashi | Jan 15, 2022 | Child/Kids Health, COVID 1, COVID19, Eastern Medicine, Family Health, Leaky Gut
One of the concepts within Chinese Medicine that is just beginning to be understood within the context of Western Medicine is the idea of a Latent Pathogenic Factor (LPF). Just as the name sounds, an LPF is a pathogen (such as a bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite)...
by iyashi | May 4, 2020 | 5 Elements, Child/Kids Health, Chinese Medicine, Cold/Flu/COVID, Eastern Medicine, Family Health
Spring is officially here, and with Spring comes many imbalances that we in Chinese Medicine attribute to the Liver organ and meridian system. Image from: designua / 123RF Stock Photo This image shows the Five Element cycle and its ability to “generate”...
by iyashi | Jan 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
I got sick this winter break, which is very rare for me, but I thought it was just me. When I started hearing from and reading several of my acupuncturist colleagues’ Facebook postings that they too were sick, I knew this one was not the run of the mill cold...
by iyashi | Sep 9, 2017 | Acupuncture, Eastern Medicine, Family Health, Uncategorized
Copyright: sritangphoto / 123RF Stock Photo Autumn, like Spring, is when the weather varies drastically, as the season shifts from one extreme to the other (as in from the hot summer to the cold winter that is to come in the case of Autumn). At least here...
