How Traditional Chinese Medicine Treats Anxiety and Depression

Mental health issues like anxiety and depression can have a profound impact on your quality of life. While Western medicine can provide some relief in the form of medication and therapy, traditiona...

How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Help Manage Stress

By: Dr. Soledade Soleil Meira do Valle DAOM, LAc. Maybe it’s a warm shower; maybe a cup of tea; maybe a binge session of your favorite reality TV show – we all have our own ways to relieve...

Sleep and Traditional Chinese Medicine

By: Max Annis  If you’ve ever snoozed your alarm several times in a row, you know that sleep is precious. Whether you’re a teenager sleeping until noon, or a new mom getting in a quick nap, you pro...

How Seasonal Changes Trigger Grief and Sadness

 By Max Annis      You’ve probably heard of seasonal affective disorder, which references the impact that seasons can have on our moods.  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) also maintains that sea...

Worry and Gut Health

By Fausta Tamburino L.Ac In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the Stomach and Spleen organ systems work together to perform their main purpose of taking in and processing food, and converting the...

Finding Inner Balance in Mental Health from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

When your leg is sprained, or your stomach is upset, or your head is spinning, you tend to seek help to fix that as soon as possible.  Mental health, while less tangible, is equally important. Whet...

Can Acupuncture Help with Stress?

We all have our own ways of dealing with stress – binging Netflix, going for a run, eating tons of junk food.  While these are all ways that people cope with stress, acupuncture offers a great alte...

How TCM supports Insomnia, Burnout, and Stress

At this time our modern society is suffering from more anxiety, stress, and insomnia than ever before. Part of this can be due to how deeply integrated we are as human beings attached to technology...