Dry Needles and Acupuncture Together
People often ask whether Dry Needles and Acupuncture Together work as well as either alone? In fact the most sophisticated understanding of Dry Needling is to recognize that our bodies are meshes of fascia that extend well beyon the origin and insertion of an...Morroccan Beet Salad for Vata Dosha
Here’s a Beet Salad for Vata Dosha I learned from my Morrocan friend Edith that I like to make in Autumn and Spring as a side dish with heavier food. Beet are an excellent Vata vegetable as they are easy-to-digest and, like turnip and radish, and excellent...Herbs for Damp Heat in TCM
A person asked me what about Herbs for Damp Heat in TCM on Quora. Here is my off the cuff answer —We have MANY herbs for clearing damp heat. But, key point, unless you are trained in Chinese medicine I would not self administer—Chinese herbs are drugs, they can have...Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine–How Do They Compare?
Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine are different systems of natural medicine with different medical language, practices, medicinals, and theory. For example, Chinese Medicine uses Acupuncture needles and a kind of massage done over the clothing, Tui Na. Ayurveda, on the...