Dr. Kathy Dang

03/16/2023

We’re honoured and grateful to be recognized as clinic in Vancouver for fifth year in row! We really appreciate receiving another Best Acupuncture Award from the Consumer Choice Award - Choix de Consommateur in 2023. Consumer Choice Award - Choix du Consommateur

Thank you, everyone. It is a pleasure for the Red Tree Wellness team to help restore health! 🙌 💪

05/25/2022

It's time for naturopathic tip from Dr. Kathy Dang, ND, RAc!

𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬? Go for a walk, it will clear your head?
We have all heard that before, but why and how does that really work?
A recent study shows that just 20 minutes a day in nature will reduce your stress hormone, cortisol, by 20%! It is really hard to come by ANY prescription that is FREE and works that fast!
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤. Once a month I will be prescribing a free annual Parks pass to all of Canada’s great National Parks. Availability is limited.
So doctors orders, go in nature for 20-30 minutes a day, reduce that stress and improve the mood!
Dr. Kathy Dang

Reference:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00722/full

03/31/2022

How to treat and prevent cold sores!

03/02/2022

Taking iron every second day (rather than every day) is better for absorption. It's because daily dosing increases hepcidin which impairs absorption. Read "Iron absorption is greater with alternate-day dosing." Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7193469/

12/23/2021

Naturopathic Tip with Dr. Kathy Dang, ND, RAc!

Cue the sweet holiday treats and rich holiday meals……and the heartburn, bloating, gas and a few pounds gained.

Here is my naturopathic tip to get you through this season’s digestion challenge.

Digestive enzymes gives your digestion a leg up to breaking down (1) proteins, (2) fats, and (3) carbohydrates. What to look in digestive enzymes depends on what your needs are. Most people do great on a general spectrum digestive enzyme that covers proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

Ingredients of a digestive enzyme and what they do, find one that covers your needs:
Animal-sourced:
-Pancreatin - Porcine source - amylase, lipase and protease to digest fats, proteins, sugars
-Pepsin - Porcine source - stomach enzyme that breaks down protein
-Ox bile - Important if gallbladder is removed to breakdown fats

Plant-sourced:
-Bromelain - helps breakdown protein and also reduces inflammation is needed to absorb calcium, magnesium potassium, copper and iron
lactoseotein and also reducing inflammation
-Papain - enzyme from papaya, breaks down protein
-amylase - breaks down carbohydrates
-protease - breaks down proteins
-lipase - breaks down fats
-Cellulase - breaks down cellulose in plants
-Lactase - breakse down lactose

Take your digestive enzyme at the beginning or middle of a meal.
Enjoy the holidays with confidence and easy digestion!

Dr. Kathy Dang, ND, RAc

Photo by Edu Lauton on Unsplash.

11/11/2021

Here’s me talking about men’s health for November! Enjoy!

09/10/2021

07/14/2021

Tuesday Tip with Suzanne Williams, RAc: You have probably heard about a common acupressure point for headaches - the fleshy area between your thumb and index finger. While that's a great start, did you know that there are specific points you can press for headaches in different areas of your head?

For example, if you have a headache on the side of your head or behind your eye, try pressing and kneading the muscle of your hand between your ring finger and little finger. Find the sore spots and really knead until the soreness is gone. For best results, use the hand on the opposite side of your headache. Press away the pain and let us know how it goes!

06/20/2021

"Wisdom of Trauma" by Dr. Gabor Mate - free access this weekend only. What does trauma have to do with addiction, depression, anxiety, and adverse childhood events? Dive into this with Dr. Mate.

WELCOME TO THE ENCORE WEEKEND Click below to watch the movie now: WATCH THE MOVIE NOTE: The Wisdom of Trauma movie and Trauma Talk Series can be watched until midnight on Sunday, June 20! Become a Wisdom of Trauma Supporter If you wish to support the movie and the mission, please donate to watch ...

06/15/2021

My dear friend and colleague, Dr. Tracy Robinson aka "DocRobin" penned a new collaboration book, Black Women’s Health-O-Pedia E-book! Support this book project of natural health for women of colour.

The Black Woman's Health-O-Pedia: A Holistic Health Resource by Naturopathic Physicians for the African American Woman

06/04/2021

Day 2! I love my Red Tree Wellness (RTW) team and hope you do too! We have passion, care, intelligence and experience, and love here to help guide you on your pathway to health. We believe that a strong collaborative team is the key to have a strong foundation and tools to help our patients heal and grow.

💁 Dr. Kathy Dang, ND, RAc is our 3 year RTW veteran with over 9 years of ND experience, and is passionate, intelligent, wise and mom of 2 young boys.
💆 Suzanne Williams RAc, has been with us almost 2 years and is super smart with 3 language fluencies under her belt, a Wu Shu practitioner, and one of our strongest and hardest workers.
🙏 Alexandra Vaskova is our 2 year extraordinary, super efficient Clinic Coordinator who helps keep us organized and flowing so we can focus better on patient care.
💪 Rick Tickner is our 2 year Project Manager who helps us manage technical and other LEAN projects at the clinic.
🙋 Oh ya and me, Sonia F. Tan, DAOM, RAc, RTCMP, the Founder & Director, Chinese medicine, Astrology and Feng Shui practitioner, teacher of Balance Acupuncture, author, and both an active lifestyle person and a nerd.

Yeah team! 👐 Who have you seen and who do you want to give a shout of love to?! Let us hear it! Each comment is an entry for $15 off your next session. Share the love!

06/01/2021