AcuHerb Community Circle

04/03/2026

The weeks you need support the most are the exact weeks you talk yourself out of it. Come anyway. Community Acupuncture Mondays 11-1, California MD. $40! Your nervous system will thank you. AHCC.janeapp.com

04/02/2026

Ever wondered what acupuncture actually feels like? 🌿
Most people describe it as deeply relaxing; you will fall right asleep on the table!

Community acupuncture takes that experience and makes it shared. You recline in a cozy chair, needles are placed, and you just... let go.

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💚 Group setting. Calming energy. Real results.
💰 Only $40 per session.

Starting Monday, April 6th — 11am to 1pm
📍 22685 Three Notch Rd, California MD
DM us, text 301-202-4053, or book online at ahcc.jaeapp.com

04/02/2026

✨ Something new is blooming this spring. ✨
Introducing Community Wellness: a group acupuncture experience designed to make healing accessible, affordable, and connected.

Mondays this Spring, starting April 6th, join us for mini-acupuncture sessions in a warm, relaxed group setting. Whether you're dealing with stress, pain, or just need a reset — this is for you.

🪡 Mini-Acupuncture Sessions: $40
📅 Mondays | 11:00am – 1:00pm
📍 22685 Three Notch Rd, California MD
Spots are limited — book yours today!
👉 Text or call 301-202-4053
Book Online: ahcc.janeapp.com
📧 jaydee@acuherbcommunitycircle.com

03/29/2026

Got allergies!?

If your eyes are watering, your nose won't stop running, and everything outside is covered in a yellow-green dust right now — you're not imagining it. Pollen season is here.
Before you reach for another Zyrtec, here's what most people don't know: acupuncture is one of the safest and most effective ways to treat seasonal allergies — and we've been doing it here in Maryland for years.
We have availability in the clinic right now, so come on in, get your treatment, and actually start feeling better this spring — naturally."

03/04/2026

I think we have 2 bottles left in the clinic so come by before they’re gone!

The Deets

01/27/2026

We are open today! Be safe out there in the snow ⛄️

12/29/2025

For the woman who keeps wondering, “How can I feel this off when I’m doing so much ‘right’?”—this is for you.
So many of the things you’re blaming on willpower are actually your nervous system running a long-term survival pattern: holding tension, disrupting sleep, tightening digestion, and quietly layering shame on top of an already overloaded body.
On January 11, 1–2:30 pm ET, I’m teaching Out of Survival Mode, a live online workshop where we’ll map what survival mode actually looks like in a woman’s body, how late‑winter Water energy sets the stage for spring’s Wood push, and how to start shifting with seasonally intelligent, doable practices instead of another round of self‑critique.
You’ll experience gentle qigong, a few acupressure points, and a brief coherence practice you can return to when your system starts to tip back into “just get through the day.”
If your body feels more like an alarm system than a home right now, you’re invited.
Save your seat for Out of Survival Mode – link in bio.

12/27/2025

Kujichagulia. Self-Determination. The will to remember the self.

This second principle of Kwanzaa calls us to define, name, and create ourselves from within—living by the rhythm that sustains us, not the systems that shape us.

Western medicine and modern culture tell us that health is a set of numbers to manage and optimize. But nature isn’t linear or efficient. It breathes, cycles, and transforms like weather. When we force ourselves to fit the metrics, we drift from our body’s own knowing and lose access to the wisdom that keeps us well.

In Five Element medicine, healing means coming home to your original nature.
Water finds balance in stillness.
Fire in connection.
Earth in care.
Metal in refinement.
Wood in growth and movement.

But modern life demands that we all act like Wood—constantly striving and producing. Over time, that pressure fractures the harmony we’re built to live by.

I once treated a patient whose Wood constitution struggled every fall. Digestive upset, headaches, tension. The season of Metal (autumn) was asking her to let go, but in our culture, stillness feels unsafe. Beneath her anger was grief she’d never been allowed to feel. When she finally exhaled, cried, and softened, her body found alignment again. Words were the needles that day, and her body did the healing.

That’s Kujichagulia: the courage to live by the laws that govern your being.
It’s radical healing through restoration.

Core philosophy:
Align with nature, the seasons, your constitution, Yin/Yang, and organ relationships.
Resist overriding the body with numbers, restrictions, and symptom suppression.

Kujichagulia asks:
Who are you when you stop forcing and start aligning?

📸 Me and my cousin, 1994. I was deep in my Earth element back then and didn’t even know it. Work with me at 5emethod.com

12/24/2025

It has been a long time since I created an online event. However, the women in my clinic are seeking support this season, so I know others need it too.

They are feeling tired, tearful, and overwhelmed. Winter is supposed to be the time we restore and nourish for a new year ahead, but instead, we are pulled "every-whicha-way"!

So I am offering a free, live online workshop where we’ll connect the dots between seasonal rhythm, your nervous system, and the way your body is functioning right now.​ Join me on Jan 11.

Checkout page for Out of Survival Mode Exclusive Online Event.

12/10/2025

I had a patient ask me yesterday about cupping — and yes, I absolutely love cupping.
I use it regularly in the spring and summer.
But in winter, I don’t offer it. And here’s why:

Winter is the Water season in Chinese medicine.
It’s the time for nourishment, storage, rebuilding, and conserving your deepest reserves.
Not releasing.
Not clearing.
Not pulling things out of the body.

Cupping is a dispelling therapy — it moves, releases, clears, vents, and opens the surface of the body.
That’s perfect in spring and summer, when the Yang is rising and your system is ready to let go.
But in winter, your body is trying to hold on, build strength, and protect the Kidney system.
Opening the surface too much this time of year can weaken what your body is trying to store.

So if you have chronic pain, tightness, or stagnation — we will address it.
But we will do it in a way that honors the season you’re living in.
Winter treatment focuses on warming, nourishing, grounding, and rebuilding so that in spring, when your body naturally rises, cupping can work so much more effectively.

We are nature.
When we follow seasonal medicine, we get better outcomes in pain, digestion, mood, hormones — in everything.
Your body heals best when we work with the season, not against it.

If you’ve been feeling the call to rebuild your energy this winter, this is the perfect time to come in.

💙 Book your winter acupuncture visit — let’s nourish what your body is asking for right now.

12/03/2025

Sugar feels comforting this time of year, but winter makes us more sensitive to it.
Your digestion slows down, your adrenals have fewer reserves, and your Kidneys are in their deep yin, restorative phase.
A little sugar + stress + cold weather + a busy schedule can feel heavier than it normally would.

I’m sharing this with love — not to judge, but to help you understand your body in a kinder way.
Your symptoms aren’t personal failures.
They’re signals.
They’re your body whispering, “I need warmth. I need rest. I need gentleness.”

Here are some winter supports that make a big difference:
• warm cooked meals
• less sugar, more nourishment
• a slower pace
• earlier nights
• keeping your neck, low back, and feet warm
• honoring your own limits

When you soften your rhythm, your body softens too.
Winter is the season for rebuilding, not pushing.

If you want a gentle place to start,
💬 Comment WINTER
and I’ll send you my free Winter to Spring Transition Guide — a simple, nurturing way to care for your digestion and energy this season.

Be kind to yourself.
Your body is doing its best to take care of you. 💙

11/30/2025

Winter is the most yin point in the year — the place where everything drops down, quiets, and returns to its source.

But most people keep sprinting through December and January like nothing has changed.
And that’s why they end up sick, exhausted, mentally scattered, and emotionally thin by mid-winter.

Your body isn’t failing you.
You’re just out of rhythm with the season.

I created a Winter Survival Guide with simple home practices to help you move with winter instead of fighting it:
– How to slow your system without losing momentum
– Rituals that warm and protect your qi
– Ways to anchor your emotions when the days get dark and heavy

Want it?
Comment WINTER and I’ll DM it to you. ❄️