Wellness Within Acupuncture

03/27/2026

Enjoy your Friday 🩵

03/26/2026

03/25/2026

Let me see your tongue…

03/25/2026

Leave a 🤍 if you agree and share with someone who needs to hear this. Aging with grace is an absolute gift.

03/24/2026

It’s good to laugh 🤭

03/22/2026

Happy Spring, it’s Liver and Gallbladder Season 🌱 the Wood Element is all about growth, movement, flexibility, vision, change, evolution, and clarity

03/22/2026

Auricular Acupuncture 👂🏼💮

Did you know that there’s hundreds of points on the ear alone?

We use ear points for so many things. Often we will pop some in with the rest of the treatment.

The ear points are extremely powerful, some practitioners only use the ear.

There are some very amazing protocols that utilize the ear. NADA and Battlefield are two.

NADA protocol is very effective for treating addiction, emotional and mental issues, and other related symptoms.

Battlefield protocol was created originally to be used during times where traditional forms of medicine couldn’t be accessed, such as war zones. It effectively treats pain and trauma.

The ear is often used solely in environments such as war zones, prisons/jails, rehab centers, and homeless shelters. We don’t have to get anyone on a table or disrobe them. We can simply treat the ear.

I use ear points for all kinds of things. If someone is stressed out, anxious, experiencing PTSD, nervous system overload, I’ll definitely throw in some ear points.

We can also use the ear for other things, such as pain, hormonal issues, digestive issues, high blood pressure, respiratory issues, fertility, and much more!

Please see a licensed acupuncturist to receive auricular acupuncture for the most effective and safe treatment.

02/14/2026

In Chinese Medicine, part of our Differentiation and Diagnosis is identifying what pattern and what meridian systems are essentially out of balance. Within the Kidney System, we have Kidney Qi Deficiency, Kidney Yin Deficiency, Kidney Yang Deficiency, Kidney Essence Deficiency, Kidney Jing Deficiency…there are more, but this is a basic list. The list below shows a multitude of common symptoms that manifest, that we consider a Kidney symptom, we then put everything together and decide what the differentiation is, for example- hypothyroid is typically Kidney Yang Deficiency. When the Kidney system is affected, everything else will be in some way. When we address and treat the Kidney/Water system, it will ultimately help the whole system (body).

Physical and Emotional Symptoms that occur with a Water Element Imbalance include:

-Fear
-Phobias
-Panic Attacks
-Anxiety
-Frequent or difficult urination, nocturnal emissions
-Lower Back Pain
-Adrenal Exhaustion/Fatigue
-Hot Flashes
-Knee pain
-Heel pain
-Ringing in the Ear- specifically low pitched
-Premature greying of the hair
-Hair thinning or loss, especially during times of high stress
-Hypothyroid/hyperthyroid
-Infertility
-Impotence
-Lack of Libido
-Hormone Imbalances
-Dark circles under the eyes or puffiness
-Chronic urinary tract problems
-Exhausted
-Need stimulants such as coffee in afternoon to maintain energy, although they don’t really help
-Pain or numbness along associated channels (the Bladder channel begins at the eye, travels up around the head down the back/glutes/hamstrings/calves and ends on the pinky toe.) (the Kidney channel begins on the bottom of the foot and travels up the medial/inner side of the leg to the groin, then ascends up the abdomen close to the center line and ends directly under the clavicle.)

02/12/2026

The Kidney System for us in Chinese Medicine is extremely important. It’s like a storehouse, our battery, the savings account within your body. We are always treating root causes in Chinese Medicine. I would say confidentiality that most people have a Kidney root imbalance. As I talk with someone and listen to their history or experience, I’m filtering everything into my Chinese Medicine lens, and I’m identifying what might be the root system imbalance. Most symptoms that actually appear are what we call the branch symptoms. When we address the root and balance it out, the branches start to take care of themselves. We are immersed in the season of Winter which corresponds to the Water Element, which houses the Kidney (yin) and Urinary Bladder (yang) channels. As we take care of our water energy, this will help foster a strong Wood energy when spring comes. Water is the mother of Wood- wood element is comprised of the Liver (yin) and Gallbladder (yang). If the Kidney system is burned out, exhausted, depleted, over worked- it doesn’t have enough good qi to give to its child (the liver and gallbladder), this leads to liver and gallbladder imbalances. It’s a good time to support the Kidney water and to help promote a smooth Liver Qi Spring 🌊🥒