Wellness Within Acupuncture

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.)

02/13/2026

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 🌊🥒

02/08/2026

STRESS-

Acupuncturists are curious to know the level of stress someone is experiencing. I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that most people have some degree of stress going on. Chronic stress that accumulates over months, years, decades really begins to take a toll, and begins to show up in a myriad of ways. These symptoms that present are the leaves on a branch, the roots are where we look to go deeper. When I share with people that acupuncture helps reduce stress, it’s more complex than just “relaxing” someone. Chinese Medicine is working to not only relieve someone of the symptoms but address and ultimately heal the root, and support the nervous system in regulation. This picture shows general ways we see stress affecting different meridian systems.

02/05/2026

A glimpse into what we see when working with the ears. Auricular acupuncture is what we refer to as a “microsystem”- a reflection of the whole.

02/05/2026

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