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02/03/2026

❤️ Beyond Blood Pressure: Supporting Shen, Sleep & Emotional Resilience During Heart Month

February usually focuses on cardiovascular health—but in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Heart represents much more. It’s the home of the Shen, the spirit that influences emotional balance, clarity, and restful sleep.

With constant screen time, long work days, and the emotional dip that often follows the holidays, many patients feel unsettled this time of year. Heart Month is the perfect moment to support calm, grounding, and inner stability.

How Modern Stress Impacts the Shen

When the Shen is imbalanced, patients may experience:
• Restlessness or anxiety
• Irritability
• Trouble focusing
• Difficulty sleeping
• Emotional fatigue

Evening screen use, burnout, and irregular routines can make these patterns more noticeable.

TCM Insight: The Fire Element

The Heart governs the Fire element. Balanced Fire brings warmth, joy, connection, and peaceful sleep. When Fire is disturbed, practitioners may see agitation, vivid dreams, or difficulty settling the mind.

Common seasonal patterns include Heart Blood or Yin deficiency, Phlegm-Fire, and Liver–Heart disharmony.

Ways Practitioners Can Support Shen

🧘 Acupuncture
Focus on calming the mind, harmonizing Heart and Liver, and creating a grounding treatment environment.

🌿 Herbal Strategies
Herbal approaches may support the Heart, nourish yin or blood, or calm internal agitation—always based on pattern differentiation.

😴 Sleep & Lifestyle Tips
Encourage small habits that make a big difference:
• Reduce screens before bedtime
• Gentle breathwork or meditation
• Warm, quiet evening rituals
• Light stretching
• Journaling or reflection

💬 Emotional Support
Grounding conversations can help patients identify stress triggers and return to balanced routines.

Heart Month Through the TCM Lens

February sits between winter’s stillness and spring’s rising energy. Supporting Shen during this transition helps patients move into the new season with clarity, steadiness, and renewed emotional resilience.
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01/06/2026

Start 2026 with More Clarity in Your Clinic

A new year is the perfect time to refine how we support our patients—and how we manage our practice. One powerful way to bring more structure and consistency to your workflow is by creating TCM-informed care pathways.

A care pathway is a simple, organized roadmap that guides patients from their first visit through ongoing maintenance. It gives them a clear sense of what to expect while still allowing you to personalize treatment based on pattern differentiation, tongue/pulse findings, and seasonal factors.

Why Care Pathways Help Your Practice:
• Improve communication and patient confidence
• Strengthen treatment consistency
• Streamline documentation and scheduling
• Support long-term engagement

How to Build a Basic Care Pathway:

Choose a focus area (stress, digestion, sleep, musculoskeletal, cycle support).

Outline the intake phase so patients know what the first visits include.

Map a 4–6 week core treatment plan with visit frequency + reassessment points.

Add simple home practices like acupressure or breathing routines.

Transition to maintenance with monthly or seasonal tune-ups.

Examples of Pathways:
• Stress & Emotional Wellness
• Digestive Harmony (great for post-holiday season)
• Musculoskeletal Recovery

Creating structured pathways doesn’t limit your clinical creativity—it strengthens it. Patients feel more supported, your workflow becomes smoother, and your practice gains clarity all year long.


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12/09/2025

🌊 Winter in TCM: A Time to Nourish the Kidneys & Conserve Jing 🌊
As winter sets in, it’s the perfect season to guide your patients toward rest, restoration, and Kidney support. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Kidneys are the foundation of vitality, storing our Jing and governing aging, development, and resilience.

This month’s blog shares tips for aligning treatment plans with winter’s Water element—including seasonal lifestyle advice and trusted herbal strategies.

🧧 Explore Kidney-supportive approaches
🫖 Share warming lifestyle tips with your patients
🌿 Discover TCM herbal support for winter vitality

Read the full blog:
👉 https://sunten.com/blogs/news/supporting-kidney-qi-and-jing-a-tcm-winter-wellness-guide-for-practitioners

11/03/2025

🍂 Support Your Patients’ Digestion This Holiday Season with TCM 🥣

The holidays are filled with joy—and often, heavy meals and disrupted routines. As a healthcare practitioner or acupuncturist, now is the time to help your patients maintain digestive balance and avoid seasonal discomfort.

In our latest blog, we share:

✅ TCM strategies to support Spleen and Stomach function
✅ Herbal formulas for post-meal sluggishness and Damp accumulation
✅ Acupuncture points to regulate digestion
✅ How to use the Sun Ten Dispensary to create custom herbal solutions

Empower your patients to feel their best through the holidays with personalized care rooted in TCM.

📖 Read the blog:
👉 https://sunten.com/blogs/news/optimizing-digestive-health-during-the-2025-holidays-with-tcm-a-guide-for-practitioners

10/01/2025

🍂 October in Traditional Chinese Medicine
As autumn deepens, the Metal element calls us to strengthen the Lungs and let go of emotional burdens. In TCM, this season is a time for reflection, immunity building, and embracing change.

In our latest blog, we share how practitioners can support patients with classic formulas like Yu Ping Feng San, nourishing Lung Yin foods, and acupuncture points for seasonal balance.

🫁 Support your patients’ immunity
💨 Guide emotional release and grief
🥣 Recommend autumn-nourishing herbs and foods

👉 Read more: https://sunten.com/blogs/news/embracing-the-metal-element-lung-and-grief-support-in-tcm-for-the-autumn-season

09/02/2025

🍂 Strengthen Immunity this Autumn with TCM! 🍂

As we move from the vibrant warmth of summer into the crisp, cooler days of autumn, it's essential to reinforce your patients' health. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) emphasizes nurturing Lung Qi and enhancing our protective energy (Wei Qi) during this transitional season.

🌿 Discover Practical Strategies:

Dietary tips focusing on immune-boosting foods like pears, apples, and root vegetables.

Gentle exercises such as Qi Gong or Tai Chi for respiratory health.

Herbal recommendations, including Astragalus (Huang Qi) and White Atractylodes (Bai Zhu), available through Sun Ten Laboratories' premium herbal granules.

Equip your practice to proactively support patients' health and resilience. Make this autumn a season of robust immunity and optimal wellness!

👉 Read the full article here:
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08/13/2025

🌿 Elevate Your TCM Practice with Sun Ten Dispensary 🌿

Healthcare professionals, discover how to seamlessly blend ancient herbal wisdom with modern medical standards.

✨ What sets Sun Ten apart: • Custom herbal powder formulations tailored to your patients' needs • cGMP quality standards ensuring safety and consistency
• Direct-to-patient shipping for ultimate convenience • Thousands of years of proven TCM formulas at your fingertips

Transform how you deliver Traditional Chinese Medicine to your patients. From our precision laboratory to your patient's doorstep - we handle the logistics so you can focus on healing.

👩‍⚕️ Perfect for: Acupuncturists, TCM practitioners, integrative medicine doctors, and healthcare professionals seeking reliable herbal solutions

Ready to streamline your practice? Learn more at suntendispensary.com



Note: This content is intended for healthcare professionals.

08/07/2025

We’re packing up and getting ready to head to Denver! ✈️

Sun Ten Laboratories, Inc. will be exhibiting at Newtopia Now—come visit our booth and discover what’s new.

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08/01/2025

🌿 Late Summer in TCM: A Time to Ground and Nourish 🌿

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, August marks Late Summer—a transitional season governed by the Earth element and closely linked to the Spleen and Stomach. It’s the perfect time to help your patients rebalance digestion, resolve Dampness, and strengthen their foundation before autumn arrives.

As a practitioner, you can guide this seasonal shift with:
✔️ Acupuncture to tonify Earth energy
✔️ Food therapy emphasizing warm, cooked meals
✔️ Custom herbal formulas to support digestion and mental clarity

The Sun Ten Dispensary makes it easy to personalize care—build and prescribe formulas online, and we’ll ship directly to your patients.

✨ Support your patients with grounded care this Late Summer.
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07/18/2025

Sun Ten was proud to sponsor this special event with Alhambra Medical University, featuring Professor Jiao Shunfa and his groundbreaking work in scalp acupuncture. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table — we enjoyed connecting with you! 🧠✨

07/14/2025

🎉 This past weekend, Sun Ten proudly participated in a historic celebration! 🎉

We were honored to be one of the sponsors for the 50-Year Anniversary Celebration of Acupuncture Legalization in California, hosted by the APAPA Pacific Coast Chapter and the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine. The event commemorated Governor Jerry Brown’s signing of SB 86 in 1975—marking the official recognition of acupuncture as a licensed healing art in California.

🌿 Over the past five decades, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine have grown into trusted pillars of whole-person health. This event highlighted how TCM is used far beyond pain relief—supporting preventive care, chronic condition management, and emotional well-being.

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ We were inspired by the powerful conversations, educational panels, and community spirit throughout the day. It was an honor to connect with dedicated healthcare professionals, educators, and patients who continue to shape the future of integrative medicine.

🙏 Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Sun Ten table to learn about our practitioner-grade herbal formulas and celebrate with us. We look forward to the next 50 years of advancing East-West medicine—together.

07/04/2025

✨ Happy Fourth of July from Sun Ten! ✨

Today, we celebrate the spirit of independence, unity, and resilience that defines our nation. At Sun Ten, we’re proud to be part of a tradition that honors both heritage and healing—blending time-tested wisdom with modern wellness.

Whether you're spending the day with family and friends, enjoying fireworks, or simply soaking in the summer sun, we hope your Fourth of July is filled with joy, laughter, and gratitude. 💙❤️

Let freedom, good health, and happiness ring loud and clear today—and every day!

Stay safe and have a wonderful celebration!
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