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Five Seasons Healing in New York City offers acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, massage, qi gong and lifestyle and nutritional counseling to treat all your health concerns.

04/02/2026

🥨 🍫🥜 Are your snacks actually supporting your health or just filling the space between meals?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, snacking isn’t always a neutral habit. While it can be helpful in certain situations, constant grazing can weaken digestion over time, leading to symptoms like bloating, fatigue, cravings, or feeling unsatisfied no matter what you eat.

The goal isn’t to eliminate snacks altogether, but to become more intentional about them.

When chosen well, snacks can:
✨ support steady energy
✨ nourish your body between meals
✨ even help balance hormones and digestion

When chosen poorly (or eaten too frequently), they can do the opposite.

We shared a more nuanced perspective on snacking (along with simple, nourishing TCM snack ideas) in our latest blog.

If you’ve ever felt like your “healthy” habits aren’t quite working, this might offer a helpful shift.

Read more at the link in comments 🔗

03/28/2026

For acute injuries like a sprained ankle, a traditional approach we sometimes use is a combination of cupping and bleeding. Using a sterile lancet, a few tiny pricks are made at specific points, then a cup is applied to gently draw out a small amount of fluid.

It might sound a little medieval… but there’s a reason this technique has stood the test of time:

✨ Helps reduce swelling
✨ Moves stagnant blood and fluids
✨ Speeds up recovery

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is all about restoring proper circulation so the body can heal more efficiently.

Have you ever tried cupping for an injury?

03/24/2026

A recent article in the The Guardian highlighted how influencers are sharing Chinese health habits like drinking hot water, avoiding iced drinks, walking after meals, and going to bed before 11pm.

As TCM practitioners, we are totally on board! These are core TCM habits, but on social media they’re often presented as quick “health hacks.”

In reality, we’ve been recommending these tips to all our patients. They’re small pieces of a much deeper system of medicine that has been practiced for thousands of years – for over 20 years in our office. :)

Let’s look at the wisdom behind a few of these viral tips:

🍵 Avoiding cold drinks
In traditional Chinese medicine, digestion relies on warmth. Too many iced drinks can weaken digestive energy and contribute to bloating, fatigue, and sluggish metabolism.

💤 Going to bed earlier
TCM teaches that the body restores Liver blood during the night, especially between 11pm–3am which is an important window for hormone balance, detoxification, and emotional regulation.

🚶🏻‍♀️Walking after meals
A gentle walk helps support the movement of Qi, aiding digestion and helping prevent stagnation after eating.

These habits may be trending on social media right now but they’re rooted in a medical tradition that looks at sleep, digestion, stress, and hormones as deeply connected.

We love that ancient wisdom is finding its way into today’s online conversation.

Have you tried any of these habits?
Which one is your favorite and why?

03/19/2026

💛 March is Endometriosis Awareness Month.

Endometriosis affects about 1 in 10 women, and for many, questions about fertility are a major concern.

In our newest article, we share 6 important things to know about endometriosis and fertility including timing, nutrition and hormone patterns that are unique to the individual .

If you’re navigating endometriosis and trying to conceive, we hope this article offers clarity and encouragement.

🔗 Read the full article. Link in the comments.

02/17/2026

🔥🐎 Happy Lunar New year and welcome to the Year of the Fire Horse!

2026 brings energy, creativity, optimism, and forward momentum. Fire Horse years tend to spark growth, bold ideas, and renewed confidence, but they can also amplify quick tempers, impulsiveness, inflammation, and burnout if we’re not mindful.

In Chinese medicine, strong Fire impacts the Heart and circulation and when Fire runs high, Water (Kidney/immune energy) needs extra support.

This is a year to:
✨ Move — but pace yourself
✨ Create — but stay grounded
✨ Build — but protect your reserves

We wrote a new blog sharing what the Fire Horse may mean for your health and well-being in 2026.

Check out the full article at the link in our the comments. 🧧

02/05/2026

Thermography has become an important part of the conversation for women seeking gentler, non-invasive options for breast screening.

To help our community better understand what thermography is, how it works, and who it may be right for, we sat down with Certified Thermography Technician Patricia Bowden-Luccardi, CTT, CNMT.

In this interview, Patricia shares how thermography can support a proactive, preventive approach to breast health—including what women with dense breasts should know.

✨ Read the full interview on our blog 🔗 link in comments

01/28/2026

Seeing ice cream in the middle of winter might be tempting, but in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), cold foods in cold weather can quietly drain your energy.

Winter digestion needs warmth, not more chill. 🔥

According to Winter TCM, this is the season for soups, stews, root vegetables, whole grains, and gentle warming spices.

🍲 Eat like you’re tending a fire, not cooling it down.

👉 Link in comments to read the full blog on what to eat in winter according to Chinese Medicine.

01/22/2026

❄️ If you’re feeling more tired, emotional, or inward this winter, there’s a reason for that and it doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, winter is a season of stillness, storage, and deep restoration. This season is also ruled by the Water element, which is associated with the Kidneys, Bladder, and Adrenal system.

This week on the blog, we’re sharing Winter TCM wisdom on how to care for your energy, mind, and emotions during the deep season and why pushing through never works.

👉 Link in comments to read the full blog.

01/16/2026

💛 We love all our patients but definitely have a soft spot in our heart for our regulars. ☺️ Thank you, Bob for your 5-star review!! We're so happy we can be a part of you and your wife's healing and rejuvenation. 🙏

Need some healing and rejevenation too?
Click the link in our bio to schedule a session with either Sharon or Jayne.. you won't regret it.

12/30/2025

♨️ Ever wondered why congee is such a healing staple? In Traditional Chinese Medicine it’s warming, grounding, and supports digestion — especially when made with bone broth.

Check out our Cozy Bone Broth Congee recipe on the blog. ➡️ link in comments.

12/18/2025

😵‍💫 Holiday season can place a lot of demand on the nervous system. If you’ve been feeling more anxious, overstimulated, or emotionally taxed, we’d like to share a simple, supportive practice you can use anywhere.

It’s called the Buddha’s Triangle — a set of three acupressure points that, when gently massaged, can help calm the mind, ease emotional tension, and support regulation during busy or stressful moments.

✨ PC 6 supports a calmer heart and quieter thoughts
✨ HT 7 helps ground emotional agitation and promote rest
✨ LU 9 encourages deeper breathing and emotional softness

This is a gentle practice you can return to throughout the day — at home, at work, or in moments when you need a pause.

👉 Read the full blog to learn how to locate and use these points. Link in comments.

12/11/2025

Looking for some winter breakfast ideas that won't take lots of time? ❄️ Cold smoothies are convenient but they can create stagnation and deficiency, especially this time of year.

♨️ For something more warm and healing, check out our 3 simple and nourishing TCM-inspired winter breakfast recipes - link in comments below.

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Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
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