Liz Angiello, LAc

04/10/2026

How to know if you need to nourish yin or strengthen yang?

For nourishing yin look for symptoms such as night sweats, hot flashes, dry throat and/or eyes, feeling hotter in the afternoon, thirstier in the evenings, insomnia and anxiety.

Cold often, crave warmth, chronic fatigue, lack of motivation, weak digestion, frequent urination? A warming soup will suit you better.

🌿How to build a vegetarian Chinese soup

There are so many wonderful and beautiful ingredient choices when it comes to building a vegetarian Chinese soup. Here’s how I think about the recipe for these types of soups without meat holding up the “taste” structure.

Every Chinese soup has: depth (umami) + body + direction (TCM ingredients)

🥣 STEP 1: Pick your UMAMI BASE (choose 1). This replaces the depth flavours of meats. It can hold up more flavours of the soup, allowing a umami taste to shine through. This is the foundation.

For cooler (yin nourishing soups): dried shiitake, dried kelp, agrocybe, dried bak choy (this is one of my favourites), dried figs
For warmer (yang strengthening soups): dried oyster mushrooms, cooked or fried tofu products (also marinated ones are yummy like the 5-spice flavoured ones), preserved and dried mustard greens (aka mui choy are super yummy, but very salty)

🥕 STEP 2: Build the BODY (choose 2). This gives your soup substance. This adds more layers of flavours on top of the foundation.

For cool: lotus roots, arrow roots, chayotes, corn, carrots, daikon / green radish
For warm: most roasted nuts (chestnuts, peanuts, cashews, walnuts), Japanese pumpkin, sweet potatoes

🌿 STEP 3: Add HERBS (choose 2+). This is where the TCM magic happens.

For cool: dried goji berries, Chinese yam (fresh or dried), dried lotus seeds, black beans, job’s tears
For warm: dried red dates, fresh or dried ginger, chen pi, dried longans

That’s it. The same general principles apply to meat-based soups as well!

🌸Learn how to get started in making Chinese Soups: https://thechinesesouplady.com/starters-guide/

03/25/2026

State of the world got you feeling frazzled?

Acupuncture can help with that!

12/12/2025

While I'd prefer you'd stay home while actively infectious, for established patients I can recommend herbs if you're feeling sick.

Here's a great infographic breaking down the different types of sore throat and dietary therapy you can use at home.

Sore throat coming on FAST? 🤒 TCM has a simple way to tell which direction to go.

There are two patterns for acute sore throats: Heat-type sore throats and cold-type sore throats

🔥 Heat-Type Sore Throat (Wind-Heat): Often caused by heat pathogens entering the body such as heat exposure (when we go from cold weather to heated indoors), dry environments, stress and heat in the liver, lack of sleep or fluids, viral infections.

👉 hits suddenly
👉 throat feels inflamed or hot or burning and sharp pains with difficulty to swallow
👉 you feel thirsty with a mild fever or warm body
👉 you have a yellow or greasy tongue

You want to clear the heat, cool the body, reduce inflammation, and replenish moisture. Here are a few examples:

🌸 8 dried chrysanthemum buds + 1 teaspoon of dried honeysuckle + 5 goji berries + honey to taste in 1 cup of hot water
🌸 1 teaspoon or dried honeysuckle + 1 fresh mint leaf (crushed) + honey to taste in 1 cup of hot water
🌸 2 dried snow pear slices + 2 slices of licorice root + rock sugar in 1 cup of hot water
🌸 pork bones + slice of winter melon + figs + carrots in a soup

❄️ Cold-Type Sore Throat (Wind-Cold): Often cause by exposure to wind and cold, chilled air con, underdressing. The cold blocks our early defense systems (aka defensive qi) and we get:

👉 early in a cold and also hits suddenly
👉 throat is scratchy or itchy and feels tight
👉 you are feeling chilled or cold
👉 you have body aches, stiff neck, or shoulders
👉 you have clear watery mucus and want to avoid wind

You want to dispel the pathogens, open the pores, sweat it out with warm + pungent + aromatic ingredients:

🌸 5 slices of fresh ginger + 5 pieces of green onion whites (crushed) + rock sugar optional in 1 cup of water
🌸 3 chicken drumsticks + 3 slices of fresh ginger + + 5 garlic cloves + 5 green onion whites + 1 teaspoon of black or white peppercorn + 5 red dates in a soup
🌸 3 slices fresh ginger + 1 cinnamon stick + honey to taste in 1 cup of hot water

Get well soon and you can find all the recipes at https://thechinesesouplady.com/

10/29/2025

Evil Bone Water is the best! Great topically for bruises, pain, sore and stiff muscles. I've even used it to calm an aching tooth while waiting for a dentist appointment!

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10/10/2025

This is one of the topical I stock at my clinic. Great for aches and pains of all sorts, and most of my patients comment on how great it smells, too!

Have you been trying ibuprofen, tylenol, or other topical applications like icy hot or salonpas for your pain but it just isn't working?

It's time to learn about your new favorite topical - Evil Bone Water! My patients have come up with many fun nicknames for it, including but not limited to - evil bone juice, evil bone broth, evil bones, the magical spray, etc.

Evil Bone Water is made here in the US by master herbalist Mark Brinson and his team. He sources what he calls 'grandma grade' (the highest quality) herbs to ensure the top quality product. Mark has put so much effort into taking this traditional recipe and crafting an extraordinarily high quality product that, most importantly, is EFFECTIVE! Thank you Mark for all the work you do to make such an amazing product. My patients really appreciate it!

I used Evil Bone Water on myself for years before opening my clinic. I truly believe in its effectiveness and believe it should be the first product of choice for any sports injuries, joint pain, back pain, muscle & ligament pain, bruising, and sprains and used to treat pain/discomfort related to broken bones, cuts & insect bites, skin conditions, infections, and so many more things!

EBW helps to promote blood circulation which promotes healing! Things like ibuprofen and tylenol shut off our body's inflammatory process, which helps to remove pain, but doesn't allow the body to create a healing response. Products with menthol and lidocaine help to stop pain, but they don't increase circulation which is what we really want to create the healing response.

If you're ready to try something new that really works, let's set up a time for you to purchase some EBW! They only sell to acupuncturists, so please support a local practitioner instead of buying online!

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Are you ready to combine the power of acupuncture and evil bone water together for more effective results? Make your appointment today!
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Have questions? Get in touch
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09/20/2025

In light of recent news, until October 14th, I am offering extremely reduced priced mini treatments to trans folks. The world is a lot right now, so come relax in my cozy treatment room, and let the needles help regulate your nervous system.

This is usually a $75 treatment, and I am offering it for $10-20, sliding scale, just to cover costs.

06/05/2025

So much gratitude to the Sentinel for putting my business in the Spotlight!

05/30/2025

Check out this exciting new offering at Yoga Station! Such wonderful support for expectant mothers.

04/21/2025

I am happy to announce that I now accept Husky insurance.

04/11/2025

Now accepting patients in Redding, CT at my cozy office within Yoga Station.

06/11/2022

Todays snorkeling spot.

03/31/2022

Big Island sky.