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Dr. Liz Carter

Teaching you naturopathic medicine the 5 elements of Chinese medicine to improve your health ✨ Contact her for an appointment today!

New Leaf Natural Medicine is committed to providing comprehensive, compassionate, and affordable healthcare for everyone. Dr. Carter uses a combination of acupuncture, naturopathic medicine, craniosacral therapy, herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutrition and lifestyle counseling, and hydrotherapy to help you feel your best!

03/18/2026

During this time, your body is adapting to the shift in seasons and that can make it more vulnerable to pathogens floating around.

It’s good to take this transition slowly, continue to get enough sleep and rest, and keep a light scarf around your neck on chillier days.

These pointers were common sense thousands of years ago when we were more connected to the natural rhythms of the world.

But in our modern lives, it’s easy to lose sight of just how profoundly influenced by the seasons we are.

Understanding your connection with nature can help you normalize why you feel certain ways during certain times of year so you can stop blaming your anxiety or angst on yourself.

Our connection to the natural world is massively important and also massively neglected.

If you’d like to learn more about the spring season’s energy from a Chinese medicine perspective, check out my blog: https://www.drlizcarter.com/spring-helps-us-change-lives-grow/

03/17/2026

Wood element people struggle with patience, tolerance, and connecting with the emotional content of a situation.

But they’re great planners and love getting things done.

Check out my free 5 element personality test to find out if you’re a wood element 🪵: https://www.drlizcarter.com/landing/5ept-free/

03/16/2026

Reducing your pollen exposure is one way to decrease allergy symptoms and there are several ways to do it including pillow hygiene, neti pot usage, getting an air purifier, taking a salt bath, and more.

Remember these tips only help with making you more comfortable in the moment.

They aren’t getting to the root cause of why you’re having an allergy flare in the first place.

So you can try these things out, but be sure to get guidance from a naturopathic doctor about how you can get to the root cause!

Check out my free salt bath guide for more info: https://www.drlizcarter.com/lp/salt-bath-guide/

Check out my favorite allergy support tools in my Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/drlizcarter/list/2NDSANB3O73IF?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_RGYEV2273HKXH5WYFRMS

03/15/2026

Seasonal allergies are a pain in the sinuses 🤧 but they’re worth paying attention to.

Why? Because they’re almost always pointing to a deeper internal imbalance than just pollen exposure.

Imagine your capacity to deal with mental, emotional, and physical irritants to your health as a bucket.

If you’re filled up to the brim internally with irritation, you can’t handle anything else you’re exposed to.

Seasonal pollen makes the bucket overflow and your body creates symptoms like a runny nose and itchy eyes.

When your body is showing signs of irritation and inflammation, you have to ask –what’s creating that irritation?

The most common answer I’ve seen in my patients over the years is their diet. Figuring out the foods that are creating internal inflammation for you and removing them will help your seasonal allergies A TON.

If you’d like to learn more about what I use to help my patients get to the bottom of their food issues, check out my food intolerance evaluation: https://newleafnaturalmedicine.com/food-intolerance-evaluations/

Search for a naturopathic doctor near you via the link in my bio if you’re in the United States to help you with your seasonal allergies in a natural way:
https://naturopathic.org/search/custom.asp?id=5613

03/14/2026

The color of the spring is green according to the 5 element theory of Chinese medicine.

Just like the rest of this not-so-subtle season, the color green smacks you in the face with its prolific appearance after the starkness of winter.

It’s everywhere all at once, mirroring the seasonal energy of growth and vitality 🌳

We can easily see why we associate green with newness, freshness, life, and health.

We even have colloquial phrases about the meaning of the color green that have interesting correlations to the season of spring.

Someone who is new to a job or skill is called “green”, reflecting the new green growth of the season.

There’s also “green with envy”. Generally, envy and jealousy are born out of resentment and anger. Anger is the emotion of the wood element which is dominant in the spring.

Take a moment and consider what’s “green” in your life right now. What’s new, fresh, and exciting? Or what do you want to be?

Or what are you envious of? What’s the frustration that’s driving that envy?

And of course, spend some time in nature surrounded by green. See how you feel sitting with it and staring at it.

Notice all of the different green hues that are present in the plant life.

What are your favorites? More yellow green? Darker green?

Develop a deeper relationship with the color.

This is the perfect time of year to understand more of the green in your life 💚

Enjoy what I share here? Join my email list to help you deepen your understanding of the 5 elements and naturopathic medicine and how they can transform your healing process: https://www.drlizcarter.com/landing/newsletter/

03/13/2026

Your liver is associated with lots of things in nature and in your body according to Chinese medicine. Tune into some of these correlations to get an idea of how your liver is doing!

If you have a bunch of these symptoms, consider seeing an acupuncturist! We’re happy to help balance your liver!

You can also check out my list of Chinese medicine books in my Amazon store to learn ways to support your liver (Wood Becomes Water is an excellent choice): https://amzn.to/4h6G9dX

Or sign up for the waitlist for my 5 element courses here: https://www.drlizcarter.com/landing/5ef-waitlist/

03/12/2026

This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote called A Lesson in Softness and Strength. That balance is a personal journey of mine that I’ll likely be working on until the end.

Hardness feels easy because it seems strong and protective. But it’s actually quite brittle and likely to shatter.

In softness you’ll find movement, adaptability, and true strength.

Read the whole blog here: https://www.drlizcarter.com/a-lesson-in-softness-and-strength/

03/11/2026

Most people know about circadian rhythm, or the idea that your body follows a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle.

But in Chinese medicine, there’s a more detailed map.

It’s called the Chinese organ clock, and it describes how each organ system has specific times of day when its energy is naturally stronger or weaker.

When you understand this rhythm, patterns in your energy, mood, digestion, and sleep begin to make more sense.

For example:

• The Liver system is most active from 1–3AM
• It’s least active from 1–3PM

When an organ system is most active that’s when it’s doing its deepest work. In the Liver’s case it’s organizing and planning your physiological functions, hormones, and mental capacity for the next day.

The organs in Chinese medicine are different from Western medicine.

In Chinese medicine, organs aren’t just physical structures. They’re functional systems that include emotional and mental patterns.

So when an organ system is out of balance, there may not be structural disease, but you might notice emotional tendencies like irritability, grief, worry, anxiety, or fear becoming more pronounced.

This model connects physiology, timing, and emotion into one integrated system.

What this means for you:

Most of us try to push through the day the same way, hour after hour.

But your body doesn’t operate that way.

It has rhythms. Peaks. Lulls. Times for repair. Times for outward action.

When you start paying attention to those rhythms instead of overriding them, you work with your body instead of against it.

And that shift alone can change a lot!

If you’d like to learn more about the Chinese clock and how it impacts you during the day, check out my on-demand workshop Improve Your Energy, Mood, and Focus with Chinese medicine: https://www.drlizcarter.com/lp/sleep-workshop/

If you’re more interested in learning about the Chinese clock overnight, check out my on-demand workshop Improve Your Sleep with Chinese Medicine: https://www.drlizcarter.com/improve-energy-workshop/

03/10/2026

As humans, we’re wired to connect with each other and we do it in one of two ways: love or dysfunction.

You have a choice in how you connect with others and you can break the pattern of dysfunction even if the other person doesn’t reciprocate.

03/09/2026

The 5 elements are a 2000 year old tradition in Chinese medicine and they significantly impact our emotions, health, and even our personality.

Here are some common questions I get about them:

What are the elements and how do I get them?

Do they change over time and are they the same as the elements of western astrology?

Where can I learn more?

Swipe through to find out!

Here are the links to:
My free 5 element personality test: https://www.drlizcarter.com/landing/5ept-free/

Amazon book list on Chinese medicine: https://amzn.to/47TDClu

And my 5 element course waitlist: https://www.drlizcarter.com/landing/5ef-waitlist/

03/08/2026

Naturopathic medicine is the OG of cold plunges, using them for over 100 years in its therapies.

Unfortunately I see a lot of people doing way more extreme cold plunges than are helpful for their health.

Cold plunging needs to be tailored to your unique system to best support your health. How you’re feeling the day you want to do a plunge also matters!

Cold plunging and cold water are amazing for your health if done correctly!

03/07/2026

I don’t make general diet recommendations for my patients or on my page for a few reasons.

In my 20s I struggled with anorexia, binge eating disorder, and body dysmorphia. I’m not a fan of creating an environment that might encourage others down that path.

Plus general recommendations are confusing because they’re conflicting.

You have to adapt recommendations to your personal needs in order to be sustainable and helpful. And that personalization process takes time, trial and error, and sometimes professional support like a naturopathic doctor.

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