Maplebrook Acupuncture

01/16/2026

Sugar is the criminal.
High blood pressure caused by high glucose levels not salt! Check your blood glucose levels. Should be under 85. Get rid of your sugar first and don't eat sugar and salt together.

For most people, a diagnosis of HYPERTENSION is a lifelong sentence to daily medication and a likely death from the consequences of high blood pressure. Most...

01/16/2026

LDL cholesterol is a poor predictor of heart disease. Here's why your LDL cholesterol is not the key

LDL cholesterol is a poor predictor of heart disease. Here's why your LDL cholesterol is not the key to helping you predict your risk for heart disease. ...

01/07/2026

Your future health is being built today—one meal, one movement, one night of sleep at a time.
Small daily choices add up.
Start now. Your body will thank you later.

12/31/2025

Chronic inflammation doesn’t “just happen.”
It’s driven by gut damage, diet, stress, insulin resistance, and low oxygen.
Remove the triggers — don’t just silence the symptoms.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!
We love what we do, and the community we live in. For this Holiday season we would like to say thank you, tell you how much of a blessing that you are, and how much we enjoy getting to know each of you personally. But words on a social media forum will always fall short of our connection with you. We are honored by your trust and encouragement through each of life's struggles both personal and professional, local and world wide. Our reality today is much different than 50 years ago. We know too much about a world of stress while we seem to lose bits of personal joy.
Let's keep our Joy!

So, I want to remind you of something that is true about you. You make a difference! How you feel is your choice, Ildi and I want you to choose to be "Joyful" everyday! As you remember friends, family, childhoods and things that are forever locked in the past, today you can start something new.
A new gift of Joy!
As we interact with others, hesitate before you respond to your loved ones. Take a couple of breaths and remember to; build up, encourage, support and infuse love with your words. Think of them first. Hug others longer than you normally do, don't overstay your welcome, quality over quantity.
You are a blessing,
Bless others.
Our Blessing to each of you! See you next year!
DeWayne & Ildi

11/14/2025

Great Eliminator

In Chinese medicine, the large intestine is referred to as the "Great Eliminator" because its sole focus is to move stool out of the body. However, there is a similar function on an emotional and spiritual level: find the gems, the most important nuggets of wisdom and love, and let go of the rest. When we learn to let go appropriately, we find becoming present a much easier task than when we were holding on to too much of our history. Emotional backing up leads to physical backing up and vice versa.

Source: Everyday Chinese Medicine, Mindi K. Counts, MA, LAc

11/14/2025

Lung

The Lung is considered to be the internal, yin organ system. It forms a pair with the Large Intestine, which is considered to be the external, yang organ system.

Asthma and allergy sufferers frequently find that they have issues with constipation, due to the "internal-external relationship" between the Lung and Large Intestine.
Source: Everyday Chinese Medicine, Mindi K. Counts, MA, LAc

11/14/2025

Large Intestine

Connected to the small intestine is a similar tube-like organ, though it is wider in diameter, thicker walled, and only about five feet long compared to the small intestine's twenty feet. The large intestine's primary jobs are to absorb water, gather the last few minerals from food that the small intestine missed, and eliminate what is not usable as waste. It's important to eliminate waste daily.
Source: Everyday Chinese Medicine, Mindi K. Counts, MA, LAc

11/14/2025

Oklahoma ranked among the worst for health and well-being

The state ranked in the bottom five in nearly all of the 2024 America’s Health Rankings main measures of health.

11/11/2025

Happy Veterans Day!
Thank you for your service!

11/07/2025

Wei qi as "defensive or protective chi"

The stronger our wei qi, the less susceptible we are to getting sick. If your wei qi is particularly challned, you may find yourself having trouble sloughing off the energy of others, letting things get to you that at other times would have slid right of. Those who smoke (anything), use steroid inhalers (or take steroids..) or are under high stress tend to have challenged wei qi. Root canals can also be a culprit for diminishing wei qi as they can house bacteria that the body subtly fights for a long time.
Source: Everyday Chinese Medicine by Mindi K. Counts, MA, LAc

10/14/2025

Lungs part 2 of 3

The lungs set the stage for the immune system since they are the front line of defense. The energy produced by lung activity is responsible for building what Chinese medicine calls wei qi (way chee). In Western medicine, something called the "microbiome cloud" has been discovered, which is a field similar to that of wei qi. The microbiome cloud is a collection of diverse microbes that surround us like a cloud. The more diverse this collection of microbes is, the more protected we are from sickness and vice versa. Source: Everyday Chinese Medicine by Mindi K. Counts