by windgatewelsta | Jul 9, 2016 | Blog
Is Your Body Too Cold? Being that it is mid-July in Maryland it’s hard to think about anyone or anything being cold. But in Chinese Medicine, we have a different idea about how temperature can manifest in the body. When an acupuncturist talks about a “cold” condition,...
by windgatewelsta | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
What can acupuncture teach you about nutrition? Nutrition and Society As an acupuncturist, I look at the whole person. Since we are what we eat, the whole person also includes diet. I often help patients tweak their diet in order to make shifts and improve symptoms. I...
by windgatewelsta | Jun 20, 2016 | Blog
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Food has become distorted in many modern cultures. Humans have gone from a natural state of finding nourishment and understanding its relationship with the body to not even knowing where food comes from. This distortion is so pervasive that a...
by windgatewelsta | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog
Migraine Headaches Did you know that migraines are the third most prevalent illness in the world? Or that 12% of the population in America (including children) suffers from them? Migraines are elusive and are minimally understood. One fact that’s well known is...
