Coffee Energetics

Everything that we consume either satiates, stimulates, depresses, enriches, depletes, ascends, descends, dries, or  lubricates. Foods, activities, relationships, TV shows, even inanimate objects…anyways, you get the picture. This is simply an invitation to observe.   Let’s take a relatable example like coffee, i.e. the oil that greases the wheels of modern society.  Maybe the solitary reason you can stand waking up to an alarm. When you drink a cup of coffee, how do you feel? Does it always feel the same? And when it doesn’t, what has changed? The coffee? Or you? Energetics. What we ingest has energetics just as [...]

Choose Your (Immunity) Fighter

Astragalus (Huang qi), Atractylodes (Bai Zhu), and Siler Root (Fang Feng).  These 3 ingredients make up the powerhouse formula Yu Ping Feng San a.k.a. Fall Mend Blend + ImmuneScreen.  This formula is a major immune tonic. Astragalus is renown in both the East and the West for its immune and qi boosting properties. When combined with Bai Zhu and Fang Feng, this formula works to dry damp and expel wind as well. (Think morning sniffles and that stiff neck feeling of changing seasons).   It’s important to strengthen the body during times of health, BEFORE symptoms appear. This formula is [...]

Introducing: Marissa and Herbs at Mend

For those of you who don’t know me yet, I’m Marissa.  As the resident herbalist at the Quarry Lake location, I’ve been working to assemble this clinic's herbal inventory and apothecary over the last few months.  And….. It’s HAPPENING!   Just an FYI: I have advanced clinical training in Western herbalism and am nationally certified in Chinese herbology (more info HERE). Herbs are actually the reason I went to acupuncture school in the first place. So, WHY see an herbalist? Properly recommended herbs can create BALANCE when the body is out of alignment. SUPERCHARGE your acupuncture visit! A licensed herbalist [...]

Gentian Root

Gentian Root...AKA cocktail bitters.  A plant that encompasses many different species grown in all parts of the world, this root has a very long history in herbal medicine. As a liver tonic and digestive aid, Gentian has been used for literally millennia. Some of the most effective heat clearing formulas in the Materia Medica list this plant as a primary ingredient. During the hot damp heat of a Baltimore summer, common complaints can include headaches, digestive upset, red eyes, afternoon sore throats, nausea and hot/itchy rashes. All could potentially benefit from a bit of Gentian root. Now, bear in [...]

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