The Best Essential Oils for Fall

By |2023-11-01T16:36:44-04:00November 6th, 2019|Categories: Mood, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: , , , , , , |

Help soften Fall feels that may rise up for you during this time with the power of scent. In Chinese Medicine, when Metal energy is out of balance, we may notice... stubbornness and rigidity overt criticism and judgment a ruminating mind and inability to let go, and/or isolation and depression.   Single note essential oils can be helpful in working through common emotions and patterns seen during Fall, the season of Metal. Ruminating and having a hard time letting go? Try essential oils from the Evergreen family. Pine, Black Spruce, Fir and Cedar are all useful to quiet the compulsively [...]

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How the Season of Metal Can Affect You

By |2023-09-20T15:14:19-04:00October 28th, 2019|Categories: Mood, Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: , , , , , , |

As you may have noticed, each season is ruled by an element - fall by Metal, winter by Water, spring by Wood, summer by Fire, and late summer by Earth. Each of us is comprised by all of the elements, though at varying degrees. Have you noticed that you resonate with a certain season? Or perhaps feel not at your best in another? Look into the elemental aspect of those seasons and see how it lands for you - Chinese medicine may have an explanation. During the fall, the season of Metal, we’re connected with the emotion of grief, as [...]

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A “No Pressure” Solution for Hypertension

By |2022-11-15T14:07:59-05:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Hypertension, Take Home TCM, Videos|Tags: , , , , |

Unknown to the West for centuries, acupuncture is finally making great headway in the American medical system. One of the more recent recognitions it's getting in the U.S. is the ability to successfully treat hypertension. When looking up studies that measure the success for acupuncture in treating hypertension and its varying side effects, hundreds come up. Although most of these are in Chinese, which points to the need for more acupuncture research in the West, the overwhelming conclusion of the studies is that it can be highly effective. Current research supports acupuncture as a natural-antihypertensive. Regular (weekly) acupuncture can reduce [...]

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What Really Matters at the End of Life

By |2022-11-15T14:07:59-05:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Seasonal Changes|Tags: , , , |

One key emotion that comes up in, and resonates with, the fall is grief - a deep feeling of loss, of letting go, or the sense of inability to let go. While grief is not a fun emotion, it is healthy, normal, and worthy space and time for feeling and acknowledgement. While we often correlate grief with death, we may feel grief with any passing - even the end of an era that we welcome or when we are excited about starting something new. For example, getting started at the college that you worked hard to apply to and [...]

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What Chinese Medicine Has to Say About Fall

By |2022-11-15T14:08:00-05:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Excerpt by Emma Suttie, D.Ac, AP at Chinese Medicine Living Fall is the season when Summer days become shorter and the leaves begin to change, presenting us with their beautiful colours before they fall off the trees to prepare for the coming Winter. The cooler air signals us to start putting away our Summer clothes and get out warmer wares for the coming cold weather. It is the time of year that we go from the relaxed and carefree attitudes of Summer to the more serious and introspective energies associated with Fall. Fall's Associations in Chinese Medicine Element – [...]

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Late Summer’s Emotion: Worry

By |2023-08-23T10:27:09-04:00August 7th, 2019|Categories: Mood, Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: , , , , |

Excerpt from "Seven Emotions in TCM & How to Handle Them" Illustration by Anna Sudit The Five Emotions A diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is individualized from patient to patient. According to TCM, emotions and physical health are intimately connected. Joy, Worry, Grief, Fear and Anger are each associated with a particular organ/channel system in the body. For example, inappropriate anger can cause unexplained menstrual pain that can be treated using acupuncture, lifestyle and diet change as well as traditional herbal remedies. Five Element Model & Emotional Health Different seasons can stir different emotions. Of the five emotions [...]

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