At this time of year so many of us seem to be sniffling. The common cold is a viral infection that affects the nose and throat. There are more than 200 viruses that can cause a cold so symptoms vary a bit. It takes about 7-10 days to recover from a cold but in our [...]
A very merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us.
I am with my family in upstate New York. It’s early on Christmas morning and everyone else is asleep. I am puttering around the house wrapping presents and preparing vegetables. The turkey is brining outside in a big bin. We brine our turkey according [...]
This is the season when many of us eat and drink a little too much. With that in mind I thought I’d share a useful Chinese herbal formula for a condition known in Chinese medicine as food stagnation. This is another way of describing indigestion from over-indulging in rich foods. The formula is known as [...]
We wish all our Jewish patients and staff a very Happy Chanukah.
These healthy Chanukah recipes from the Dallas News caught my eye. They look great although to be honest in our house my husband insists on making potato latkes the old fashioned way. He may have a point. Although grilled latkes sound very healthy, [...]
Many of you have mentioned that you saw a recent article in the New York Times about acupuncture and headaches. Ten years ago the National Institutes of Health wrote that acupuncture was a promising treatment for chronic headaches but warned that more studies were needed to draw firm conclusions. Those studies have now been done [...]
Last week I cut myself whilst cooking Sunday lunch and reached for a Chinese powder called Yunnan Baiyao which stops bleeding when sprinkled on a cut. This reminded me to share with you some natural non-toxic Chinese herbal medicines that make a great addition to your first aid kit. All of these products are [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
I have much to be thankful for. When I think about The YinOva Center, what I am most grateful for is the sense of community that we have been able to create. All of us – practitioners, administrators and patients feel connected. I love the fact that I can walk into [...]
This list by Paula Redmond Satran was originally published in Glamour Magazine in 1997. It is often mistakenly described as a poem by Maya Angelou. Thank you Pamela for giving me permission to post it here for our YinOva Center community.
I asked our lovely YinOva patient Kate to write this week’s blog entry. When Kate came to see me she had been trying to conceive for several years. She had been diligent about seeking out advice from a variety of conventional and complementary practitioners and had followed their orders to the letter. A previous acupuncturist [...]
I found this quiz online. How many organs can you name in 4 minutes?
I named 24 organs in 4 minutes!
I asked our YinOva Center patient Jane to write today’s blog entry. Jane is a woman I am proud to know. Having suffered a stroke she took full responsibility for her own healing in a profound way. She sought out the best of conventional and complementary medicine in order to create her own path to [...]
You may think of millet as an ingredient in bird seed, but this nutritious grain is so much more than bird food. In fact it is a staple food for over a 1/3 of the world’s population. These tiny yellow seeds can be cooked until creamy like polenta or fluffy like rice. Not only is [...]
Todays blog is written by YinOva Center Acupuncturist and Herbalist Liz Carlson
My sister who is 32 weeks pregnant and at risk for gestational diabetes came across a delicious treat that is friendly both to your blood sugar and your taste buds. Thanks to her discovery, I am getting more nutrients from this new dessert [...]
As many of you have pointed out to me morning sickness is a bit of a misnomer because in real life a wave of nausea or vomiting can strike pregnant women at any time of the day or night. Between 60% and 80% of pregnant women experience some nausea and vomiting although for most [...]
Several of our patients are running in today’s New York Marathon. We want you to know that we’re rooting for you all. It’s a huge achievement to train for and complete a marathon and we have been happy to support our patients in the run up. I expect I’ll be treating some sore muscles in [...]
Last month I wrote about how acupuncture and moxibustion can help turn a breech baby and this week one of our lovely patients, Monika, used this method with great success. I like it when our YinOva patients write on this blog, so I asked if she would mind sharing her experience. Below you’ll find what [...]
When we were writing our book Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility, we devoted a lot of time to helping couples pinpoint the exact time of the month they should be trying to conceive. I get tons of questions, in my practice, about timing intercourse and also about how often to have [...]
One of our patients sent us this lovely photo of her much longed for and long awaited baby. He’s so cute that I wanted to share him with you.
Earlier this week the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1.) released a report that found that acupuncture can help women suffering from pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy. This is not the first research study to look at this. In fact in 2005 I was interviewed by ABC news about the same topic. [...]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and so we have been focusing on this disease here at The YinOva Blog. Last week I wrote about breast cancer prevention and the week before I wrote about a new study that shows how helpful acupuncture can be to women who are undergoing breast cancer treatment. I thought [...]
Today’s blog entry is written by YinOva Acupuncturist and Clinical Herbalist, Liz Carlson.
Preparing for baby often means making changes in your everyday life- some easier than others. Let’s face it: adding a prenatal vitamin or staying mindful of eating healthy, unsaturated fats are relatively simple tasks compared to letting go of your beloved daily cup [...]
Back in July I wrote a blog entry about how shocked I was to find that as a nation we waste $43 billion dollars of edible food each year. It is one of the posts that people talk to me about when they visit us here at the YinOva Center, so I think it struck [...]
Whenever I talk about breast cancer prevention I am very conscious of my patients who are currently dealing with this illness. I want to avoid making them feel as if they did something wrong. Too often cancer patients beat themselves up for things they did and things they wished they’d done. I don’t want to [...]
The credit crunch, the bail-out, the war, the presidential election…it seems like a good week to talk about stress and anxiety!