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Your First Acupuncture Treatment

There are two things that are important to keep in mind when going to an acupuncturist for treatment Acupuncturists are medical providers, similar to nurse practitioners and other physicians. Acupuncturists do more than acupuncture, they practice a complete system of integrated medicine to nourish health. In New Mexico and several other states they are primary care providers Acupuncturists are more than acupuncture! They are physicians that have undergone over 2500h of graduate level education in integrated medicine. Acupuncture is rooted in traditional wisdom of how humans interact with the rest of nature and our bodies place in the larger ecosystem. It is a medicine that focus on nourishing health over fighting disease or just controlling symptoms of illness. Even though acupuncture is a traditional treatment method, modern acupuncturists are trained and well versed in modern science and biomedicine. The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) r
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Searching for light

A short post today for the full moon. Today is a lunar eclipse as well, here is a haiku for the Buck Moon tonight. Be safe, beloved. Full Moon in the east Hides her face from the sun's light Sister, I see you
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After 35 years

Another year past A new year ahead Love is the law Love under will The past is done I keep the lessons but close the gate on the past that no longer serves me To both heal and Be healed I come to the work My skills and talents I dedicate to the Mother of All; Hekate ! Reveal to me your mysteries That I may minister to Thy Children The outcast, the forgotten, the wanderers Light your torch That I may see your way; Hekate ! I give myself to you For there is no-self Hekate ! Now until the last.
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New Year Detox

I hope your past year was productive, insightful, and wonderful. For many, including myself, 2019 was a bit of a rough road. I am glad that it is over and I wouldn't wish to repeat it, but I am also glad it happened because I learned a lot. Among the changes for 2020, I will most likely be spending more time down at Luna Circle Wellness working in the community acupuncture clinic there. In order to kick off the new year right, Jan 1st I will be taking walk in patients and appointments from 10am to 11am. We are also having a last minute new year special acudetox treatment for $20 Acudetox is a protocol that uses 5 needles in each ear, 10 total needles, and is good for stress, anxiety, and for quitting bad habits that no longer serve you. For the past 3 and a half years I have been a certified acupuncture detoxification specialist supervisor overseeing CADS who provide this treatment in addiction/harm-reduction spaces and I know it is a wonderful and low cost / low pressure tr
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21 December, 2019

Merry meet, my friends.  We are awake in the night! We turn the Wheel to bring the light! We call the sun from the womb of night! Once I knew an ancient serpent. He delighted to bask in the Sunshine which penetrated through a tiny hole in the roof of the cave. He was old, and very wise. He said "Upon me is concentrated the Light of the whole Universe" But a little brown beetle, who had long lived in the cave with him, looked up, and spreading his wings he passed out through the hole in the roof -- into the Infinite Beyond. Thus, forsaking Wisdom, would I come to Thee, Beloved Lady of the Starry Heavens. The days only get longer from here! Merry meet; Merry part; and Merry meet again!
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Friday Formula: Kidney Qi Pill

Shen Qi Wan / Kidney Qi Pill Rhizoma Rehmanniae / shu di huang 240g Fructus Corni / shan zhu yu 120g Rhizoma Dioscoreae / shan yao 120g Rhizoma Alismatis / ze xie 90g Poria / fu ling 90g Cortex Moutan Radix / mu dan pi 90g Aconiti Radix lateralis preparata / zhi fu zi 30g Cinnamomi Ramulus / gui zhi 30g Preparation grind the herbs into powder and form 9g pills with honey to hold them together, take one pill one or two times per day. Notice anything familiar about this formula? The first six ingredients are the exact same as the formula from two weeks ago, Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia. That formula treats Kidney Yin Vacuity, where as this formula, Kidney Qi Pill , treats Kidney Yang Vacuity. Often Yin and Yang are described as opposites, but these two formulas illustrates a very important point in Chinese Medical theory. Though they are opposites, it is the interaction or combination of both Yin and Yang that allows life to exist. All phenomena w
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Friday Formula: Holiday Food Edition (Bao He Wan)

Bao He Wan / Preserve Harmony Pill Crataegi Fructus / Shan Zha 180g Massa medieata fermentata / Shen Qu 60g Pinelliae Rhizoma (preparatum) / Zhi Ban Xia 90g Poria / Fu Ling 90g Citri reticulatae Pericarpium / Chen Pi 30g Forsynthiae Fructus / Lian Qiao 30g Raphani Semen / Lai Fu Zi 30g Preparation Grind the herbs in to powder and then take with warm water, or can be decocted in hot water; if decocted use one tenth the amount each time. Even though this formula comes towards the back of modern formula textbooks, it is often one of the first prescriptions an aspiring physician learns. The typical scenario is that a Chinese medicine student eats too much at a party or celebration the day/night before. In the morning, after complaining of a stomach ache, their teacher will give them this formula and then use the 'teachable moment' to discuss the herbs in the formula. The primary action of this formula is Promoting digestion and regulating the Stomach. The
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Friday Formula: Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan / Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia Rhizoma Rehmanniae / shu di huang 240g Fructus Corni / shan zhu yu 120g Rhizoma Dioscoreae / shan yao 120g Rhizoma Alismatis / ze xie 90g Poria / fu ling 90g Cortex Moutan Radix / mu dan pi 90g Preparation grind the herbs into powder and form 9g pills with honey to hold them together, take one pill three times per day. This formula is an elegant combination of herbs that demonstrates the art of combining herbs into formulas rather than prescribing single herbs. When I was in school, one of my teachers told us that six ingredient pill with rehmannia was the most commonly purchased/prescribed formula in Japan. The primary pattern that six ingredient pill with rehmannia treats is Kidney Yin Vacuity. TCM categorizes pathology into patterns which have a common root or treatment principle to resolve them. The names of the organ systems, ie Kidney , are the same as the physical organs in the body and include
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