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5 Alternative Treatments and Home Remedies for Psoriasis

Blog-img-5-Alternative-Treatments_640_-ALTERNATEFor people with psoriasis, suffering from painful symptoms like inflamed, flaking and red skin is not pleasant. The chronic skin condition is due to an overactive immune system that can be triggered by a number of internal and external factors. Many Western treatments include steroid creams and oral medications that come with a slew of unwanted side effects.

Below are alternative treatments that are safe and natural and can help reduce symptoms of psoriasis, leading you back to better health. continue reading »

5 Tips to Help With TMJ

5-Tips-to-Help-TMJ-img_450Commonly known as TMJ, temporomandibular joint pain affects over 10 million Americans and can involve difficulty chewing, jaw muscle stiffness and painful popping or clicking, according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

Although for some people the pain of TMJ goes away on its own, others develop long-term problems and need treatment to help their pain.

Here are five tips you can practice at home to help your TMJ symptoms. continue reading »

5 Steps to Improve Your Hearing

5-Steps-to-Improve-Your-Hearing-img_640Many of us have already experienced or will experience some amount of hearing loss. This can be due to aging or noise-induced factors. Exposure to loud sound over time can permanently damage the ears and result in hearing loss.

If you find yourself struggling with hearing and feeling the need to turn up the TV or your music louder, you may be experiencing hearing loss. Here are five steps to improve your hearing and prevent further damage. continue reading »

Fit versus Healthy

balanced-stones-blog-61515There is a difference between being in top physical shape and holistically healthy. Some people may be in great athletic shape, but actually neglecting their body’s other internal health needs.

There have been numerous cases where professional athletes in the peak of their careers have died of heart attacks and other natural complications. Could these deaths have been prevented by taking better care of their overall health? Possibly. continue reading »

Relieve Your Arthritis With Acupuncture

hand-351277_1280Arthritis is a painful and oftentimes debilitating condition that’s characterized by inflammation within one or more joints. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 2 people will develop osteoarthritis of the knee by the age of 85. It’s important to note, however, that there are several different types of arthritis, with osteoarthritis being just one. Other common types include rheumatoid arthritis, gout, septic arthritis, Still’s disease, and ankylosing spondylitis.

While most people living with moderate-to-severe arthritis resort to prescription medication to mask their symptoms, a safer and more effective form of treatment may come in the form of a 2,000-plus-year-old Chinese practice called acupuncture. Numerous studies have found acupuncture to offer relief of many different types of arthritis. And best of all, it doesn’t come with the adverse side effects associated with arthritis medication.  continue reading »

Alternative Treatment for IBS

peppermint-tea-1109Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common disease suffered by an estimated 25-45 million people in the United States. Symptoms include chronic abdominal pain, bloating, excess gas and irregular bowel movements. Symptoms can be brought on by a number of triggers including anxiety, insomnia and stress. Although there is no known cure to IBS, there are numerous alternative treatments to prescription medication that can help relieve symptoms. continue reading »

Alternative Treatments for Fertility

pregnant-422982About 10 percent of couples struggle with infertility and an inability to conceive, according to the Centers for Disease Control. For those struggling to have children, fertility treatment can become tiring and expensive very quickly. There are numerous alternative treatments including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that have been thought to improve fertility. continue reading »

The 7 Secrets You Never Knew About Acupuncture

acu-03092015There’s a certain level of mysticism surrounding the ancient holistic practice of acupuncture. Those who haven’t tried it may view it as some sham practice with no real value or benefit. On the other hand, those who have tried are fully aware of its powerful effects on the human body.

#1) There Are Hundreds of Acupuncture Points Throughout The Body

Acupuncture is typically performed on specific points throughout the body, including points both along the meridian and outside the meridian. The number of acupuncture points continues to change on a regular basis, but the latest estimate is around 695 (not including ear treatments). continue reading »

Yin & Yang: The Impact Of Connectedness

By Elizabeth Fellows, M.Ac., L.Ac., CHHC

Acupuncturist and Holistic Health Counselor

Director, Center Point Healing

ba577c7b-7b36-406f-9244-b2388ed730e1Most people are familiar with the Taijitu symbol, but how many of us understand its meanings?

In Taoist thought, everything that has ever existed, will ever exist and could potentially exist, are part of the infinite nothingness. The number associated with this nothingness/everything-ness is the number one.

The state of one-ness means that everything is connected. Everything that manifests – including each of us – comes from the same source.

As soon as we identify something, we move into the number two. Now we have something and nothing, and distinctions can be made. The Taijitu symbol is known to us as the Yin-Yang symbol. The Chinese characters for yin and yang are the shady side of the mountain and the sunny side of the mountain, respectively.

Yin and yang are often characterized in our culture as “feminine” and “masculine”, but that definition misses out on the richness contained in this symbol. Yin and yang are opposites, but opposites that are interconnected. There is no way to have one without the other. Each gives context to the other: What would day mean if we didn’t have night? What would our experience of warmth be without cold? To understand one, we must understand the other.

We are made up of both yin and yang elements as well. For example, blood is yin, but the electrical conduction that keeps our heart muscle contracting to pump that blood is yang. Generally speaking, our fluids are yin and the processes that move them throughout the body are yang.

Yin and yang can be found in nature also. Yang is more daylight, the growing season, the flurry of activity in the animal kingdom (new babies being born and hatched), the wind and the heat. The seasons of spring and summer are more yang than autumn and winter.

Conversely, yin is more darkness, the harvest and storing seasons, the hibernation and dying back seen in the plant and animal kingdoms, the rain and the cold.

When we experience disease – dis-ease – it is important to check in with what is happening in nature. Are we living in harmony with the laws of nature, or are we trying to subvert them? It is natural to feel more energized in the spring and summer, perhaps to even need less sleep. However, in the autumn and winter, if we listen to our bodies, they will let us know we need more rest and sleep.

It is also natural to be much more active and to do more vigorous types of exercise in the spring and summer – that feeds our yang energy. However, during autumn and winter – the yin times of the year – we may want to turn to different kinds of exercise that supports our yin energy – like yoga.

As we move into Spring, moving from yin to yang, we may notice the stirring of yang energy. Sometimes that movement shows up as headaches, restlessness and irritability. So even though we are moving rapidly out of winter, it is still really important to support our yin by getting plenty of rest, staying warm, eating well and staying well-hydrated.

Lifestyle changes and acupuncture can help you feel to better by balancing your yin and yang energies.

Ways To Ring In The Chinese New Year

ring-in-new-year-01Cleaning

Part of celebrating the Chinese New Year (February 19) involves cleaning. Traditionally, homes are cleaned before the New Year, but sweeping and dusting isn’t done until the third day after New Year out of fear that good fortune will be swept away. The floors can be swept, starting by brushing the dust and dirt towards the middle of the house or building. Once the debris is piled into the center, it’s moved to the corners where it remains until the fifth day, at which point it can be thrown out. continue reading »

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