“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.” ~ Alain de Botton One of the first things we learn in Acupuncture school is the TCM theory of the soul. They say the soul has 3 parts: Hun, Po, and Shen. Our Hun, the thing…
“Qi Stagnation” Qi stagnation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) usually correlates with emotional stress. In TCM, we say that stress affects your Liver. Your Liver regulates the flow of Qi and Blood. When your Qi isn’t moving smoothly, you feel anxious, tired, tense, irritable, and PMS-y. You probably don’t sleep as well when your Qi isn’t flowing. Also,…
My absolute favorite moments in practice are when my patients tell me they’ve stopped taking their prescription medications. By law I can’t recommend anything regarding a prescription drug. I can’t tell you to take it or not. But I can help you devise a plan for getting off of it that will involve you discussing this plan…
Anxiety is a part of the normal ups and downs of life. It becomes a problem when it’s unrelenting or severe enough to disrupt our life (like panic attacks, avoiding people, not being able to work, etc.). My issue with using medication to control anxiety is this: with most medications, the need for it is…