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Jia Chen - Wood Dragon Year :: Reflections and insights for the year of 2024 from the perspective of symbolic time
A reading & interpretation of the 2024 Year of the Jia Chen - Wood Dragon with insights into how to best navigate & benefits from the year.

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Feb 12, 202414 min read
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Are you getting the best medical advice?
The one time I caught SARS-2 was in September of 2022. I caught it in a setting where I was exposed to large amounts of virus over...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Feb 6, 20244 min read
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How to Heal What Feels Broken
We all have a chip in our proverbial cups. The chip may be superficial or a cavernous fracture - as life leaves its mark on us. The chip...

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Oct 19, 20233 min read
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Tea drinking strongly linked to reduced risk of developing dementia & Alzheimer's
A new study was published in April 2023 in the journal PeerJ performing a meta-analysis of 7 studies that set to determine if there was a...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Sep 19, 20233 min read
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Why we recommend heat therapy for almost all pain, but especially chronic pain.
It's really quite easy to explain without going into the deep biological science. It should be easy to understand why heat is better than...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Jul 27, 20233 min read
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Microdosing... acupuncture?
A new medical advice article in the Washington Post answered the question "Does Acupuncture Work for Chronic Pain?" with a helpful...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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How Acupuncture Works: Acupuncture Addresses the Pain & The Feels
I am reading this paper and it's honestly a bit dense with neuroscience. I am getting more and more familiar with pain neuroscience...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
May 21, 20233 min read
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What is Ziweidoushu / Polestar Fate Calculation? A brief review of the history
I was doing some historical research and trying to grasp the deep roots of Ziwei doushu 紫微斗數, the astrology/fate calculation system I...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Feb 23, 20233 min read
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The Year of the Water Rabbit - Earthly Branch Analysis for 2023
Stem & Branch Patterns of Relationship Watching the sky, especially the Sun and Moon and the stars has been a basis for human language,...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Feb 8, 20237 min read
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Why I Don't Say "Qi"
If someone is in a car accident and they are unconscious, quickly losing blood, I am not going to say, “Wait! Let’s fix their qi before...

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Oct 25, 20224 min read
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Hot flashes & night sweats are early sign of increased risk for vascular dementia, but...
Acupuncture can reduce vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats) associated with increased risk of vascular dementia and...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Oct 20, 20225 min read
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Yes. Acupuncture will make your headaches & migraines go away, and we can begin to explain why.
Acupuncture restores functional connectivity & other amazing discoveries from neuroimaging research. It could be said that acupuncture is...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Aug 30, 20223 min read
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💫 ON CO-CREATING YOUR DREAM LIFE 💫
How much of our life is predetermined? And how much can be influenced by our focus and will? I was told years ago by a Chinese astrologer...

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Aug 26, 20224 min read
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FORCING RELAXATION AND OTHER THINGS TO NOT TRY AT HOME
Today I was reminded of the importance of working WITH the body versus forcing the body to do something painful it isn’t ready for yet....

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Jul 26, 20224 min read
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What it is really like working with us
If your doctor starts looking more and more like a human pez dispenser handing out prescriptions and diagnoses that don't actually help...

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Jul 22, 20223 min read
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Mothers' Day Tea Sale
In honor of mothers and their love, we have put together a 20% discount of select teas in pur Spring Collection. Use code: "MothersLove"...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
May 7, 20221 min read
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Perspective is (almost) everything
So much of our experience depends on our perspective. I was reminded of this while watching our son on a walk today. There was a line of...

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Feb 23, 20222 min read
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THE PRACTICE OF BEING A HEALER
What does it mean to practice medicine when it comes from the heart? And when we recognize that we are all innately capable of healing?

Jessica Giese-Gardner, MTCM, L.Ac.
Feb 17, 20223 min read
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Lunar New Year, Water Tiger, & Chinese Astrology as Indigenous Calendar Wisdom Traditions
Happy Lunar New Year! A new year has arrived. In many indigenous Asian cultures and traditions, the new year is marked with the arrival...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Feb 2, 20226 min read
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We've known since the early 2000's how acupuncture works via the nervous system: a review from 2008.
While a bit outdated and lacking up-to-date evidence of the anatomical basis for acupuncture, this wonderful summary of the physiological...

Michael Brown, DACM, L.Ac.
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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