by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jan 27, 2014 | Chinese Medicine, Famous Quotes, Health, Lao Tzu, Lao Zi, tcm007, The Tao, Water, Water Element, Winter
In the philosophy of Chinese Medicine, there are five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. These five elements are not simply the materials associated with each of the names, but rather they are metaphors for describing how things interact and relate to each...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Oct 21, 2013 | #IHeartAcupuncture, Acupuncture, AOM Day, Chinese Medicine, Health, Healthcare
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM) Day is this Thursday, October 24th. AOM day is designed to increase public awareness of all the benefits Chinese Medicine has to offer. This isn’t the first AOM Day but I’m trying to make it the most...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Oct 17, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Injury Rehabilitation, Acupuncture and pain, Aetna, Chinese Medicine, Health, Healthcare, Insurance, Pain Relief, Yoga
Did you know that Aetna’s Chairman & CEO, Mark Bertolini, is a fan of acupuncture? That’s right! After a terrible ski accident, in which he broke his neck and spent a year taking numerous painkillers, the CEO of this huge insurance company turned to a...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Oct 14, 2013 | Autumn, Chinese Medicine, foods for autumn, Health, Healthy Foods, Recipes, Winter, winter squash
Winter Squash is a wonderful food for Winter. The abundance of this tasty squash peaks in early Fall and is available to early winter. Winter squash is a food that nourishes your Yang energy which is masculine in nature and is described as light, dry, directed,...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Sep 9, 2013 | Chinese Medicine, Fear, Happiness, Health, Healthy aging, Love, Seven Emotions
Last month, I wrote about “The Six Evils” which is how Traditional Chinese Medicine classifies the external causes of disease. Today I’m going to talk about the internal causes of illness which are called the “Seven Emotions” and are Anger, Fear, Shock, Grief, Joy,...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Sep 3, 2013 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Athletes, Acupuncture and Basketball, Acupuncture and Celebrities, Acupuncture and pain, Chicago Blackhawks, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Athletes, DeeDee Trotter, Health
1) Kobe Bryant – On January 4th the NBA superstar took to twitter and posted this picture of his leg with acupuncture needles in it. I am not a big fan of Kobe but I am always happy to see Chinese Medicine getting good press. 2) Mickael Pietrus – This...
