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Stress impacts the gut nervous system and flora. This can create a cascade of unwanted symptoms.. Acupuncture is a great tool for stress management.

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine have a beauty and gentle synergy with the body and nature. It is one of the resources we can use to tend our soil and heal our environment.

One of the aspects of our health is what we put into our bodies. Both food and medicines have energy. They create movement in different directions. Have you ever noticed that certain foods give you energy? That would be outward movement. What happens if food or drugs create an excess of energy outward? Possibly the same thing that happens if we never stop and rest. We might get tired and possibly cranky. If you have some questions about how to recognize or address these kinds of underlying imbalances for yourself or your kids. Make an appointment to chat about it. Balance is the basis of homeostasis, and essentially our health.

Western science backing the ancient healing practice......

Elderberries and the flu...... Another herb we will be including on Sept 12 in our course on Immunity. Book your spot today message 780-721-0463, include your name address, phone and email. Look forward to some hands on interaction and lively discussion. ... Extensive research show that elder stop the production of hormone-like cytokines that direct a class of white blood cells known as neutrophils to cause inflammation, especially in influenza and arthritis. On the other hand, elder increases the production non-inflammatory infection-fighting cytokines as much as 10 fold. Elder berries are known to be effective against eight strains of influenza. This suggests that elder be superior to vaccines in preventing flu, because flu vaccines are only effective against known strains of flu, whereas the virus is continually mutating to new strains. Vaccines have another draw back: over half of people who get them report side effects. Dr. Madeleine Mumcuoglu, of Hadassah-Hebrew University in Israel found that elderberry disarms the enzyme viruses use to penetrate healthy cells in the lining of the nose and throat. Taken before infection, it prevents infection. Taken after infection, it prevents spread of the virus through the respiratory tract. In a clinical trial, 20% of study subjects reported significant improvement within 24 hours, 70% by 48 hours, and 90% claimed complete cure in three days. In contrast, subjects receiving the placebo required 6 days to recover. (Mountain Rose Herbs 2015)

[The fourth century Buddhist and calligrapher] Xì Yn said: If you want to take alchemical elixirs, search out what is suitable in terms of the nature and principle, and scrutinize what is appropriate in terms of cool and warm. It is impossible to see another person gain strength, and then just take [that same substance] yourself What we can take from this is the importance of understanding what the individual needs of YOUR body are. In Chinese Medicine, every disease that is named is treated differently by person. The search for a cure for disease misses the mark when it forgets it is the person we are treating and not the disease.