Health

Many of the usual recommendations for wildfire smoke are in conflict with the advice being given to contain the current viral pandemic. It can be confusing! One thing certain is that lung health [...]

Whether you’re working from home, homeschooling your children, without a job, or you’re an essential worker, Shelter-in-Place is taxing everyone I know. People are starting to crawl [...]

Rice porridge, also known as jook or congee is the chicken noodle soup of Chinese medicine. The basic ingredients of rice, water, and broth can be combined with other ingredients to enhance [...]

If you are considering ordering the following supplements online, I would advise you to stay away from Amazon, as they do not guarantee the authenticity of their products. Instead, I would direct [...]

Things have changed quickly since I last posted. In compliance with the County’s Shelter-in-Place ordinance, Pure Joy Acupuncture will remain closed until we’ve been notified that [...]

Focus on what is in your control Part of what makes the coronavirus so scary is that we don’t know what to expect. Right now, we’re waiting to see how COVID-19 will affect the US and [...]

I’m taking extra care to disinfect and safeguard my clinic environment. And while you can’t come in ill, you may want a preemptive immunity-boosting and anxiety-calming session.

Diet is an important aspect of maintaining your health in Chinese and Western medicine. Sometimes they have different ideas about how to accomplish that and often they overlap. Chinese medicine [...]

Did you know that Chinese medicine recommends consuming your vegetables as salad only in summer? We also put faster cooking methods, like blanching and stir-frying, in the same hot weather [...]

Happy New Year! Are you coming out of your holiday haze? Please drop by my new office this Saturday, January 11 from 9AM to noon for a Mindful Morning! We’ll help you recuperate from the [...]