by Maggie | Jan 31, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
As someone who is prone to motion sickness, I can’t help but make the following comparison: on a global, national, community and personal level, 2016 left me feeling dizzy and nauseated. As the Chinese New Year approaches, I’m ready to release that white-knuckled grip...
by Maggie | Nov 15, 2016 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
I could lie to your face and tell you that I’m the perfect picture of health. I could say that, because I’m a Chinese medicine practitioner, I take all the preventative measures needed to ensure a disease-free, balanced life. I could tell you that I didn’t sneak some...
by Maggie | Apr 5, 2016 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Pediatric Acupuncture
If you have kids, know any, want some or are one, you’ll want to hear this. Perhaps you think that kids and needles go together as well as ice cream and hot sauce. And if your only idea of a needle is the kind used to extract blood from your vein or inject...
by Maggie | Feb 18, 2016 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Holistic Skin Care
I have a piece of tape stuck between my eyebrows as I’m writing this. By the time you finish reading, I hope you will too. You know that expression, “it’s written all over your face”? Well it is. Every line, every wrinkle, every discoloration or scar tells the story...
by Maggie | Oct 6, 2015 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
Sure, we’ve dipped into the mid-70s here in Daytona Beach, but Jorge, Phoebe and I are ditching our flip-flops in search of some scarf and hat weather. Beginning next week, we’ll be in Washington DC for a much needed vacation. The timing couldn’t be...
by Maggie | Aug 10, 2015 | Chinese medicine, Community Acupuncture, Ear Acupuncture, Health Advice
I remember my very first allergy attack. I was 11 years old and playing around with a potpourri ball in my bedroom, the kind that you stick in a dresser drawer to keep socks from smelling like….well, socks. I took a big whiff of that potpourri and then sneezed about...
