by Maggie | May 22, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Whole-foods cleanse
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. — Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C. Jorge and I are at the tail end of our annual whole foods cleanse, and every year I repeat the same pattern. The week before our cleanse starts, I grieve all the birthday...
by Maggie | Mar 23, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
A week or so ago, I found myself enveloped and ambushed by lists. Mind you, these were lists I had made myself. I had a grocery list in my back pocket, a home to-do list on my iPhone, a work to-do list taped to my desk, a gift list gaining strength in my...
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 | 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 | 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...
