In parts one and two of this series (click on the links to read them), I introduced a way of understanding foods, herbs, and drugs based on how herbs are defined… Read More

(Originally published as a newsletter for The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa)   Rather than give you a nice cohesive report on a single health topic, I decided this month to… Read More

(Originally published as a newsletter for The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa) There is an understated yellow flower called Taraxacum – AKA dandelion – which can be found nearly everywhere in… Read More

(Originally published as a four part series for The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa) Part One For the great majority of human history, most people cooked all of their own food… Read More

As Daoists in ancient China carefully observed the natural world, they came to identify five major energies, called the Five Elements, which preside over all the tangible and intangible  facets… Read More

(This was originally a series of ten articles written for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) There is a saying about aging in Chinese Medicine: “Yang to yang and yin to yin.” … Read More

(This article originally appeared in About Face Magazine) “I never had allergies before I moved to the Pacific Northwest.” Unfortunately, it’s a statement I’ve heard dozens of times. Our perennially… Read More

Here’s a test: Stand with one foot directly in front of the other, heel to toe, like you just got pulled over to do a sobriety test. Close your eyes…. Read More

(Originally published in About Face Magazine, issue 08) When a patient comes in to see me, I get a brief opportunity to facilitate a shift toward the positive. I might… Read More

Traveling, whether by plane, train, car, bus, or unicycle, is often hard on the body. There are many things you can do to make traveling a less painful experience. It… Read More

(Originally published as an article for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) Acceptance is an essential prerequisite to letting something go.  Although it’s natural to fight the things we dislike, when the… Read More

Our food choices often play a major part in the development of chronic pain. All of the ways our diet affects our internal chemistry is too big a topic for… Read More

(Originally published as an article for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) The increase in Americans’ use of oral pharmaceutical drugs over the past several decades is nothing short of mind-blowing. I… Read More

(Originally published as an article for Imbue Pain Relief Patch) Since at least several hundred years B.C., people in Greece, India, China, and elsewhere have used a technique of applying… Read More