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Happy Chinese New Year 2023! It is always interesting to explore the Chinese ‘animal of the year’ — whether we always end up believing 100% in the forecasts and predictions, or not. 2023 is called the ‘Year of the Black Yin-Rabbit’. Chinese New Year 2023 starts on January 22nd, 2023, and ends on February 9th, […]
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Acupuncture Alternatives is offering holiday gift certificates. This holiday season give your loved ones a “Gift of Health”. You can purchase certificates for a single Acupuncture visit or several visits – whatever your budget allows. If you are someone who has already found Acupuncture has helped for your own health needs, but have friends who
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If you participate in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a ‘Cafeteria Plan’ or other health-care savings program, through your company benefits program time may be running out this year. Most plans require the money you contributed to be spent by December 31 — or you risk losing it. Don’t let that happen. So, if you
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Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts of food and diet can help play a positive role in keeping you healthier this Fall and Winter season. This time of year is a time when a person’s energy (“Qi”) can be somewhat unstable. Now is the time to strengthen your Qi as your body prepares for winter. Our diet,
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In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, each season is linked with a natural element, organ, and emotion. The Fall season is ruled by metal, lung and grief. The lung is the organ often associated with Fall. It is considered the most exterior organ. A person’s lungs are the first line of defense against external pathogenic factors.
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Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine have been shown to help people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome – commonly called IBS. The condition is also known as ‘spastic colon’ or ‘mucus colitis’. The condition has been labeled a ‘syndrome’ because it involves a group of symptoms that varies for different affected individuals. Reports have shown that many
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Hot weather can, at times, create cause for health concerns. The hottest sultry days of summer have often been called the “dog days of summer”. For us who reside in Arizona, the “summer’s dog days” are most commonly experienced in the months of July and August. These are the months Arizona experiences the hottest temperatures,
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