How To Choose Herbs!
Which are the best herbs for me to take? Is ginseng good for me? What about ashwagandha? I’ve heard it’s amazing! Dong quai is one of the best herbs for women, right? Women should take it for hot flashes too, shouldn’t they? Herbal selection is something that a lot of...
Guasha Case Studies
Here are some examples of guasha case studies where guasha has done a great job, drawn from my experience in clinic Guasha Case study 1: Male, 49 y/o. Electrician, Bilateral elbow tendonitis, past 9 years. This case was a fellow who had spend many years doing a...
What is Guasha?
What Is Guasha Exactly? I often describe guasha to patients as being a cousin of cupping. The functions of the two treatments overlap in a few ways, but there are also some real differences. If you’ve had cupping and know how beneficial it can be, you have to try...
Why Does Cupping Cause Bruising?
Does Cupping Cause Bruising? There are some important things to note when discussing cupping. The first is, that while they can produce very strong, dark bruises, that from experience I can say that I do not consider them to be "normal" bruises, ie., the result of...
What Conditions Does Cupping Treat?
What Does Cupping Treat? One of the key ideas of Traditional Chinese Medicine - TCM - is that stagnant blood causes problems. This can include pain, numbness, aching, and stiffness. Classically speaking, TCM attributes the following symptoms to blood stagnation :...
“How Does Cupping Work And What Do The Cups Actually Do?
How Cupping Works Cupping is a practice of placing cups on the body using some method of creating suction, in order to produce a vacuum like pressure on the underlying tissue, and the substances within it. The suction traditionally would come from either heating the...