Illuminate Your Life: a chinese medicine blog

Ally Fowler Ally Fowler

Acupuncture for Your Littles

Did you know acupuncture isn’t just for adults? It's a gentle, natural way to support children's health and help them thrive, too! Whether it's managing stress, improving sleep, boosting immunity, or helping with digestion, acupuncture can be a safe and effective tool for little ones.

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Ally Fowler Ally Fowler

Men’s Fertility + Acupuncture

When it comes to fertility, the focus often lands on women, but men play an equally crucial role in the journey to parenthood. If you’re looking to optimize your reproductive health, acupuncture might just be the holistic solution you need.

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Celebrating Women

March is Women’s History Month. We want to honor all the amazing women out there by sharing information, tips and resources to support women’s health and wellbeing through all stages of life.

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Nurture Your Body. Calm Your Mind.

We offer comprehensive wellness services including acupuncture, neuromuscular integration technique, fertility coaching, health + wellness coaching, herbal medicine and bodywork + massage.

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Lisa Abernathy Lisa Abernathy

Holistic Medicine for Men’s Health

We have been talking a lot about women’s health recently, but men benefit from acupuncture and holistic medicine, too! It’s a huge misconception that acupuncture is only for women.

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Lisa Abernathy Lisa Abernathy

Happy Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month. We want to honor all the amazing women out there by sharing information, tips and resources to support women’s health and wellbeing through all stages of life.

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Moxibustion – A note from Nicole LaFountain L.Ac

If you’ve been to an acupuncture clinic before, you may have noticed on occasion an earthy, smoky smell coming from the treatment rooms. This smell is produced by a process called moxibustion, where mugwort (ai ye) is burned either directly or indirectly on the skin to provide warmth and other therapeutic benefits.

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Back to the Basics: What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a form of holistic health that has been successfully used to treat a variety of conditions for thousands of years. Using specific acupuncture points, which appear to relate to minute nerve endings, along meridians (channels or pathways) of the body, we are able to affect the electrical, nervous and neurotransmitter systems of the body, thereby enhancing…

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