In Chinese Medicine, winter is a time of reflection and rejuvenation, to slow down and conserve energy. Winter is an opportunity to focus on the health and spirit of the kidneys, which are the center of energy in the Chinese Medicine system. It is a time to nourish your body and boost the kidney energy with self-care.

We do incredible work helping people with asthma and other respiratory conditions. As always, we put on our detective hats to investigate the root cause and help the individual shift to greater wellness. It’s phenomenal to see how quickly and greatly people typically experience improvement, even those who are used to using multiple medications each day.

With the weather getting colder and Covid cases on the rise again, we wanted to share with you some of our best tips to give your immune system a much-needed boost.

We look forward to continuing to support you in 2022! With all the gatherings and travel over the holidays, we’d like to remind you of our Covid safety protocols. We are doing our utmost to keep you safe, as well as allow our doors to remain open so we can continue to provide you with care. Please continue to do your part by following our safety guidelines.

This cinnamon chocolate chunk cookie checks all the holiday boxes of being warming, cozy and hearty. Gluten-free, dairy-free and refined-sugar free, you can enjoy it while still feeling good.

As the weather starts to turn cooler, we often notice more complaints of pain from osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammation related pain. Arthritis and other joint pain can affect people all year long, but with winter approaching, arthritis can be harder to manage and seriously disrupt your quality of life.

Chinese medicine recommends warm and cooked foods in general to stoke your digestive furnace, fuel your metabolism, transform fluids (think bloating, puffiness, water retention and loose stools) and strengthen your body’s ability to produce Qi and blood from the food you eat.

Living with Headaches and Migraines can really disrupt your daily routine and ruin special moments. Not to mention the burden of living with chronic pain. At Blue Heron, we are passionate about helping you reclaim your freedom and quality of life.

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.

In Chinese medicine, the preceding season is when we can best prepare for upcoming health concerns. Late summer is the ideal time to prepare your immune system for the colds and flus we anticipate for fall and winter. So what can you do now? Start our simple and effective regimens today!

We are so excited to bring you this virtual fertility Q&A with acupuncturist, herbalist, and owner of Blue Heron, Lisa Abernathy! Check in with Lisa to learn why Acupuncture and Chinese medicine are so beneficial for fertility, what supplements and dietary changes she recommends to her fertility patients, and her thoughts on the most important things you can do to nurture your fertility.

We are excited to share our newest offering: Ultimate Relaxation with exceptional massage therapist Britney Franklin. Ultimate Relaxation is a luxurious one hour massage combined with 30 minutes of reiki. If you’re ready for a mini vacation for body and soul, this is it!

Cupping is one of our favorite forms of bodywork! It involves momentarily placing fire into glass cups so that the heat creates suction when they are subsequently placed on the skin. We love performing this service in conjunction with acupuncture, or as a stand-alone treatment.

Summer is here and in Chinese Medicine we rejoice in welcoming the most yang time of the year. Yang indicates a full expansion of energy. The days are at their longest, the temperature is at its warmest, and we as humans are at our most active.

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…

There are so many factors in play when we discuss a woman’s fertility: hormones, diet, stress levels, emotions, genetics, having an adequate support system, the list goes on. We love working with women who are trying to conceive because we have seen huge success from the addition of acupuncture and herbal medicine.

We’ve put together a virtual interview to help you all get to know our new massage therapist and reiki master practitioner, Britney Franklin! Hope you all enjoy!

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine excel at supporting women’s health through all stages of life. From the earliest days of menstruation through fertility and pregnancy, menopause and beyond, we support your vibrant health and wellbeing, alleviate discomfort, and help you gain a better understanding of your body and what your symptoms mean.

To us Chinese Medicine practitioners, it is such a travesty that anyone should go without restorative sleep at night. This is the time for your body and spirit to cleanse, heal and recharge. In our stress-laden society, the need for adequate hours of sleep is all the more important.

Some of our favorite essential oils to diffuse, spray or inhale these days: