Illuminate Your Life: a chinese medicine blog

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Homemade Cough Medicine

Autumn Equinox is upon us - with that and the kids back to school, cough season is also upon us. Check out our easy homemade cough medicine.

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Earth Essential Oil

Our Earth oil blend supports your spleen and stomach and encourages feelings of compassion, nurturance, and grounding.

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Prepare Your Immune System

Late summer is the perfect time to boost your immune system for the upcoming barrage of bugs come fall and winter. Check out some of our favorite remedies.

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Acupuncture + Herbal Medicine

Complementing your acupuncture treatment or used on its own, herbal medicine provides a way to improve your health on a daily basis.

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Worry + The Earth Element

Mindfulness and meditation can be very potent for a balanced earth element. The practice of focusing clear thoughts so as to wash away mental worry is key for a higher quality 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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Season of the Earth Element

Chinese Medicine proposes that we will feel our best if we live according to the seasons. In the late Summer, it is the Earth element that is the most active, and also the most vulnerable.

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Meet Nicole LaFountain

We asked Nicole to share her answers to the questions that she is asked most frequently during new patient treatments.

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Welcome Sarah

Sarah is a licensed acupuncturist with a master's degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts in Asheville.

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Playing With Fire

Chinese Medicine proposes that we will feel our best if we live according to the seasons. In the Summer, it is our fire that wants to come out and play!

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Summer + Fire + Heart

Summer is here and in Chinese Medicine we rejoice in welcoming the most yang time of year! Yang indicates a full expansion of energy.

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World Infertility Awareness Month

June is World Infertility Awareness Month. We love nourishing our patients’ fertility and supporting them in this journey of healing and discovery.

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Your Liver + Stress

We all experience stress but not all stress is bad! Short-term stress is normal and expected in life. So, when does stress become the perpetrator of illness and disease?

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National Infertility Awareness

1 in 8 couples are affected by infertility.…this could be your sister, cousin, friend, neighbor or coworker. Every couple’s path to parenthood is different and for many, it can be a long and difficult journey.

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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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Blue Heron Mask Update

We have updated our Covid policies. In order to help us continue to provide you with the best care, please comply with our clinic’s protocols. Face masks are optional though recommended.

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Ease Your Allergy Symptoms

Today we’re sharing some of our favorite ways to help ease allergy symptoms. Start your game plan NOW; don’t wait until you’re already in the worst of it…we’re here to help!

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