Integrative Medicine for Lyme Disease

Integrative Medicine for Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is often thought of as a modern-day hidden epidemic. Patients can present with Lyme-disease symptoms years after being bitten by a disease-carrying tick (Ixodes Pacificus). Common presenting symptoms include chronic fatigue, myalgias, migrating...
Growing Medicinal Chinese Herbs Organically

Growing Medicinal Chinese Herbs Organically

An interview with Peg Schafer from Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm, Petaluma, CA Written By: Cynthia Quattro P.A., L.Ac.  DAOM “I would like to be an advocate not only for growers but for the plants themselves and of their medicine. It is important for people to know that...
Herbal Medicine to Restore Health

Herbal Medicine to Restore Health

 It’s common that our first experience with herbal medicine is in the kitchen. Cooking with fresh culinary herbs is often the secret to distinct flavorful dishes. Favorite foods may come to mind based on the aroma of the herbs. They may evoke a special taste or smell...
Healthy Aging and East Asian Medicine: Qi is the Secret

Healthy Aging and East Asian Medicine: Qi is the Secret

Healthy Aging and East Asian Medicine What limits us from living indefinitely? Is there a way to preserve life sustaining Qi reserves?                                                                                       It is known in fundamental science, that the...
Japanese Acupuncture: “How is it different?”

Japanese Acupuncture: “How is it different?”

Japanese style Acupuncture is more gentle than Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques. After practicing Traditional Chinese acupuncture for more than ten years, I began to study Japanese style acupuncture. Its techniques are gentler and uses gentle palpation to find...
Study Shows Acupuncture Relieves Low-back Pain

Study Shows Acupuncture Relieves Low-back Pain

Chronic low back pain is one of the most common reasons that people seek medical treatment. Acupuncture has been reported to be effective in providing symptomatic relief of chronic low back pain. However, it is not known whether the effects of acupuncture are due to...