• Schedule an Appointment
    Fridays: 10:00 AM - 5:30PM
    Some Saturdays: 10:15AM - 3:00PM

Articles

  • February 24, 2024

Improving Vagal Tone 

How the Wandering Nerve can bring stability to your health The Vagus Nerve Literally translated as “The wandering nerve” the vagal nerve starts in the brain (cranial nerve #10) and then travels down the neck, across the chest and into ...
Read More
  • December 20, 2023

Castor Oil Pack

Castor oil is derived from the bean of the castor plant.  When taken internally it acts as a powerful, purgative laxative, and as such has a negative image among people familiar with this effect.  (So please don’t take it internally!) ...
Read More
  • October 3, 2023

Breathing in Change

Autumn is a time of transition: back to school, a return to routine, and a more inward focus than the free and expansive summer. Crops are harvested and leaves fall from trees as plants return to the earth for the ...
Read More
  • July 18, 2022

Rocking Sleep: Nourish Your Inner Toddler

My children are now old enough that they regularly sleep through the night…finally!  Sure there are occasional bad dreams that require comfort in the wee hours of the morning, and the rare drama of my youngest falling out of bed, but ...
Read More
  • April 26, 2022

Digestion Perfection

Digestion used to be my superpower. I’d wake up in the morning ready full of energy and ready to “go”, then get on with starting therest of day with a solid sense of accomplishment and freedom already checked off of ...
Read More
  • February 25, 2022

The Heart of Mental Health

February is typically Heart Health Month but I feel drawn to talking about mental health instead!  Luckily for me, in Traditional Chinese Medicine the mind (the “Shen”) dwells in the heart, so I can honour Heart Health Month while reflecting ...
Read More
  • January 21, 2022

Allergy season is coming …are you ready?

I thoroughly enjoyed a few weeks of snow in my typically rain-sodden Vancouver, but before the snow has fully melted I’m already seeing buds on trees start to swell.  And that means that my patients with allergies are about to ...
Read More
  • November 12, 2021

Why do you eat?

There are many reasons why people eat:  hunger, boredom, stress, self-sabotage, pleasure, time cues, social cues, and reward, to name a few.  The motivation to eat may change throughout the day, or from day to day.  This is the deep ...
Read More
  • February 26, 2021

Immunotherapy for Environmental Allergies

Vancouver may have had its last snowfall of the season this past week but even a layer of snow sufficient for a day or two of sledding couldn’t quite cover all the new shoots of green popping up around us.  ...
Read More
1 2 3 Older →