by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 25, 2012 | Digestion, Food, Supplements
When was the last time you thought about HOW you eat? No, I’m not talking about what you eat, that’s another posting or two or three, probably lots more. Think about how you eat. Do you notice that you finish your snacks or meals without knowing how that...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 17, 2012 | Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, holistic health, integrative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
This morning I just read an article written for the online version of the newspaper The Vancouver Sun. The Sun is a reputable newspaper, but clearly not immune to inaccuracies. Case in point (no pun intended), their recent article called, “The Intricacies of...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 12, 2012 | Acupuncture, health care, holistic health, Traditional Chinese Medicine
For months I had been complaining that the garage door opener in my building was not working well. I would point and press the button…no door movement. Press again…nothing. Try a different angle, put my hand out the window, get out of my car. So...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 11, 2012 | Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Food, herbal tea, holistic health, immune boosting, Supplements, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Uncategorized
One of the inside jokes we have as Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners is that TCM has two hearts and no brain. It may sound like it, but it’s really not a dig. In TCM we discuss function more than form. The two hearts are the physical heart and the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 7, 2012 | Acupuncture, Food, immune boosting, immune system, integrative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Uncategorized
A friend of mine asked me to post some info on what to do after a bout of the flu or food poisoning. She called it a “forced detox”. That’s one way to put it! If you have had diarrhea or have been vomiting, the first and most important thing is to...
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