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January 2023 Acupuncture Newsletter
Reflect on Your Health! Reflection is when an image or idea returns to us, such as looking in a mirror, rethinking an event, or reviewing an idea. We can take a closer view and reconsider our original thinking.Reflection has other connotations in acupuncture. Outer appearances reflect inner health, so a well-trained practitioner of acupuncture…
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Happy Winter Solstice–Water Element
We are now in the midst of Winter. The season is cold, dark, and quiet. Winter is for us, as for all of nature, a time on internal work: meditation, containment, concentration, and storing our energy. We use this season for rest, and for the replenishing of our reserves, gathering strength for the year ahead. …
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Welcome Autumn
Welcome to the Jean Donati Acupuncture Autumn newsletter. Inside you will find interesting information about the season of autumn, the element of metal, the lung and large intestine (the organs associated with metal), how metal shows up in all of us, and ways to strengthen your body, mind, and spirit in this season. Enjoy! Welcome…
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Digestive Disorders and Acupuncture
Qi Mail™ The Acupuncture Newsletter September, 2022 Jean Donati Acupuncture, LLC 604 E. Joppa Rd Towson, MD 21286 410-984-3700 /www.East2WestMedicine.com Strengthen Your Digestive Health More than 95 million Americans suffer from digestive disorders ranging from constipation, diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome to more serious conditions such as acid reflux (GERD), ulcerative colitis, and Crohn’s disease….
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Easing Transitions with the Earth Element
Easing Transitions with the Earth Element We all are very familiar with Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter but why does Chinese Medicine include a fifth season and where does it fit on the calendar? According to TCM theory, the fifth season is actually that important time between the seasons, where we ‘return to center’ so…
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Welcome to Earth Element in 5 Element Acupuncture.
There are 5 elements or Seasons of energy in Acupuncture. Each is associated with time, color, sound, odor, foods and other associations. These 5 Elements are s follows. Earth (Late Summer) Holding energy, nourishing, supporting Metal (Autumn) Descending movement, letting go, loss Water (Winter) Stillness, persistence movement, power, regenerating Wood (Spring) Uprising movement, birth, growth…
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Treatment of Neurological Disorders with Acupuncture
Treatment of Neurological Disorders with Acupuncture A neurological disorder refers to a problem with the nervous system, a complex, sophisticated system that regulates and coordinates the body’s activities. Nerve pain can arise from trauma, inflammation, stroke, disease, infection, nerve degeneration, exposure to toxic chemicals, and nutrient deficiencies.Nerve pain is usually a sharp, shooting pain or…
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Acupuncture for Anxiety or Panic
Acupuncture and Acute Stress…Adrenalin and Acupuncture. Did you ever have one of those days….You are sleeping soundly then all of the sudden you are awake. You look at the clock, and…Oh NOOOooo…What happened to the alarm? You wake up 15 minutes before you have to leave for work. It is a pretty upsetting feeling. You…
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Acupuncture
PTSD and Acupuncture Those who have experienced trauma including, physical, emotional and sexual trauma can experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for months to years after the initial event. Traumatic events can include physical events such as experiencing or witnessing a car accident or near-death experience, physical combat such as faced by veterans in war, and…
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Acupuncture Treatment of Pain
When Are you going to treat my pain??? 6/14/22 Over the past few days, I have had several patients ask me …”I am coming in for neck pain or back pain or shoulder pain…where are you going to put the needles”? Or if I have been seeing the patient I am asked “when are you…
