The Small (but mighty) Thyroid Gland
All of us go through periods of exhaustion and low energy. But when these feelings continue and affect your day-to-day life, it may be time to consider the health of your thyroid.

The thyroid operates mainly under the rule of the kidneys and daily functions such as temperature regulation, regular heartbeat and maintaining a healthy weight are its reason for being. When these functions go awry, (often due to stress) the thyroid becomes imbalanced and we cannot be our healthiest, productive selves.

Learn more about the thyroid gland and how it works to keep you healthy in our latest blog article.
Regulating Your Qi
Jin Gui Shen Shi Wan is an herbal medicinal used to combat thyroid issues by boosting the kidneys. Low thyroid function is a often a result of diminished kidney qi. Kidney qi is depleted through stress, worry and overwork. You may feel cold, have weak low back and knees, or find yourself urinating frequently. The herbs in this formula warm and support the internal strength of the body, keeping you thinking clearly, moving without aches and living comfortably in your skin.
Boosting Your
 Yin
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan is a very popular and ancient formula used to tonify the kidneys and boost the yin (loosely translated, the moisturizing part of your body). This formula contains herbs that directly strengthen kidneys by nourishing blood and lightening their workload. Herbs like this that drain dampness and increase urine flow relieving the kidneys from constant overwork by draining their excess and giving them a break. Increased urination will help with balance and dizziness as well as relief from low back and joint pain.
Thats a Good Point!
There is an acupuncture point on your body that ancient practitioners wrote “treats all diseases”. Wow! Widely used in many acupuncture treatments to build white and red blood cells and fight inflammation, this point is also a digestive superhero.

Zusanli is what we call this point, which means distance or rectify. Originally the translation was for the word li which is a measurement of distance, and it was said a person could walk 3 miles further after exhaustion if this point had been stimulated.
Meant to strengthen or boost the qi, Zusanli works on several digestive disorders along with the spleen (the Chinese center of the digestive process), to transform and transport the food we eat. To ancient practitioners, good stomach qi was life. Even when faced with a serious illness, if one was determined to have strong stomach qi, healing and recovery would occur. Stomach 36 point or Zusanli, is the single most important point in the body to stimulate the action of the stomach and spleen in generating qi and blood. (from A Manual of Acupuncture, Peter Deadman, Mazin Al-Khafaji with Kevin Baker, 2007.)

Tonifying qi in the entire body is what most individuals seeking acupuncture need to treat their underlying condition, so this is a widely used point. Also good for treating manic behavior, the blood enhancing properties of Zusanli connect it to the heart and unbalanced emotions such as manic depressive behavior, abusive talk, and outrageous laughter.

Stimulating this point using acupressure can increase energy, boost immunity, and help ease digestive distress. Individuals with alternating constipation and diarrhea, or slow digestion can benefit from daily manipulation of this point.
What is Acupuncture and How Does it Work?
Do you know someone who is interested in acupuncture, but not quite sure what it is or how it works? Maybe you'd like to know more about how this ancient practice is able to continue healing us today.

Watch and share this instructional video from Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine & Digestive Center and learn more about the power of acupuncture.
Help Each Other
The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can’t are both right. Which one are you?
-Henry Ford