In my experience I have time and again run up against the reality that many people are on Coumadin to thin the blood and as a result of this they cannot used herbs that have blood thinning qualities. It is quite frustrating for Cancer patients especially since there are many herbs that are effective against […]
I remember discussing the differences between Western and Chinese medicine with my teacher Dr. Mario Wexu, who taught me acupressure and Tuina (Chinese Massotherapy) over 20 years ago. Mario’s father, Dr. Oscar Wexu, brought Chinese Acupuncture to Quebec in the late 1950s. The Wexu family were the famed founders of Acupuncture in North America. This […]
A 44-year-old female patient diagnosed with systematic lupus was treated with a combination of acupuncture, healthy diet, tuina massage (Chinese massotherapy), chi kung meditation, tai chi, supplements, and pharmaceutical medications over a 7 year period. The treatment resulted in a significant dissipation of attacks, a reduction of inflammation, improved digestion and elimination, and improved sleep […]
Many years ago, I was working with a client who was dying from cancer. She was in hospital for the last months of her life. Her doctor agreed that it was okay to treat her with complementary medicine to comfort her in her last days. For example, I gave her astragalus in ginger tea (ginger, lemon and […]
You have been rolling around in your bed hours. You feel wired, your legs are restless and your mind is full. You roll your eyes because it is only ten minutes after the last time you checked your clock. You pine for sleep, you feel exhausted, you have had a full day and yet, finding […]
As promised, here is the second part of my previously published article, Stay calm and keep your immunity strong, in which I described basic precautions that everyone should be taking and natural products (nutraceuticals), which can be used to reinforce immunity during these challenging times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Each year, more than 20,000 deaths […]
Mounting numbers of people are contracting the COVID-19 virus throughout the world. You are understandably scared. First step, stop and breathe; second step, please realize that there are many actions you can take to help you and your loved ones weather this storm and lessen the possibility of falling ill. This article will first discuss basic prevention and then […]
There are many masters in society. We have been acquainted with them especially in terms of martial arts. Master as a very word has an energy and different connotations for every individual. Let us work with the positive energy of this word for the purpose of this article. A true master is comfortable where he […]
We pay a price for living in our instantaneous and interconnected world. Everything happens in milliseconds—24 hours a day—7 days a week—365 days a year. At one time there was such a thing as lag time. For all of you millennials who haven’t heard this term, lag time used to be the time that we […]
Over many years I have been working with people trying to help them heal themselves. People have come to me with complaints of pain. Some have come with tales of lack of energy, improper digestion and other complaints. Some have even come looking for treatment who have life threatening illnesses. I have noticed a common […]