Acupuncture
Wonderful Things About Sweet Potatoes
I love sweet potatoes made any which way. My favorite is to bake them in the oven, and slice open and season with salt, pepper, parsley, and a little real butter.
Did you know about the wonderful health benefits of a sweet potato?
Yes, they are a starchy root vegetable. Starchy veggies have been given a bad wrap lately, which has impacted our health in general by not eating these types of foods in our regular diet.
Anyone suffering from inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel disease should pay attention here!
Starchy veggies have soluble fiber, which soothes and regulates the digestive tract, stabilizes the intestinal contractions, and normalizes bowel function from either extreme. So, soluble fiber prevents and relieves both diarrhea and constipation while also preventing the violent and irregular spasms that result in the lower abdominal cramping pain that cripples so many people with IBD, or IBS.
A Balanced meal includes both insoluble fiber like whole grains, broccoli, fruit with skin, seeds along with soluble fiber foods like a sweet potato.
Nutrition of a Sweet Potato:
- Rich in Beta-carotene-helps reduce risk of stroke or heart attack by 20-40%.
- Low in calories-130 calories per medium sweet potato
- Fat free
- Vitamin C-half of your day’s RDA value
- Vitamin A-necessary for healthy nerve function
- Potassium-great for blood pressure
- Natural detoxifying by helping your body expel excess heavy metals and toxins.
- Great in a detoxifying rice congee (porridge).
- My recipe you can find in my book, “Ancient Healing for Modern People, Food, Herbs, & Essential Oils“.
- Anticancer, anti-obesity, and antiaging!
So, eat your sweet Potatoes to enjoy all of the wonderful things!
Dr. Michele Arnold
What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a condition believed to be linked to a lack of sunlight where the individual experiences mood changes and emotions similar to depression. SAD occurs mostly in the Fall and Winter months when there is less sunlight exposure.
It’s found that around 5 percent of people may experience SAD lasting 40% of the year (especially in areas with less sunlight such as the Pacific Northwest and other Northern regions), and it is more common in women than in men. continue reading
Acupuncture and Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune diseases are a collective group of disorders that plague nearly 50 million people in the United States today. When a person suffers from an autoimmune disease it means their own immune system is attacking the body and altering or destroying the tissues. Autoimmune diseases include things like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Crohn’s disease, pernicious anemia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease. continue reading
Patience is a Virtue Acupuncture can Help
On Sunday mornings sometimes I like to watch “The Sunday Morning Show” on CBS.
This morning the opening piece was about patience and its affect on our health.
Dr. Amit Sood was interviewed by Berry Peterson about his research on impatience at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
“Impatience is not simply the opposite of patience, Sood explained. Rather, the absence of patience brings anxiety, illness, injury, loneliness — and even death.”
It’s negative affects can cause…
- Elevated Blood pressure
- Anger and stress levels
- Aging and Chromosomal DNA abnormalities
- Heart Attack
- Feeling of no control
“If you choose to be patient, you are helping yourself. You’re living longer and happier. And you’re helping your loved ones. Being patient is a choice,” Dr. Sood said.
And, I love this one. Another word Sood said would help us through the pandemic: Resilience.
Acupuncture can help you choose to be more patient. It is about establishing a new healthier outlook.
Many acupuncture points help people gain insight, and a new perspective.
To develop a more patient and resilient disposition you can try acupressure. Press, tap or rub each of these points one minute each twice daily. Here are a few example points to use.
Du-Governor 20: One Hundred Meetings
Gives perspective of what life is about as an individual and humankind, what is the right way. Moves a person forward to a different level of understanding. Clears mind and lifts spirit.
Location: at the crown top of head. Found by drawing an imaginary line from the tips of your ears to the center of your head, and center line from the tip of your nose.
Yintang: Hall of impression It is often called the “third eye” as it is also the sixth Chakra or Brow Chakra.
This point can help bring about a sense of clarity. It promotes wisdom, intuition, mental facilities and intellect. As it governs the brain, neurological system, eyes, ears, nose and pituitary glands,
Location: Midway between the medial end of the eyebrows on your forehead.
Gallbladder 21: Shoulder Well.
This is a great point to relax the tension held in the shoulders. It can often stimulate the relaxation of the diaphragm, and relaxed slower breathing. It helps bring stuck Qi-energy from the head, shoulders, and neck down relieving headache, shoulder and neck pain.
Location: at the highest point of shoulder midway between the lower border of spineous process of 7th Cervical vertebra 1 and the acromion. Just pinch the upper trapezius muscle with your thumb and middle finger.
*This point is contraindicated during pregnancy. It is often used to help stimulate labor.
Liver 13: Chapter Gate. This is an awesome point also known as the gate of hope. It is useful in helping someone move forward in different chapters of their life. It is regulating in that the gate is open allowing movement forward, but with appropriate patience. This means not speeding ahead before it’s time. Plans are not always clear, and we don’t have control. We can learn that this is alright, and we can let go of the need to always be right, and to always have control. All will be well. This point gives us hope that the flow of life is moving as nature intended.
Location: lies at the tip of the 11th rib, or just inferior and anterior to it. Just feel for the bottom of your rib cage on the anterior lateral aspect.
To experience Emotional-Spiritual Acupuncture for feelings of impatience schedule your appointment today.
Call Dr. Michele at (858) 613-0792 or schedule online.
View the segment on the Sunday Morning Show
shoulder pain relieved by acupuncture
Shoulder pain and acupuncture Blog Banner by Michele Arnold
“Acupuncture relieves shoulder pain, inflammation, and range of motion impingement. Researchers from the Yuxi Hospital of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) investigated the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of acute shoulder periarthritis. Commonly known as frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis, this condition is an inflammatory disorder of the rotator cuff and surrounding tissues that leads to pain and immobility of the shoulder. The investigation reveals that acupuncture has a total effective rate exceeding 90%.”
It is of no surprise to me to read about positive findings in studies of acupuncture and shoulder pain. The following was posted from Health CMI, where I frequently receive some news and updates.
