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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
May 15, 2022
Feeling stuck? Cultivate Qi flow and break through stagnation
In Chinese philosophy, Qi is the life force that flows through all things and animates all life. Everything in the universe is derived...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Mar 14, 2022
Your lungs in TCM – the master of Qi and custodian of grief
While the Lung’s most vital and obvious role is to take in oxygen, ancient Chinese sages understood that the Lung represents – and is...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Jan 15, 2022
2022 Intentions – prioritize your emotional health
Every cell in our body knows what we’re thinking and responds to the way we feel and act. Emotional health and resilience start with...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Nov 15, 2021
Tissue memory – how emotional trauma gets trapped in the body
At the cellular level, our body remembers everything we feel and experience: sounds, smells, tastes and touches. Each cell within us...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Sep 15, 2021
The alchemy of vibrant health and longevity
Alchemy is grounded in our ability to change the very nature of things, elevating the base or ordinary, into the extraordinary. It...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Jun 15, 2021
Yin & Yang – the theory of everything
Ancient Daoist philosophers developed the concept of Yin–Yang in order to understand and explain the natural world around them, including...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Apr 15, 2021
Death – and health – begin in the colon
Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, is widely credited with saying “all disease begins in the gut.” Echoing this assertion nearly...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Feb 15, 2021
Adaptogens – the Swiss army knife of herbs to help you combat stress
The idea of using tonic herbal remedies to restore balance, vitality and health is an ancient idea. While the concept of “adaptogens” is...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Jan 5, 2021
2021 Intentions – change your energy, change your life
2021 is finally here. And while we may greet its arrival with equal parts hope and apprehension, it represents a clean slate to start...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Nov 15, 2020
Are your cells aging faster than you are?
Cell division – the constant replacement of old, worn-out cells with new healthy ones – is what keeps us alive. Yet our cells have only a...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Aug 15, 2020
Listen to your body, it never lies
Symptoms are the body’s cry for help. Disease and illness are not simply inconveniences, but valuable sources of information,...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Jun 15, 2020
20 reasons to start drinking traditional bone broth everyday
Bone broth has been a staple of traditional cultures around the world for thousands of years due to its nutrient-dense, easy to digest,...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Apr 15, 2020
Plague mask – medieval medicine’s version of a hazmat suit
Wearing a surgical mask out in public today has become one of the most iconic images related to the global COVID–19 pandemic. Similarly,...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Mar 15, 2020
Yin deficiency – one of the most common health issues you’ve never heard of
In the East, Yin and Yang are the foundation of natural philosophy and medical theory – embodying the fundamental character, purpose and...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Jan 5, 2020
2020 Intentions – resolve to slow down and do less
We live in a world that seems stuck in fast forward. As a culture, we’re obsessed with speed, racing against the clock to do everything...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Nov 15, 2019
Astragalus – renowned immune booster and natural energy tonic
Qi is the energetic force that underlies our life force and vitality – allowing for mental clarity, physical endurance, immunity, and...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Sep 15, 2019
Autumn – time to let old habits and limiting beliefs fall away
Autumn is the season of harvest when we reap what we planted during the spring. It is also the season of storage, when we gather our...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Jun 15, 2019
When anger becomes illness
Emotions are a healthy and normal part of life – they are what make us human. But when they become extreme, repressed or unresolved, they...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Apr 15, 2019
Why do I always wake-up at 2:00am? Understanding the Chinese body clock
Ancient Chinese sages understood that there is a natural cycle of energy that circulates within the body over a 24-hour period. This body...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
Feb 15, 2019
The heart – its ancient cultural and medical significance in the east and west
Throughout history, and across almost every culture, no other organ has been so widely and variously portrayed as the human heart. Even...
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