Conquering Your Sugar Cravings

My sister sent me a rum cake. She makes them every year; the recipe, I believe, involves super-moist cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, and a lot of butter and rum poured over the top. It’s loaded with everything a self-respecting acupuncturist would avoid putting in her body. It’s obscenely delicious. And, in the name of … Read more

Three Kinds of Tired: Which One Are You?

I have a client who moved here recently from a much warmer climate. About a month ago she came in saying, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m tired all the time. I’m sleeping 9 or 10 hours a night, and I still don’t want to get out of bed. I don’t feel like … Read more

Acupuncture for TMJ and Jaw Pain

Years ago, my dentist asked if I grind my teeth. I told her I didn’t think so, and she begged to differ. Whether I was doing it currently or not, she said, at some point I had clenched my jaw enough to wear my teeth down unevenly. I suspect this was during my teenage years … Read more

Acupuncture, Chronic Pain, and Re-Training the Nervous System

Pain researcher Lorimer Moseley tells this story: he was hiking in the Australian Outback with friends, and felt something scratch his left ankle. It was painful enough to make him pull his leg away a little bit, but he just kept walking, figuring he’d scraped his ankle on a stick, and forgot about it – … Read more

Acupuncture and Herbs for Acid Reflux

A few years ago, at a wedding, I was served the most delicious lasagne. I love lasagne, and it was a nice change from the usual chicken-breast-and-rice routine that usually comes at these events. When I mentioned it to the bride, she said “Yeah, lasagne’s my favorite. I almost never have it — I avoid … Read more

Free Workshop: Acupuncture for Stress and Stress-Related Conditions

Tuesday, April 17 in Cambridge, MA . Come find out about acupuncture and how it can help relieve stress!  I’ve been doing a bunch of these workshops lately, and they’re really fun — it’s a chance to talk about acupuncture and how it works, get your questions answered, learn some helpful self-care strategies, and talk … Read more

The Five Senses: Touch and Acupuncture

The following writeup appeared in Fall 2011 edition of the Voice — the alumni magazine of my alma mater, Carleton College — as part of an article exploring the five senses: Touch Sometimes, fingertips are more useful medical tools than X-ray or MRI machines. When Marilyn Yohe ’88 ushers somebody into her treatment room, one … Read more