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ALLERGY Q&A: If I don’t want to take anti-histamine for my allergy, what are my options?

ALLERGY Q&A: If I don’t want to take anti-histamine for my allergy, what are my options?

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ALLERGY: Why sleep, food, and stress management plays a role in your allergy!

ALLERGY: Why sleep, food, and stress management plays a role in your allergy!

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Treating the root causes of allergy: Our gut microbiome health!

Chinese Medicine & Functional Medicine: Treating the ROOT cause of illnesses

When I started my study in Functional medicine, I was amazed on how modern medicine can be connected to ancient medicine.

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Why I quit my fancy hospital job and started my own practice.

Why I Started My Own Practice

I always remembered when I quit my job at Kaiser to start my practice, I was filled with excitement as well as uncertainty. Working for Kaiser was a good job. I thought it was a chance for me to make a difference with traditional Chinese medicine for the future.

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Perfect Mom. Perfect Wife. Perfect Boss.

Patient Stories: The common illnesses of today’s overachiever lifestyle of women

Luna (pseudonym) is a 45 years old mother with 3 kids, who also works as a high level executive of a tech company. She came in for her mood swing, hot flashes, general body aches, and cyst in the breast.

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Introduction to PCOS: more than just irregular period.

AN INTRODUCTION TO PCOS: more than just irregular periods

Education is the most powerful tool when it comes to knowing our body and health. I believe getting to know your body as early as possible is the best way for health maintenance.

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More about PCOS, a TCM perspective

More about PCOS:A TCM perspective

Ancient traditional Chinese medicine has observed women’s unique physiology and developed treatment protocols for gynecological conditions. In this newsletter, I will share how TCM sees PCOS. Before we jump right in talking about PCOS, let’s talk about how important it is to address women’s health in TCM.

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Self-care: Through the lenses of TCM and Functional Medicine

SELF-CARE: TCM Constitution

Today I want to talk about self care. I believe that many of you have done a lot of self care. Whether it’s going to a spa or having a girls’ night out. As long as you do things to take care of yourself, that’s good. But, there is more to it.

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Long Covid Symptoms: Building Resilience and Balance

The mechanism of long Covid symptoms is chronic low grade inflammation.

We live in a hectic world. We have many responsibilities on our shoulders, and many hats to wear. But our health, both mental and physical, should always be our priority. As we are entering an endemic phase of Covid-19, it’s a blessing that we are seeing less and less severe cases.

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