Doctor Susan Dulkerian | 11.19.10
You may have already seen her on re-runs of NICU on Discovery Health Channel, a show that gives viewers an intimate view of what happens in NICUs across the country, or read her column in The Huffington Post.
You may have already seen her on re-runs of NICU on Discovery Health Channel, a show that gives viewers an intimate view of what happens in NICUs across the country, or read her column in The Huffington Post.
Last month, I hinted at the “secret” to losing weight, and this month we’ll go into more detail.
Obesity is officially now an epidemic. The rate of obesity in this country has been rising steadily over the past 30 years, and more recently, and most alarmingly childhood obesity is on the rise too.
A huge part of my acupuncture practice is a) making grown-ups lie down, b) helping people remember what they knew about life when they were small and c) reintegrating people back into Nature, of which we are all a part, no matter how we try to deny it.
Fall is the season of loss and grief, of letting go of that which is no longer useful. It is also the time for keeping what’s truly valuable and breathing in the awe and beauty around us.
In Chinese Medicine, the Five Element system divides the year into five seasons. The fifth season, which we’re in now, is best described as Late Summer and corresponds to the Earth element.
Modern medicine is phenomenal for the advances in science. The histology and physiology of skin has been scientifically proven time and time again, but the fact of the matter is that we do not love our skin like we should.
Spring, the time of Wood in Chinese Medicine, is associated with creativity, anger, passion, and our motivation to manage details and fight injustice.