As the world awakens from its winter slumber, many of us expect to feel more energized. However, spring fatigue is a common phenomenon, leaving people feeling sluggish, tired, and unmotivated despite the longer days and warmer weather. The reality is that the change in seasons requires some adjustment for our complex bodies. In this blog post, Registered Acupuncturist Diana “Dee” Dorrance explains how we can support our bodies through spring fatigue using acupuncture, lifestyle changes, and seasonal nutrition.

Tis’ the season…as the days grow shorter and the weather turns colder, many of us experience a dip in mood and energy — a phenomenon known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). While we may have been through it in the years before, it always seems to hit like a mid-week blizzard, leaving us wishing we could just take the rest of winter off and call it a snow day. 

In this blog post, Registered Acupuncturist Diana “Dee” Dorrance, delves into how acupuncture can provide relief for this form of depression, through both evidence-based insights and a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective.

The common cold and flu are familiar, frustrating illnesses that can leave you feeling drained, congested, and overall unwell. It can be especially difficult to recover at this time of year, when we’re often busily running around getting back into the swing of things. In this blog post, Registered Acupuncturist Diana “Dee” Dorrance shares evidence-based insights into how acupuncture can help with cold and flu recovery.

In this blog post, we will explore the evidence-based benefits of acupuncture for supporting immune health and helping to ward off those pesky pathogens that keep us bedridden during cold & flu season. We’ll also discuss how nutrition can have an impact on the immune system, from both a TCM and Western perspective.

Fire Cider – an herbal folk remedy made with vinegar, honey and a medley of warming herbs – is a great place to start when it comes to boosting our health for the winter season. This fiery elixir combines a variety of natural ingredients, each chosen for its unique medicinal properties.

With the weather warming up, I thought I’d share a super easy and lovely way to prepare your herbs and harness the Yang energy of the sun by making a Solar Infusion — aka “sun tea”.