Health Benefits of a Good Bowl of Chicken Soup? Preparing a bowl of chicken soup for a loved one when they’re sick has been a common practice throughout the world for centuries. Today, generations from virtually every culture sweat to the benefit of chicken soup.  Chicken soup as a therapy can be traced back to 60 A.D. and Pedanius Dioscorides, an army surgeon who served under the Roman emperor Nero, and whose five-volume medical encyclopedia was consulted by early healers for more than a millennium. But the origins of chicken soup go back thousands of years earlier, to an ..read more

Welcome to Our New Home We have moved! Located at 198 Des Newman Blvd. (new Whitby Health Center), we are happy to call this place our home as we continue to promote a healthier community in the Durham region. We are located at main floor, east wing. From the main entrance, keep going straight until you reach the elevators at the end. Then turn right. You will see our clinic on the left side.  Please note that construction of the building is still ongoing. For your safety, avoid all restricted areas. If any of the building supervisors ask, mention that you have an appointment with us (t ..read more

We knew it would be happening a few years ago but we never thought it would be coming up around the corner already! After over 20 years in downtown Oshawa, Fred and Jane will be moving to the Whitby Health Centre (198 Desman Blvd.) in Whitby, Ontario for Spring 2024. It is closer to where Jane lives at least (and looks forward to riding her bike to work more) and it will be a new change for all of us ..read more

WHAT IS CHINESE NEW YEAR? Chinese New Year falls on the Lunar New Year and is the celebration of the new year in accordance with the traditional lunar calendar. It is the biggest holiday in China with celebrations lasting for weeks. Some of the traditions that fall during the new year are enjoying delicious food with family and friends, gifting red pockets (money in red paper envelopes), and lighting firecrackers. The Lunar New Year is celebrated in many other Asian countries as well. 2023 is a year of the Water Rabbit, starting from January 22nd, 2023 (Chinese New Year), and ..read more

“It is not the healthiness of our diet that is most important, it is the health of our digestion. ” — Andrew Sterman Based on the researches, what we put in our mouth affects not only our immune system but also affect our cognition activities and mental health. In TCM, the digestive system is a crucial component of the body due to its ability to break down food, absorb nutrients, feed the cells, and clear away waste products. From a TCM perspective, indigestion is caused by the accumulation of food in the stomach, improper feeding, over-eating, and having a weak digestive system. A wea ..read more

Breastfeeding as a new mother can be challenging both physically and mentally.  We know that breast is best, but it can also be painful, exhausting and and filled with complications. If you run into serious complications such as low milk supply and poor milk flow, Chinese Medicine has natural, quick and effective treatments to get you back on track! “Breast milk is a product of the transformation of qi and blood.. without qi breast milk cannot be transformed, without blood it cannot be generated.” - Fu Qing Zhu’s Gynecology (early Qing Dynasty) In Chinese Medicine theory, breast milk is a ..read more

In our clinical practice, listening with intent involves so much more than listening with our ears. The classical Chinese character for listen 聽 “Ting”  captures the true nature of really listening: “We listen with our mind and really try to process what is being said. With our eyes, we look, observe, and catch the unsaid gestures and body language. We are at one with the person speaking and give them our undivided attention. Our heart is in it as we listen with empathy and a true, inward desire to understand.”  Being a good listener is part of our cultivation. We need a  clear ..read more

In TCM, there is a principle to “treat winter diseases in the summer” (冬病夏治). Many seasonal conditions are kept in latency in the body. Conditions that are provoked in the winter season is best to treat during the summer as a preventative measure and reducing the severity at the next cycle. So book your next appointment soon with us! Yongquan (K-1) is one of the many points that we recommend for our patients this summer. Location: On the sole, with the foot in plantar flexion, this point is in the depression between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, approximately at the junction of the anterio ..read more

Brain Awareness Week is the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Every March, partners host imaginative activities in their communities that share the wonders of the brain and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives. #BrainWeek #BrainAwarenessWeek Did you know? Numerous studies suggest that acupuncture can help with managing pain centres in the brain, improve memory, mental clarity, concentration and cognitive function. For example, the neural pathways from acupuncture point stimulation, to the spinal cord to the deactivation of the pain cent ..read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine theory categorizes food by colour and taste. The five colours of food nourish the five different organs in our body. Green foods help clear liver heat because its' cooling in nature. The liver is an "emotional" organ in which anger, frustration, and stress may cause excess heat. Green foods are more cooling and contain sulforaphane, an anti-cancer compound and vitamin. White foods help moisten the lungs to enable the lungs to disperse fluids throughout the body. The lungs manifest in the skin, so a person with dry skin is said to have lung dysfunction. Consuming w ..read more