Miranda’s Goodbye Letter
I have worked at JCA now for a little over 6 years. I started here in my senior year of high school, and over these past few years I have grown a lot & earned two degrees. This winter I was accepted to Johns…
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Wisdom from Crystals
Variscite – Authenticity and Truth Variscite is beautiful stone. When I look at it rough, I want to pick it up and hold it. It is formed through a sedimentary process on the Earth’s surface with the help of aluminum-rich rock and rainwater containing…
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The Choices We Make: Building Our Lives Everyday
This post is from January 2015: I just finished up a weekend course on Daoism, Chinese Medicine and Health. I love taking CEU’s. It gives me the opportunity to take a break, take a breath and refocus on my vocation. Why am I doing…
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Femoral Massage for Fertility
Your femoral artery is located at the inguinal area where the thigh meets your groin area. By massaging this artery, the goal is to increase fertility. This massage increases the blood flow to the pelvic organs, providing more nourishment to the uterus and ovaries,…
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Are All Vitamins Created Equally?
The best vitamins for our bodies come from real, whole foods. It would be a sweet life if our foods gave us everything we needed and we made all the right food choices everyday. I would eat a rainbow of colors. My foods would…
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Painful Periods: Acupuncture’s Natural Relief
Many women believe that painful periods are something that they will always have to suffer through. The most common western treatment for most things regarding a menstrual cycle is hormonal pharmaceuticals, such as birth control pills. Not every woman wants to be on the pill…
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Taking Care of Each Other
(This post was originally titled Taking Care of Each Other – Election 2016. However, it seems that the point of this post still reigns true, so we updated it a bit.) We can easily start to believe our world is falling apart with the…
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Holistic Health Includes the Whole Family
“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” -Aristotle, Metaphysica In holistic health, we speak about treating the whole person. It makes sense. We are complex beings with emotions, thoughts, and body parts. Each choice we make affects the whole of our…
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Can Acupuncture Help With Weight Loss?
This is a popular question with a less popular answer. While acupuncture can be part of a larger weight loss program, there is no magic weight loss point. So how can acupuncture help? Acupuncture can support other weight loss programs by curbing appetite, quelling…
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Bladder Pain, Acupuncture, and Pelvic Floor Health
Bladder and Pelvic Pain: Reduce Symptoms with Acupuncture and Pelvic Floor Health This post was originally written and posted in 2011, but the information is still accurate! There are many causes and types of pain that affect the bladder and pelvic region. Interstitial cystitis or Bladder…
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Reduce Sweating with Acupuncture
It’s good to sweat when you exercise. Or when it is really hot. Our body needs to sweat to cool us down and keep us well. For some, sweat happens too much and too often and without heat or physical exertion. Hyperhidrosis is defined…
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How Community and Happiness are Complementary
Part of what we do at JCA is build community around the beautiful concept of affordable, accessible healthcare that gently restores health to the body through the use of tiny needles and natural herbal medicine. Below is an excerpt from this blog post when…
