Hello friends! Welcome to Episode Four, an interview with our dear friend Jean Twomey. Jean explains acupuncture and how it can be an effective tool for easing anxiety and depression. She also offers suggestions for ‘low hanging fruit’ – some things you can do right away to affect change.
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“In Chinese medicine, we would typically say that depression is caused by a pattern of liver-Qi (Chi) stagnation – and Qi is loosely defined as the flow of energy in your body – so when the energy is stagnant, it’s not available to do basic functions like live and breathe and feel. So you’re less engaged in life because you’re operating from limitation.”
-Jean Twomey
Resources
Jean’s resource recommendations:
Jean may be accepting new local patients – check her website for more information! www.aitkinacu.com
Bob Flaws: “The Tao of Healthy Eating: Dietary Wisdom According to Chinese Medicine”. Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc. 2013. Provides a simple read and initial look into the framework of 5 element theory. It is a useful guide to looking at your own imbalances, and to making some small changes in diet that could initiate a large course correction.
John Pirog: “The Dark Warrior Guide to Chinese Medicine” (2014). Suitable for students or practitioners of Chinese Medicine, or very curious patients. Available as free e-book at https://pocatech.org/sites/default/files/digital_resources/dark_warrior.pdf
