Tongue diagnosis is an insightful way for your Chinese medicine practitioner to glean more information about your health, including the root cause of an imbalance. The tongue is the only muscle we can see inside of the body and serves as an insightful roadmap of what’s happening inside.

From a Chinese medicine perspective winter is a time for rest and rejuvenation. If you notice yourself getting particularly tired when the sun goes down, that’s because your hormones are changing to match the seasons. This is also the time of year where you shouldn’t feel too bad about sleeping in. Rest is the key during wintertime, so don’t be afraid to go to bed slightly earlier and sleep in a little more than usual. In Chinese medicine, winter is a time when “yang” energy is at its lowest, so it’s good to conserve our energy and rest more than usual. “Yang” energy is also what helps us to warm our bodies and extremities, so be sure to tell your acupuncturist if you are feeling especially cold or if you have low back pain, knee pain, or frequent urination as well.

A common misconception is that women’s infertility accounts for the majority of infertility cases. In fact, male infertility accounts for roughly 30% of infertility cases. We’ve seen declining sperm health over the past many decades, but we’ve also become more clear on some factors that are shown to improve sperm health. There’s a lot that can be done to improve fertility and in men - let's discuss some of the most beneficial lifestyle modifications to positively influence sperm health and male fertility.

Your favorite food-filled holiday is almost here, so naturally, being food nerds, we thought we’d break down some of the yummy foods from both a TCM and western nutrition perspective.

Learn about the herbs used in the Yina products - Fortify, Clarify, Regenerate, and Noruish - what they are and why they're important for your body's health.

Let’s talk about egg health, and why it’s optimal to be working on diet, nutrition, and lifestyle factors 3-4 months before trying to conceive.

Learn more about how maintaining healthy estrogen levels is important for sleep, metabolism, reproduction, skin and so much more.

When we think of testosterone, most of us think of how it’s a male dominant hormone. However, testosterone actually plays a vital role in women’s health as well. Find out how!

The five elements. Fire, earth, metal, water, wood. In our medicine, health exists when these elements, and how we reference them within the body, are all in balance within one another.

A basic understanding of how yin and yang are represented in our daily lives can provide us with clarity on how to best care for ourselves. Learn how to best help balance yin and yang as your body changes throughout the seasons - the seasons of life, of the month, and of the year!