TCM conceptualizes the transition from spring to summer as a significant shift in the balance of Qi (life force energy) and the body’s relationship to our external environment. As we continue to experience building Yang...

Dang Gui (Radix Angelica Sinensis) is arguably TCM’s most important gynecological herb, exhibiting extremely supportive properties for women’s physiology throughout the various reproductive phases of her life. It is tonifying to the Spleen, Kidneys, Liver,...

Akin to the peak of a woman’s menstrual cycle, ovulation is the phase when estrogen surges, fertility heightens, energy explodes, and libido amplifies. The rise of Yang hormones, namely luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone,...

Fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause are considered deeply interconnected phases of a woman’s life course and natural reproductive cycle in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Instead of viewing these phases as points along a reproductive spectrum, we...

Dennis von Elgg is a leading Bay Area acupuncturist, renowned practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and an instrumental professor at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, where I was fortunate enough to learn...

Looking for a decadent grab-and-go treat that sustainably enhances your energy reserves, while also satisfying your sweet tooth? Cordyceps and Astragalus are both Yang-nourishing tonics that function in synergistic ways to increase our vital energy,...