• My Favorite Herbs: Licorice

    Spring has finally arrived in Chicago, reigniting my love of gardening and plants. Licorice is an herb I use everyday in my Evanston acupuncture practice. Glycyrrhiza glabra is a member… Read more

  • Healthy Eating Principles of TCM

    Our Spleen is the main digestive organ in Chinese medicine.  It separates the pure from the impure from food and extracts Qi, or vital energy, to be used for proper… Read more

  • Winter Solstice – When Yin Becomes Yang

    Yin and Yang are the dualistic interdependent forces found in nature that we experience everyday such as the solstice when dark yeilds to light.  If we stand back and look… Read more

  • What is the Right Exercise Routine for You?

    When I was in living China, every morning while the “East is Red” was blaring through the University speakers, groups of seniors would congregate in the courtyards that my dorm balcony… Read more

  • Yin and Yang on Your Plate

    Three Therapeutic Meals to Restore Balance by Nicole Hohmann, MS, L.Ac, Dipl.OM, FABORM The Energy of Food All foods have a type of energy and effect on the body according… Read more

  • Poster Presentation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Fertility!

    This October I will be presenting a poster at the International Congress for Clinicians in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (icccim.org) on Integrative Treatment Approaches for Fertility with Traditional Chinese Medicine.… Read more

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