Chinese Herbal Medicine

Hi, it’s Natalie here from the Seattle office and I’m here to talk to you about the Doyo. The change of seasons marks a time of great change in Chinese Medicine. We can easily see the external changes in our environment...

Matt Ferguson and Stephanie Gianarelli win Seattle Met's Top Doc in the East Asian Medicine category for the second year! Congratulations! 

For thousands of years, Chinese herbs have helped couples have healthy babies. In 3494 BCE, Emperor Shen Nung began experimenting with herbs and recording valuable information on their medicinal properties. Over the next 5000 years, herbal practitioners contributed to Nung’s...

Both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine can agree: the benefits to breastfeeding your baby are tremendous. Both mother and baby benefit from this bonding (and sometimes frustrating!) experience in emotional and physical ways

Many of us know or have loved ones with a cleft lip or palate. I, myself, have a cleft lip; my mother as well. In utero, the lip forms between the fourth and seventh weeks of pregnancy, the palate during the...

Listen to Lora and Stephanie speak about recurrent miscarriage when they were interviewed by Kate Daniels of the radio show, Inspirational Women. They discuss Lora’s new book, Not Broken, An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss and the concept...

Congratulations to Stephanie Gianarelli and Matt Ferguson for being recognized by their peers in the medical community as a Seattle Top Doc for East Asian Medicine!

If you have ever been to see an Acupuncturist or Chinese Herbalist, you know that we always want to know all about your sleep. We want to know if you fall asleep easily or if you spend hours lying in...

In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), allergies are due to both external and internal influences. What does this mean? Sneezing, post-nasal drip, and itchy eyes are a perfect storm created by the external influence of an allergen, like pollen, mixed with...

Julie and Stephanie (and Dr. Shahine of Pacific NW Fertility) are attending the Integrative Fertility Symposium in Vancouver, BC this weekend! Learning and talking to colleagues about Chinese medicine and fertility has been an invigorating experience. We always learn so...