Sun, December 11, 2016
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST
LOCATION
4th Generation, Organic Market and Café
9200 Glades Rd
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Using Organic Foods & Acupuncture to Combat Inflammation
Dr. Li Zheng will be holding a free lecture about how organic whole foods, herbal tea, and acupuncture can help us balance the nervous system to reduce the stress and inflammation. In this lecture, she will use recent scientific research to explain how green juice (blended vegetables comprised predominantly of leafy greens) can help the body balance its immune function and produce more anti-inflammatory chemicals such as cortisol, serotonin, progesterone and other relaxing hormones. She will also use clinical cases to demonstrate how a powerful combination of green juice, herbal tea, organic food and acupuncture can help people rejuvenate damaged tissues caused by wear and tear.
DATE AND TIME
LOCATION
4th Generation, Organic Market and Café
9200 Glades Rd
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
LOCATION
4th Generation, Organic Market and Café
9200 Glades Rd
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Monday, August 29, 2016
Natural Ways to Reduce Stress and Balance Hormones
Dr. Li Zheng will be holding a free seminar about how acupuncture, meditation, acupressure, and herbal tea can help the body produce more happy hormones such as endorphins, serotonin and dopamine to reduce pain and stress. She will use recent scientific research to explain how acupuncture can help the body strengthen its adrenal gland function and balance its immune function so that the body can produce more anti-inflammatory chemicals such as cortisol, progesterone, GABA, and other relaxing hormones. She will also show you how to combine acupressure points and meditation to calm down the nervous system in order to achieve optimal health.
This event is free but space is limited so register today here.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Weight Loss & Acupuncture
Whether you are cutting calories for health reasons or to fit into a special dress, many patients at my clinics, Boston Chinese Acupuncture and Boca Raton Acupuncture Clinic, ask if acupuncture can help them lose weight on top of resolving their other medical conditions. Over the years, I have developed 4 complimentary tools to help my patients lose weight and keep it off: weight loss acupuncture, ear needles, Chinese herbs, and nutritional advice.
Although researchers are still figuring out the specific mechanisms of acupuncture, ear needles, and Chinese herbs on weight loss, some preliminary results suggest that these treatments can increase metabolism and decrease your cravings for sweets. One study published in 2014 by a group of Chinese scientists found that electrical acupuncture can induce weight loss in rats potentially by increasing their level of norepinephrine, which helps you feel more energized. When people feel energized rather than lethargic, they tend not only to exercise more but also to eat less junk food.
Furthermore, electrical acupuncture can increase muscle tone and tighten sagging skin. Thus, after you have lost weight, your body will be firmer rather than having droopy, stretched out skin. Increased muscle tone can also help your body burn the calories you consume more effectively, rather than converting the energy rapidly into fat to be stored.
In order to speed up the weight loss process and save you time and money, we sometimes combine traditional full body acupuncture with ear needles. These tiny, intradermal needles are taped to the acupuncture points on your ear that reduce appetite and cravings. Because they are left on continuously for several days until they fall out, ear needles can help amplify and lengthen the effect of acupuncture treatments. They can also be used alone if time and money are an issue, although the effect will be slower than combining acupuncture with ear needles.
Of course, no magical treatment will work if your diet is not healthy. Sometimes, we are not aware that some of our dietary habits can result in weight gain. I help patients understand the effects of their dietary choices on their health and help them formulate plans to follow to ensure that the weight stays off after all their hard work.
To learn more about weight loss acupuncture in Boca Raton, FL, visit our website at http://bocaacupuncture.org. For service in Boston, MA, please visit http://bostonchineseacupuncture.org.
Although researchers are still figuring out the specific mechanisms of acupuncture, ear needles, and Chinese herbs on weight loss, some preliminary results suggest that these treatments can increase metabolism and decrease your cravings for sweets. One study published in 2014 by a group of Chinese scientists found that electrical acupuncture can induce weight loss in rats potentially by increasing their level of norepinephrine, which helps you feel more energized. When people feel energized rather than lethargic, they tend not only to exercise more but also to eat less junk food.
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| Electrical acupuncture on the belly area |
Furthermore, electrical acupuncture can increase muscle tone and tighten sagging skin. Thus, after you have lost weight, your body will be firmer rather than having droopy, stretched out skin. Increased muscle tone can also help your body burn the calories you consume more effectively, rather than converting the energy rapidly into fat to be stored.
In order to speed up the weight loss process and save you time and money, we sometimes combine traditional full body acupuncture with ear needles. These tiny, intradermal needles are taped to the acupuncture points on your ear that reduce appetite and cravings. Because they are left on continuously for several days until they fall out, ear needles can help amplify and lengthen the effect of acupuncture treatments. They can also be used alone if time and money are an issue, although the effect will be slower than combining acupuncture with ear needles.
Of course, no magical treatment will work if your diet is not healthy. Sometimes, we are not aware that some of our dietary habits can result in weight gain. I help patients understand the effects of their dietary choices on their health and help them formulate plans to follow to ensure that the weight stays off after all their hard work.
To learn more about weight loss acupuncture in Boca Raton, FL, visit our website at http://bocaacupuncture.org. For service in Boston, MA, please visit http://bostonchineseacupuncture.org.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Free Stress Reduction Seminar
If you are someone with work and family commitments, chances are, there are times when the weight of your responsibilities feel too much to bear. For example, in the precious two hours I have between waking up in the morning and work, I have to cook breakfast, get the kids and the husband ready, and finish writing my patients' charts all the while making myself presentable to the world. I think that every working woman with children has probably, at one point or another, sat in the car and cried, completely overwhelmed by stress.
After struggling myself for years, I have finally been able to conquer my own stress and anxiety through incremental changes in three areas of my life: diet, exercise, and meditation.
By making changes like switching out coffee for herbal tea or receiving regular acupuncture from my husband and friends, I have been able to figure out how to run my business, parent my children, and feel fantastic while doing so.
Although there are still times when I wish I had extra help around the clinic or that the floors at home would sweep themselves, I am able to face these problems with a calmness that would've been unimaginable 5 years ago.
On May 15, 2016, I will be partnering with Greenlands Health & Wellness in Delray Beach, FL to give a talk called Stress Reduction through Herbal Teas and Acupuncture. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited so please reserve your spot today at our Eventbrite page!
If you are in Delray Beach, I hope to see you there!
After struggling myself for years, I have finally been able to conquer my own stress and anxiety through incremental changes in three areas of my life: diet, exercise, and meditation.
By making changes like switching out coffee for herbal tea or receiving regular acupuncture from my husband and friends, I have been able to figure out how to run my business, parent my children, and feel fantastic while doing so.
Although there are still times when I wish I had extra help around the clinic or that the floors at home would sweep themselves, I am able to face these problems with a calmness that would've been unimaginable 5 years ago.
On May 15, 2016, I will be partnering with Greenlands Health & Wellness in Delray Beach, FL to give a talk called Stress Reduction through Herbal Teas and Acupuncture. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited so please reserve your spot today at our Eventbrite page!
If you are in Delray Beach, I hope to see you there!
Stress Reduction through Herbal Teas & Acupuncture
May 15, 2016, 2 - 4 pm
May 15, 2016, 2 - 4 pm
Greenlands Health & Wellness
2000 N Federal Hwy
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Sudden Death
The amazing privilege I've had as an acupuncturist working in Needham, MA for the past 10 years is the ability to follow my patients through long periods of their lives, through happy times such as the birth of a child and sad ones such as the passing of a parent.
As you can probably imagine, after practicing for so many years, I accumulated a lot of medical records and written charts. With my husband, Changhong Zhou, joining the practice, we've had to make more room, shredding and discarding those records we are no longer legally obligated to retain.
Flipping through each chart to determine which ones we could shred, I could not help thinking that some of the people who had filled out these papers had already passed: patients with terminal cancer, patients already in their 90s when I saw them 10 years ago. Some family members inform me through email, other deaths I hear about through word of mouth, but most of the time, it is impossible to know who, out of the thousands of people I had the chance to treat, still exists in this world.
To a certain extent, death is expected when someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and in those cases, their loved ones have a little bit of time to prepare to say goodbye. But what if the death is sudden? Like a heart attack on the way to work or a freak car accident?
I am reminded of a former colleague and friend from my time as a doctor in Beijing. About 10 years my senior, she was a kind and generous mentor who was well liked in our hospital. I would even visit her on the few chances I've had to return to China after emigrating to the US.
Earlier this year, I was shocked to find out that she had passed away suddenly while trying to rise from her bed one morning before work. For someone in her earlier 60s, she had been quite young-looking and fit. To think that her heart would stop working so suddenly felt like nearly an impossible scenario.
In my latest video, I speculate on the possible reasons for my colleague's sudden death. Perhaps the sore, scratchy throat she had pretty consistently for the last 30 years was indicative of underlying, low-level inflammation that made her more susceptible to sudden heart failure?
We will never be able to know for sure, but I think it serves as a valuable lesson for prioritizing the condition of our own body. It is easy in the hectic pace of our lives to let the small problems slide for a later time. This story serves as a reminder that no matter how busy we become, it is important to take care of ourselves and our bodies first.
For more videos and information about healthy living, check out my website, Boca Raton Acupuncture Clinic.
As you can probably imagine, after practicing for so many years, I accumulated a lot of medical records and written charts. With my husband, Changhong Zhou, joining the practice, we've had to make more room, shredding and discarding those records we are no longer legally obligated to retain.
Flipping through each chart to determine which ones we could shred, I could not help thinking that some of the people who had filled out these papers had already passed: patients with terminal cancer, patients already in their 90s when I saw them 10 years ago. Some family members inform me through email, other deaths I hear about through word of mouth, but most of the time, it is impossible to know who, out of the thousands of people I had the chance to treat, still exists in this world.
To a certain extent, death is expected when someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and in those cases, their loved ones have a little bit of time to prepare to say goodbye. But what if the death is sudden? Like a heart attack on the way to work or a freak car accident?
I am reminded of a former colleague and friend from my time as a doctor in Beijing. About 10 years my senior, she was a kind and generous mentor who was well liked in our hospital. I would even visit her on the few chances I've had to return to China after emigrating to the US.
Earlier this year, I was shocked to find out that she had passed away suddenly while trying to rise from her bed one morning before work. For someone in her earlier 60s, she had been quite young-looking and fit. To think that her heart would stop working so suddenly felt like nearly an impossible scenario.
In my latest video, I speculate on the possible reasons for my colleague's sudden death. Perhaps the sore, scratchy throat she had pretty consistently for the last 30 years was indicative of underlying, low-level inflammation that made her more susceptible to sudden heart failure?
We will never be able to know for sure, but I think it serves as a valuable lesson for prioritizing the condition of our own body. It is easy in the hectic pace of our lives to let the small problems slide for a later time. This story serves as a reminder that no matter how busy we become, it is important to take care of ourselves and our bodies first.
For more videos and information about healthy living, check out my website, Boca Raton Acupuncture Clinic.
Friday, January 22, 2016
Welcome Dr. Changhong Zhou!
This announcement comes a little late but I am very happy to announce that my husband and business partner will be joining Boston Chinese Acupuncture and Boca Raton Acupuncture Clinic as an acupuncturist and herbalist this year! The two of us met at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and nearly 3 decades later, we are still practicing Chinese medicine together.
Dr. Zhou graduated summa cum laude from Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and earned his masters of medicine from the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, specializing in infectious diseases. In the US, he attained his PhD in virology from the Medical College of Ohio and has worked for over a decade in vaccine development in both private sector companies and at Harvard Medical School.
Although Dr. Zhou and I have similar philosophies on Chinese medicine, our practice styles are quite different. Since I have practiced for a longer period of time in the US, my acupuncture style has become more tailored for American patients. Dr. Zhou, on the other hand, has retained a more traditional style, using longer needles and deeper points, which is especially powerful for suffers of intense, chronic pain.
Because of our differences in style, Dr. Zhou complements and strengthens the variety and breadth of ailments we are able to treat at Boston Chinese Acupuncture and Boca Raton Acupuncture Clinic. For example, Dr. Zhou specializes in chronic pain management, post-surgical recovery and disorders affecting the elderly. Furthermore, with decades of experience in pharmaceutical research, Dr. Zhou is well-suited to treat patients taking many types of medications and ensuring that the acupuncture and Chinese herbs complement their other, Western medical treatment regimes.
With his ample schooling and apprenticeships in Chinese medicine, Dr. Zhou is especially gifted in the realm of Chinese herbs. His skill with Chinese herbal formulas, in fact, has made him a minor celebrity in his home province of Henan, China, where villagers come from hundreds of miles for a chance to see him. Chinese herbal formulas are especially beneficial for people with chronic ailments such as allergies or autoimmune diseases. Because the herbs can be safely and affordably taken on a daily basis, they can speed up the reduction of symptoms than using acupuncture alone. Dr. Zhou's experience with Chinese herbs allows him to safely prescribe formulas even for patients with liver and kidney damage.
Inquires about working with Dr. Zhou can be made by emailing changhongacupuncture@gmail.com or by visiting our websites at www.bostonchineseacupuncture.com or bocaacupuncture.org.
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| Dr. Zhou lecturing on acupuncture in China |
Although Dr. Zhou and I have similar philosophies on Chinese medicine, our practice styles are quite different. Since I have practiced for a longer period of time in the US, my acupuncture style has become more tailored for American patients. Dr. Zhou, on the other hand, has retained a more traditional style, using longer needles and deeper points, which is especially powerful for suffers of intense, chronic pain.
Because of our differences in style, Dr. Zhou complements and strengthens the variety and breadth of ailments we are able to treat at Boston Chinese Acupuncture and Boca Raton Acupuncture Clinic. For example, Dr. Zhou specializes in chronic pain management, post-surgical recovery and disorders affecting the elderly. Furthermore, with decades of experience in pharmaceutical research, Dr. Zhou is well-suited to treat patients taking many types of medications and ensuring that the acupuncture and Chinese herbs complement their other, Western medical treatment regimes.
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| Dr. Changhong Zhou |
Inquires about working with Dr. Zhou can be made by emailing changhongacupuncture@gmail.com or by visiting our websites at www.bostonchineseacupuncture.com or bocaacupuncture.org.
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