Kit Garcia's Acupuncture & Healing Arts

09/01/2021

Please filter your water. PFOA / PFOS found in many water systems around the country and seems especially troublesome in areas with airports, fire depts and old military bases.

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer discusses "PFAS," aka "Forever Chemicals," that are infecting in communities across the country.

04/09/2021

Curious how your foam bedding or furniture stacks up? You can send in a sample here to check how clean it is.

Any US resident can submit a sample of polyurethane foam (PUF) from furniture, child car seats, or any other product containing PUF using the submission form on our website. After completing the form, samples can be mailed to us at Duke University, along with the unique ID number generated from the....

01/13/2021

This is a little long, but here is the latest takeaway regarding during this pandemic. Watch the video if you have time.
Important new highlights for the tl:dr crowd:
1- Eating high fructose corn syrup (not fruit) deactivates vitamin d in your body to the inactive form making it useless even if you have it at adequate levels.
2 - Treating people who already have covid with a more processed version of vitamin d is improving survival chances greatly.
3 - If you are obese which for this video is defined as more than 30% over your ideal weight for height, you may need to take 1.5-3x the normal amount I get caught up. I certainly knew about extra adipose tissue being an issue and often urged my heavier clients to take 5000 IU -10k IU daily but even this is not enough. The author of the video takes 5000 IU but is normal weight, light skinned and lives in southern California. He is suggesting if you are very overweight to start with 10-15k IU. Again you need to have your levels measured at least 1x a year to make sure you aren't taking too much.

Professor Roger Seheult, MD explains the important role Vitamin D may have in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Seheult illustrates how Vitamin ...

10/26/2020

Get prepped for this year's cold & flu season with herbs, immune boosting acupuncture sessions, and more! Don't get caught off guard. Preparation starts NOW! We are still taking appointments manually.

10/08/2020

In a mouse model scientists were able to lessen , one of the main deadly complications of corona with

A team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School has successfully used acupuncture to tame cytokine storm in mice with systemic inflammation.

06/04/2020

On Monday June 15th, 2020 our office is scheduled to reopen for services once again with normal business hours. This date and/or hours of operation may be impacted if there are changes in city/state conditions. Thank you! We look forward to seeing you.

05/11/2020

Just giving an update on in-office acupuncture services. We haven't opened the physical office on St. Elmo as of yet, but we fully intend to as soon as it can be done safely. Until then, don't hesitate to reach out to us by phone for your herbal delivery or phone consultation needs. Thank you for standing by us and supporting us all the way!

03/23/2020

As of today no more clients can be seen in the office because of shelter-in-place orders. I can still give herbal advice by phone and mail herbs if necessary. We appreciate your business and hope to start up again real soon! Thank you!

03/19/2020

Just as a friendly reminder to clients our office will still remain open for appointments at our regular hours. Please stay home or go to the doctor if you show cold/flu symptoms of fever and cough just to be on the safe side. If you are in need of herbal medicine, I can interact with you on the phone or by email and set you up with an herbal prescription you can get by mail. No need to come into the office.

03/13/2020

Here is how to make your own DIY with ingredients you probably already have at the house. The most important ingredient is high enough proof alcohol.

No Purell? No problem! When disinfecting gel sells out everywhere, you can just make some yourself with stuff you (maybe) already have at home.

02/24/2020

A big thanks for all the support y'all gave to me during the ukulele open mic last Saturday. It was the first time I played an original song I penned that I actually wanted to share.

02/12/2020

, the root and not necessarily the candy, may protect against the :

The outbreak of SARS warrants the search for antiviral compounds to treat the disease. At present, no specific treatment has been identified for SARS-…