L/A Community Acupuncture

10/10/2026

We will be open on Monday, October 12th. We know many of you have it off for Indigenous Peoples' Day, so come on in for a treatment! There are still a few spots open on the schedule.

10/05/2026

Top three things we sell in the clinic, relevant to this season!

Evil Bone Water: Potent topical. Magic for relieving pain, reducing inflammation, and recovering from injuries. After applying, wash your hands before touching any...tender parts. ;) I've always loved topicals, and this is the only one I carry these days. Nothing works better.

Ilex 15: Fifteen Chinese herbs in pill form to boost immunity/reduce the amount of time you're sick. Balanced formula. Heat-clearing herbs combined with warming herbs to protect digestion.

Auntie-Vi: A Western herbal formula put together by the late Stephen Buhner and Kate Gilday. Powerful antiviral herbs that have been tinctured. Great for those people who hate taking pills. Bitter as heck. I shoot it and follow with something slightly sweet and warm (ginger tea with honey.) Small enough for a purse.

10/04/2026

There's a unicorn 5:30pm spot open tomorrow (Monday, Oct 5th). Grab it while you can!

10/01/2026

Come get a treatment today, then pop out and enjoy the sunshine that's going to break through later!

(This weeks theme: temporal headaches, teeth-clenching, insomnia, sugar cravings.)

09/30/2026

The wonderful PT who helps me keep my back and neck in working order brought this to my attention yesterday. An interview with Teena Shetty, former neurologist for the New York Giants. Good stuff, especially for this season of high-contact sports.

The latest scientific understanding of concussions is upending treatment recommendations for recovery.

09/28/2026

Pip knows.

The New England Aquarium is using acupuncture to help Pip, its oldest African penguin, move more comfortably.

09/23/2026

Fall allergies? Neck and shoulder tension? Waking at 3am? Weird, unpredictable joint pain?

Time for acupuncture.

09/09/2026

The newsletter we sent out yesterday, in case you've not seen it:

A quick reminder that we're here to help smooth the transition from late summer to fall, which is a fast and odd one. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we are in the transitional time when the Earth element transforms into the Metal element.

If you think about an early-September Farmer's Market, then you can understand the Earth element. It's that time when tomatoes grow so fat, they split, and people devote entire Sundays to making homemade ketchup. It's also that time your neighbor puts four enormous zucchinis on your doorstep and runs away. And it's that desire to fling yourself into the river one last time before it's too cold.

Sometimes, in late summer, humidity can surprise us and leave us with swollen digits and big nap needs. Acupuncture can help with this. Acupuncture can also help with the sadness that comes from putting the tube tops and jorts in the storage bin for next year. And with the judgment that can happen if you wear a tube top or jorts.

But then, the weather will finally cool and the air will dry out and the skies will darken earlier, and we'll transition into the Metal element. The wind will pick up and you will be compelled to say, to a perfect stranger, "I'm not ready for this."

This season can also be a time of "crispness." A time to prune it back! We can return to a sane schedule (esp if you have kids returning to school), set some new goals, and burn stuff in the Solo stove! Some of us will get on a nice schedule just to have the holidays screw it up!

Supporting the Metal element right now will help you avoid "drying out" and getting brittle once the fall is officially here. It's a great time to get acupuncture and use herbs/food to support your immunity, and it's a great time to be sure your eliminative organs are...well-lubricated.

This is also the season of grief. And letting go. All I can say - since grief is impossible to speak of generically - is that if you are stuck, we can help you move it; and if you are numb, we can help you feel it. And if you're like me, and you tend to feel too much, we can help you better distribute it.

On a much lighter note, I really don't care who the hell loves pumpkin spice lattes.

But, listen. You're a stone cold FREAK if you eat candy corn!

To smooth(er) transitions,

Lauren & Sacha

08/26/2026

Odd time in the clinic, the week that school starts!

Meaning, we have plenty of spots open today and tomorrow.

Come drop your shoulders with us, and have a nap!