Iyashi Wellness

04/11/2026

Why does acupuncture almost always get misrepresented and also never acknowledged when done right?

https://needlesmusclesandpain.substack.com/p/why-does-the-media-always-misrepresent?fbclid=IwZnRzaARHvc5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeOybYxP24baWBz2xhWwAPHXgmo_7yjGWsBexlUF_E2gz-2inSWXaqQX0EG2g_aem_m7H18Kp1y9QRI2o8CBm4nA&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv0

When needles go wrong, we get blamed. When needles go right, we don’t get asked.

03/24/2026

Mamas, if you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly managing your baby’s eczema…
but never actually getting ahead of it—

I see you.

Most of the families I work with felt the same way before finding a different approach.

There’s nothing wrong with you for questioning the cycle.
And there are ways to support your child’s body beyond temporary relief.

02/04/2026

🌸 This year, February 3rd is Setsubun 節分 in Japan. Setsubun is the last day of winter, so it can be considered “New Year’s Eve” of sorts in the Japanese lunar calendar. Feb 4th is Risshun 立春, the first day of Spring.
🌸 We are in a very special time then, where one season will drastically change to another, from cold winter days and nights, to buds and growth that will spring forth in the coming weeks and months. It is a time of birth and growth and change. In traditional customs in Japan, people took the time to shoo away the evil spirits and bad luck of the previous year by throwing beans from the entrance of your house outside and welcome good fortune of the new year/spring. “Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi 鬼は外、福は家” we would say.
🌸 While throwing beans is fun way to commemorate this special time of year, a wonderful gentle way to acknowledge this change is to moxa Large Intestine 4 and reflect in your journal this pivotal change in seasons and what this will mean to you and your loved ones. The gentle heat of moxa will help to ease your Shen and gently reset your mind and body to prepare for the coming Spring. Consider doing this self care practice through the 18th of February.
🐎 While the Year of the Snake brought much chaos and movement, we are in for far more tumult and change in the Year of the Horse, a wild and powerful animal. Take this special time of Risshun to set your intentions and prepare for the coming year!

Photo is moxa on Large Intestine 4 for some self-care and reset for coming new season
#節分 ＃立春

01/15/2026

A week from today, I will be teaching a class to Pediatric Acupuncturists on effective communication to parents and caregivers.

If you want to improve your communication with families and build more trust for parents to give your Pediatric Asian Medicine practice a try for their children, come check out my class. You'll learn how to talk to parents, how to build word of mouth and trust from parents.

To register: https://practitioner.paediatricacupuncture.com/22-01-26-live-ming-meeting-from-clinic-to-community-confidently-communicating-pediatric-asian-medicine-with-luriko-p-ozeki

12/17/2025

10/02/2025

Little tummies, big relief 🌿

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10/01/2025

Is your little one struggling with tummy troubles? You’re not alone and there are gentle ways to help. 🌿

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09/26/2025

✨ Treating Children Without Needles ✨

Did you know there’s an entire system of pediatric acupuncture called Shonishin? 🪷

It uses tiny, gentle tools to mimic the effects of acupuncture, without ever using needles, making treatments safe and effective for babies, kids, and even fragile adults.

My little patients love these tools and have even given them the cutest nicknames:
🍕 “Pizza slice” (can you guess which one it is in the photo?)
🚜 “Lawn mower”
🐟 “Fishy kisses” – soft facial cups that make a puckering sound toddlers can’t get enough of

Kids fall in love with these techniques and ask for them at every visit. It’s the sweetest thing watching them plop down on the table, ready before I even check their pulses! 🥹

I also teach parents some of these techniques so they can help their little ones at home.

Would you want me to create a class showing you how? Comment “Yes” below and I’ll make it happen!

🎥 Watch the full Integrative Pediatrics discussion with Dr. Joel Warsh, Dr. Alex Pekler, John Mekrut, and me here:
https://youtu.be/iRRyQeJNklQ?feature=shared

👉 As a bilingual parent and healthcare practitioner, I also add Spanish subtitles to make this accessible for more families. 🌎

09/20/2025

We are living in very chaotic times with a lot of changes with far too many negative and shocking news all around us and globally. And we’re consuming it at alarming rates that has the effects to alter our thinking and beliefs.

Protecting our Spirit - or in Chinese Medicine the “Shen” - from harm and confusion, is very important during these kinds of times. The calmer the Shen, the more centered it can be, allowing the Shen to rule us with wise guidance and clarity.

Staying true to our authentic nature and allowing our centered Shen to guide us with our words, our thoughts and our actions will help us to stay resilient during times of stress, change and chaos.

Try the exercise above and come back to your Iyashi where your Shen is serene and knowing.

✨Remember who YOU are in the midst of chaos. 💕

09/17/2025

😷 COVID levels are still very high in California - current estimates show about 1 in 21 people (as of 9/12). Rates are especially elevated in LA and San Francisco.

What’s most concerning is that Long COVID is now showing up not just in adults, but in kids too. Schools often aren’t prepared to support children struggling with the aftermath, so prevention matters now more than ever.

✨ I’ve created step-by-step COVID protocols on Fullscript for:
👶 Infants & Kids
👩‍🦱 Teens & Adults
💪 Adults – Immune Building

As a practitioner trained in epidemic diseases through Chinese Medicine, I’ve been treating COVID patients since 2020. My approach goes beyond simple “immune boosters” - I address the gut, lungs, nervous system, and circulation to help your body stay resilient.

📥 Want support? Here’s how to access my Fullscript protocols:
1️⃣ Tap the link in bio and go to my Fullscript Pharmacy
2️⃣ Create a quick account (free)
3️⃣ Scroll down under the catalog section titled “Iyashi Wellness Pharmacy’s Community Plans”
4️⃣ You’ll find all my prevention + recovery protocols there ✨

Together, we can stay safe, protect our families, and lower the risk of COVID and Long COVID.

09/09/2025

Want some nutrient-packed breakfast for your teens?

Continuing with my cooking for teens, here is what I’m doing with what I prepped and cooked earlier this weekend for this week:

Portioned out hard boiled egg, nankotsu and hatsu (chicken cartilage and chicken heart respectively) for all the dense nutrients, particularly protein but minerals and vitamins and cartilage I talked about in my previous post. The protein and other nutrients will fuel his brain to be able to stay focused at school while helping to build his muscles and gain weight. Because these foods pack a punch in a small amount, he can also get fuller longer and not have to rely on processed sugar, carbs and caffeine for the energy he needs throughout the day.

My son can add also a waffle or toast or rice to this along with kimchi or sauerkraut. Waffle/toast/rice to give him the carbs/sugar he needs for the quick pick-me-up energy (and the protein from his portioned out foods will sustain that energy far longer without giving him a crash in his blood sugar), and sauerkraut/kimchi for the fermented probiotic goodness and digestive enzymes our bodies need to help digest all these nutrients properly.
He’s not having much appetite in the mornings like most teens, but hopefully these small portions will be small enough that he’ll be willing to eat. And what he eats will be nutrient dense, so it’s not wasted energy like when consuming sugar-laden foods like cereal and minute oats and pop tarts that just creates the vicious cycle of energy crashes/blood sugar spikes and drops, and teen acne, poor sleep, and mood swings.

P.S. Happy to report he packed the ayu and shishamo for his lunch today!

09/07/2025

Now that my son is a bona fide teenager and consuming large amounts of red meat, and his volleyball practice schedule has been released, I’m able to do my part to cook for the coming week and balance all the yang foods he - and our family - has been consuming a lot during the summer by bringing in yin foods like fish.

I busted out my Japanese fish grill to cook the Shishamo. And in the toaster oven was Ayu. All the little bones you can consume in shishamo is great for calcium, and because fish is generally more yin in nature than land animals, it’s cooling or neutral in energetics, offsetting the yang, hotter energetics of land animal meats.

To bring in nutrients not found in large quantities in muscle meats, I’m also marinating chicken heart, Hatsu, to cook for later and broiling Nankotsu, chicken cartilage. My son and I as a menopausal woman need all the nutrients he can get to help his growing body and our changing hormones.

Chicken heart is small but packs a punch: high in zinc, protein, iron, vitamin Bs, selenium, and the list goes on. Nankotsu is great for building cartilage, so for him using so much of his joints jumping and spiking in volleyball and me in menopause and trying to protect my joints, we costume this regularly. So easy and yummy, and こりこり!!

When my son saw the shishamo done, he grabbed several right away and inhaled them. He remembers eating these with his Japanese cousin while camping in Japan and had fond memories of grilling and eating the fish 🫶🏼

So much of learning to eat unusual or new foods is the memory associated with it, so I’m glad he’s had positive experiences with shishamo and now happily eats it. It’s easy to make and can be an easy snack between meals (or as part of a meal). Way better than the junk food he tends to like to eat.

Anyway, this is my brunch today! Clear soup with shijimi and tororo konbu, rice, nori, ayu from today’s cooking, and left over vegetables of bokchoy and konshinsai (Chinese water spinach) (sorry, I don’t know how to spell it correctly in pin yin😓)

いただきます!🙏

#鮎 #ししゃも #いただきます