Spark Wellness

12/19/2020

Traditional Eastern Medicine is a complete system that includes first-aid. One that rivals our modern emergency medicine.⁣
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After a client of mine called this year seeking advice for a burn, I began dreaming up the creation of TCM first-aid kits. It wasn’t until my icy fall last night that I quickly remedied with moxa, herbal lineament, and a topical herbal plaster that I decided I can’t keep this knowledge to my self anymore and ya’ll need your own emergency medicine kits.⁣
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A practical gift and necessary trove of wisdom— these kits will be available for purchase tomorrow.

07/21/2020

While the latest research suggests that antibodies against Covid-19 could be lost in just three months, a new hope has appeared on the horizon: the enigmatic T cell.

03/24/2020

03/19/2020

03/19/2020

Self care isn't selfish. It isn't a luxury.
Self care is imperative.

At the time of filming, much of the world is practicing social distancing to slow the spread of the COVID-19. Here is a qigong exercise that can easily be do...

03/13/2020

This. Is. Huge.

Americans are now eligible to receive free testing regardless of insurance.

01/07/2020

That Liver 3 - Kidney 1 hold.⁣
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When the point on the top and bottom of your foot connect and engage simultaneously. You feel grounded, rooted, and ready to take on the world 🌎

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01/06/2020

Not all anxiety is the same.⁣⁣
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In fact, in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) there are 10 different underlying imbalances that can be at the root of your anxiety.⁣⁣
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Let’s take a look at the 10 different root causes of anxiety according to TCM 👇🏾⁣⁣
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1. Heart ♥️ and Gall Bladder Deficiency: ⁣
This type of anxiety occurs with timidity, lack of self assertion, inability to sit to lie down comfortably, waking early with the inability to fall back asleep, and easily discouraged. ⁣⁣
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2. Heart ♥️ Blood 🩸 Deficiency:⁣⁣
This type of anxiety occurs with dizziness, insomnia, poor memory, tiredness, and a pale face.⁣⁣
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3. Kidney and Heart ♥️ Yin Deficiency: This type of anxiety gets worse in the evening and is associated with mental restlessness. Other symptoms include night sweating, feeling of heat in the evening, sweaty palms and soles, and ringing in the ears.⁣
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4. Heart ❤️ Yang Deficiency: ⁣⁣
This anxiety leaves you with slight breathlessness, discomfort in the chest, palpitations and feeling cold.⁣
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5. Lung and Heart ♥️ Qi Deficiency:⁣⁣
The person with this type of anxiety has a tendency to cry and have a weak voice. They may be timid, easily frightened, have a propensity to catching colds.⁣⁣
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6. Heart ❤️ Blood and Spleen Qi Deficiency:⁣⁣
This person may have phobias, panic attacks, insomnia with difficulty falling asleep and dream disturbed sleep. Associated symptoms include forgetfulness, poor memory, blurring vision, fatigue, poor appetite, and abdominal distinction after eating.⁣
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7. Lung and Heart ♥️ Qi Stagnation:⁣⁣
This type of anxiety comes with a feeling of oppression in the chest, slight shortness of breath, sadness, depression, and a tendency to sigh a lot.⁣
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8. Lung and Heart ❤️ Yin Deficiency:⁣⁣
In addition to insomnia, dream disturbed sleep poor, uneasiness, and night sweating, you may also have a dry cough with scanty, sticky phlegm, a weak and hoarse voice, and dry mouth.⁣
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9. Heart Blood Stasis ⁣⁣
This anxiety is associated with agitation and sharp chest pain.⁣
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10. Phlegm Heat Harassing the Heart ❤️:⁣⁣
This anxiety can come with manic behavior, phlegm in the throat, intense dreaming, intense dreaming, insomnia, and a sti @ Spark Wellness

01/06/2020

Not all anxiety is the same.⁣
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In fact, in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) there are 10 different underlying imbalances that can be at the root of your anxiety. An accurate diagnosis of what is causing the anxiety in the first place can be the the key 🔑 to resolving it.
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Let’s take a look at the 10 different root causes of anxiety according to Chinese Medicine and compare the differences between them 👇🏾⁣
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1. Heart ♥️ and Gall Bladder Deficiency: This type of anxiety occurs with timidity, being easily frightened, lack of self assertion, inability to sit to lie down comfortably, insomnia, waking early in the morning and unable to fall back asleep, being easily discouraged. ⁣
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2. Heart ♥️ Blood 🩸 Deficiency:⁣
This type of anxiety occurs with dizziness, insomnia, poor memory, tiredness, palpitations, and a pale face.⁣
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3. Kidney and Heart ♥️ Yin Deficiency: This type of anxiety gets worse in the evening and is associated with mental restlessness. Other symptoms include night sweating, feeling of heat in the evening, sweaty palms and soles of the feet, ringing in the ears, dizziness and palpitations.⁣
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4. Heart ❤️ Yang Deficiency: ⁣
This type of anxiety leaves you with slight breathlessness, discomfort in the chest, a pale face, palpitations and feeling cold, especially the hands.⁣
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5. Lung and Heart ♥️ Qi Deficiency:⁣
The person with this type of anxiety has a tendency to cry, feel sad and have a weak voice. They may be timid, easily frightened, have slight breathlessness and a propensity to catching colds.⁣
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6. Heart ❤️ Blood and Spleen Qi Deficiency:⁣
This person may have phobias and panic attacks. They may have insomnia with difficulty falling asleep and dream disturbed sleep. Associated symptoms of this type of anxiety include forgetfulness, poor memory, blurring vision, fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal distinction after eating, long and heavy periods, and have a ten to bruise easily.⁣
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7. Lung and Heart ♥️ Qi Stagnation:⁣
This type of anxiety comes with a feeling of oppression or distention in the chest, slight shortness of breath, sadness, depression, and a tendency to sigh a lot. They may also have a feeling of having a lump in the t