Fire Over Water Acupuncture

Fire Over Water Acupuncture Dr. Christine Palma, L.Ac, DACM, is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in California, New Jersey and New York state.

Her areas of specialty include women’s health, fertility, pain management and sports medicine.

06/08/2026

🚨 June 8–14 is Men’s Health Week 🚹 — and the Testosterone Crisis is everywhere.

📉 Low testosterone has become one of the biggest conversations in men's health.

Many men are experiencing:

😴 Fatigue
🧠 Brain fog
📉 Low motivation
🏋️ Poor recovery
🍔 Weight gain
🔥 Lower libido
💪 Loss of strength and muscle mass

And they're being told it's all about one thing:

📊 Testosterone.

But here's the twist... 👀

Low testosterone can be a **signal**, not necessarily the root cause.

😰 Chronic stress
🌙 Poor sleep
🩸 Blood sugar issues
🔥 Inflammation
🍺 Excess alcohol
☣️ Environmental toxins
⚡ Nervous system burnout

can all influence how you feel and how your hormones function.

At Fire Over Water, we use acupuncture, Traditional Chinese medicine, and Functional Medicine to help uncover what's happening beneath the surface.

👇 Have you noticed any of these symptoms?

💾 Save this for Men's Health Week
📤 Share with a man who needs to see it
📍 Ready to get to the root cause? Book a consultation through the link in our bio.

06/03/2026

Happy National Running Day to everyone who runs for the joy, the challenge, the sanity, the endorphins, or simply because it makes you feel like yourself again. 🏃‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

At Fire Over Water, we love supporting runners and active patients not only when something hurts, but before it gets to that point.

Running places a lot of demand on the body, and even small imbalances in recovery, mobility, muscle tension, or mechanics can start to show up as knee pain, shin splints, hip tightness, etc.

That is where acupuncture can be incredibly helpful.

Treatment can reduce pain, calm inflammation, improve circulation, relax overworked muscles, and support better recovery between training sessions.

Staying active should feel empowering, not like your body is always one step behind. ✨

06/01/2026

🧡 June 4 is World Infertility Awareness Day 🧡

Infertility affects millions of people worldwide—yet so much of the experience remains invisible.

Behind the appointments, waiting, uncertainty, and treatment cycles, there’s often a much bigger conversation happening around:

🌿 hormones
🩸 inflammation + metabolism
🧠 stress physiology
😴 sleep
☁️ environmental toxins
⚡ nervous system health

Fertility is not just reproductive health.
It’s whole-body health.

🤍 Today is about awareness, compassion, and supporting everyone navigating family-building challenges 🤍

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🔴 Red Light + 🪡 Acupuncture = skin support from the inside out 🧬 Red Light Therapy helps support your skin at a cellular...
05/25/2026

🔴 Red Light + 🪡 Acupuncture = skin support from the inside out

🧬 Red Light Therapy helps support your skin at a cellular level by encouraging circulation, repair, and collagen activity.

In TCM, glowing skin is connected to smooth Qi + Blood flow.
That’s why red light pairs so well with acupuncture:

🪡 Acupuncture: helps regulate the body from within
🔴 Red Light: supports the skin locally
✨ Together: calm, repair, glow

A beautiful add-on for people dealing with:
tired skin, dullness, inflammation, post-facial recovery, or pre-event glow.

✨Ready for your glow reset?
📅 Book your Red Light + Acupuncture session today — link in bio 🔗✨

🌸 Pelvic pain is common… but suffering through it is **not normal**.For Women’s Health Month, let’s talk herbs 🌿In Chine...
05/11/2026

🌸 Pelvic pain is common… but suffering through it is **not normal**.

For Women’s Health Month, let’s talk herbs 🌿

In Chinese medicine, pelvic pain may come from:

🩸 **Blood stasis**
Clots, stabbing pain, dark flow

❄️ **Cold in the lower belly**
Cramping that feels better with heat

🌪️ **Qi stagnation**
Bloating, PMS, tension, pain that moves

Herbs often used for pelvic pain support may include:

🌿 **Dang Gui** — nourishes + moves Blood
🌿 **Chuan Xiong** — moves Qi + Blood
🌿 **Yan Hu Suo** — traditionally used for pain
🌿 **Gui Zhi** — warms + supports circulation
🌿 **Bai Shao** — eases tension + supports Blood
🌿 **Mu Dan Pi** — clears heat + moves Blood
🌿 **Tao Ren + Hong Hua** — invigorate Blood stasis
🌿 **Ai Ye** — warms the lower abdomen

Classic formulas often considered:
**Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan** + **Wen Jing Tang**

✨ But herbs are not one-size-fits-all. Your pattern matters.

📅 Ready to get to the root of it?
Book an appointment and let’s create a personalized herbal plan for your body.

DM “PELVIC” or click the link in bio to schedule 🌿

05/06/2026

🪷 May is Women’s Health Month 🌿

And weight loss should not require:
🚫 starving yourself
🚫 obsessing over food
🚫 fighting your body

For many women, weight is connected to:
⚡ stress + cortisol
🌙 hormones
🍽 digestion + blood sugar
😴 sleep + nervous system health

Sustainable weight loss isn’t about punishment.
It’s about creating a body that feels safe, nourished, and supported enough to function well.

✨ More energy
✨ Better digestion
✨ Stable mood
✨ Balanced metabolism

That’s the goal.

Work with your body, not against it 🤍

Book via link in bio.

05/04/2026

May is Women’s Health Month — and ADHD in women is still widely misunderstood.

You don’t have a focus problem.
You have a regulation problem.

And for many women, that changes week to week.

🧠 brain fog out of nowhere
⚡ bursts of focus… then nothing
🌙 feeling worse right before your period

That’s not random.
Hormones influence dopamine.
Dopamine influences attention.

So when your system shifts… your focus does too.

The solution isn’t more discipline or “trying harder.”

It’s supporting the system your brain depends on:

🥩 stable blood sugar
☀️ consistent light + sleep rhythms
📵 less constant stimulation
🌿 deeper nervous system support

When your body feels regulated, focus stops feeling like a fight.

✨ Women’s Health Month is about understanding your body—not working against it.
✨ If your focus feels inconsistent, there’s usually a reason

Need some fresh Spring guidance? Book via link in bio

🌿 Beltane marks the shift into early May — when spring is at its peak and everything feels alive again. 💐🌱 Think: growth...
05/01/2026

🌿 Beltane marks the shift into early May — when spring is at its peak and everything feels alive again. 💐

🌱 Think: growth, vitality, abundance.

This is the season to eat fresh, vibrant, and nourishing — just like Hildegard of Bingen did centuries ago.

💚 Her approach?

🌱 herbs for clarity
🥬 greens for digestion
🥚 eggs + dairy for deep nourishment

🥧 May Day Cheese & Herb Pie 🌿

Ingredients:

- spelt pastry
- 2 cups fresh cheese
- 4 eggs
- parsley, sage, mint, chervil
- grated cheese, salt + pepper

Instructions:

Mix → fill crust → top → bake 45 min at 375°F

✨ simple, seasonal, deeply nourishing

If you’ve been feeling:
⚡ low energy
🌙 out of sync
🌸 hormonally off

This is your moment to rebuild + replenish.

🍳 Want all 10 recipes?
👉 https://fireoverwater.com/blog/2026/5/1/10-healing-beltane-recipes-inspired-by-hildegard-of-bingen

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Address

125 West 72nd Street Office #3F
New York, NY
10023

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 12pm - 8pm
Thursday 12pm - 8pm
Friday 12pm - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 2pm

Telephone

+19179799956

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