Little Owl Medicine - Natural Medicine for Children and Families

08/09/2025

This is our first year sending a kiddo off to college. This is part of what will be in her first aid kit. What are you sending with your college bound kids?
If you want to know more about the what and why I am sending drop “first aid” with your comment.

08/05/2025

Many of you know that I strongly believe in the connection between our body, mind, spirit and the Earth and have chosen to focus on maintaining and encouraging that connection, leaving others to focus on the AI and technology. I am drawn to humans (kids and adults) in nature, honoring the physical healing power of herbs, the strength of our bodies, nurturing our minds, spirits and creativity, and focusing on leaning in to the frequencies of sound around us. That brings me peace and is my path as a healer.

Therefore, I am lucky that there are several colleagues of mine who are on the leading edge of technology in our field and have developed an app that can help spread access, interest and accessibility for East Asian Medicine. Take a peek and send me your results to talk through the recommendations. I love that it is fun, pretty darn accurate and easy to do.

I do not believe that this is stand alone, as there are many layers to our health, but let's get started here. Together.

https://www.klaros.ai?bg_ref=MtRtdYYWBJ

07/23/2025

The dog days of summer are here! This year we are offering San Fu Moxa treatments. This simple topical application, performed 3 times, on 3 different days, goes far in reducing and limiting the severity of winter colds and flu. This practice of "treating winter ailments in the summer" has been practiced for thousands of years and is very effective --- shhh! Preventative medicine is actually a thing!

San Fu days this year are:
This week!
July 30th (10 days around this date)
August 9th (10 days around this date)

This can be done on kids ages 2 years old and up!

Watch this video on the ins and outs of it. Space is extremely limited so message or text (503-312-4223) to set up your appointments.

Many practitioners of Chinese medicine who practice outside of Asia may have heard of "San Fu" while in school or been lucky enough to encounter it while stu...

07/08/2025

Research that is catching up to what has been discussed and observed for years.

The My Baby Biome Study demonstrates that three gut microbiome community clusters exist in infants in the United States. These compositions vary on the prevalence and abundance of Bifidobacterium and impact risk for the development of atopic disease.

06/17/2025

My summer newsletter!

Over the past few weeks both of my children have had big transitions. My daughter graduated from high school and will be heading off to college in the fall and my son finished 8th grade and will be a freshman next year. Both of these things had multiple events within them, a variety of celebrations....

06/09/2024

We are getting closer to kicking off Summer SSP and both MereAnn and I are getting excited. We love running this program and we love the results that we see with our families and kids that use it.
The Safe and Sound Program works with the vagus nerve and in doing so can use bottom up therapy. Bottom up therapy solidifies the ground floor of the basement of our nervous system. It can:
1. Strengthen the mind- body connection
2. Supports lasting emotional regulation
3. Engages where rational thought is inaccessible
4. Accessible for kids who don't always have the words to articulate their thoughts and feelings clearly.

For those of you who know me, bottom up therapy sounds pretty darn close to my house analogy when explaining how Shonishin works for kids. Through Shonishin I can make sure that the basement of the "house" is complete and solid, fixing cracks and leaks. Adding in the Safe and Sound Program makes the long term affects even stronger. Summer SSP provides this along with education, weekly zoom calls that include Q & A and the guidance from MereAnn an amazing play therapist.

You don't want to miss it!
Find out more here!

Hooray! Summer is on the way!  When school is out, the pace is slower. Your summer may feel full with family plans and memory making but the sense of freedom and space inherent in summer days make it the perfect time to calm our children’s nervous system.  

06/01/2024

Summer SSP is back! The Safe and Sound Program uses music therapy and cutting edge neuroscience to facilitate nervous system stabilization. When kids use this program the results are astounding. I have been trained in this protocol for three years now and have used it with many families. The results are impressive and gratifying.
It fits perfectly with Chinese Medicine as it reinforces the balancing of the nervous system, the, behavioral challenges and emotional regulation. As I often tell parents when talking about acupuncture for kids, we can get in on the ground floor of the nervous system and influence it in a beneficial and therapeutic way. The Safe and Sound Program reinforces and accelerates that.
Some of the things that it is helpful for and used with:
Anxiety
Auditory Processing
Auditory Sensitivities
Behavioral regulation and resilience
Emotional difficulties
Inattention and focus (like presumed ADHD and school/life attention challenges)
Physical coordination and balance
PTSD
Reading difficulties
Sleep
Social difficulties
Speech delays
Stressors that impact social engagement
Trauma

Find out more here or drop a question below:

Hooray! Summer is on the way!  When school is out, the pace is slower. Your summer may feel full with family plans and memory making but the sense of freedom and space inherent in summer days make it the perfect time to calm our children’s nervous system.  

11/28/2023

With clear skies tonight it does not disappoint! Take a few minutes before bed to drink it in.

The full 'Beaver Moon' will be best viewed as it rises in the east at dusk on Monday, Nov. 27, though it will appear full on Sunday and Tuesday as well.

11/19/2023

Sick of fighting the crud?

Me too.

Let me know if you want access to my Fullscript list of immune support supplements to get you through this season by putting a sick picture or funny gif below!

Black Friday sale coming up on Fullscript so don't miss out on stocking up!

11/03/2023

Rose Hip Winter Oxymel
Rose Hip Season is here! Rose hips are the amazing “fruit” of the rose-all roses are edible and have edible hips.
I wait until after the first real frost, usually around 3, to harvest which increases the depth of sweetness, vitamin C, and medicine in the hips. Rose hips are extremely high in vitamin C, about 20 times the amount found in an orange.
I love oxymels for many reasons, vitamin c extraction being a main one, and rose hips are perfect for a winter blend like this because of bright red color and sweet, delicious flavor.
Oxymels are ancient remedies combining herbs, vinegar (Oxy-) and honey (-Miele). Vinegar is great to use as an extract for vitamins and minerals, particularly Vitamin C, which we don’t produce on our own, so must add into our diet!
This recipe is never heated, so it retains all the goodness & potency!
To make this Oxymel, add the plants of your choice—this time I used mostly rose hips with fresh ginger and a cinnamon stick.
Fill the jar to about 3/4 full. Cover in raw/unfiltered apple cider vinegar & cover with parchment paper ( prevents corrosion) & a lid.
Label & place in a cool, dark space for 4-8 weeks. Strain through a fine mesh sieve or muslin towel. Now mix about 1/2 as much honey as you have vinegar into the strained vinegar. So if you have 1 cup of vinegar, add in 1/2 cup honey.
Use more or less depending on your tastes!
Take a teaspoon or more daily as a supplement in water, add to teas or sparkling water(my favorite) and stir into salad dressings. Enjoy!

--from Medicine Remedies

11/02/2023

Join me on a reset cleanse starting November 5th. Get ready for the holidays and feel recharged and ready to enjoy December! This cleanse is not your ordinary cleanse and not only works on cleaning up bad habits but repopulating your gut so digestion is back online and the proper neurotransmitters are made and delivered like they should be!
Message me with questions!

During this cleanse we clean up and clean out!  We will start with a simple 3 day reboot that jump starts both cleansing and healing the gut.  The key components of this cleanse are to maximize nutrition, rest your digestion and work on rebalancing and rebuilding your gut microbiome. The program ...