Awaken Integrative Wellness Clinic

10/14/2024

My first podcast of many. Enjoy!

https://ppn-worldwide.simplecast.com/episodes/10393-carmen-call-10-09-24-wellness-clinic-matt

Where Brilliance Meets Business

04/21/2024

PSA—-Cold plunges - please be careful! I had another new patient who mentioned doing cold plunges. In my practice I have yet to see it turn out well. People typically do it to calm inflammation (which is the body trying to heal itself!). Chronic inflammation causes disease - ideally you would notice early on and come see me to figure out the root cause and fix it. The root is never cold plunge deficiency 😉.

Back to the story - The lightbulb moment happened for him about an hour into the appointment. He said all of his issues started as soon as he started doing cold plunges 8 months ago. It resulted in 20 allergist-diagnosed food sensitivities. He had no allergies 9 months ago. He also has eczema now. He had not had eczema since he was a child. He isn’t digesting his food (loose 💩). These are the results of the immune system (gut/digestion) being too cold. He is headed toward autoimmune disease. Cold digestion or being stressed - which changes the heart rate and digestive function (fight or flight/sympathetic nervous system on overdrive) are the root causes of autoimmunity. (Stress can also be a virus/bacteria/chemical, etc, not just emotional, but I digress.) Now that there are so many layers we can’t just warm him up with herbal formulas and moxa and send him on his way. His immune system would freak out. We have to peel back the layers one at a time. I have lived this immune system dysfunction nightmare - It took me 20 years to figure it out. I’m grateful to help so early in his search but I’d like to prevent my friends/family/ patients from going down this path. Sending love and health to all 🙌💕✨

03/10/2024

Xiao Yao San. One of the most popular herbal formulas out there. Too good not to share ☺️

Xiao Yao San is a classic Chinese herbal blend formulated during the Taiping Era (1107 AD). Your acupuncturist will prescribe Xiao Yao San for liver qi stagn...

12/01/2023

I have SO much to say about mold illness. It is the most under-diagnosed cause of illness, from food allergies to autoimmunity to cancer. It destroys the digestive system, better known as our immune system. I’m glad to see other physicians are catching on.

Mold illness is sometimes referred to as chronic inflammatory response syndrome, but mycotoxins contribute to illness in several ways.

11/27/2022

Women - Worried about your cholesterol? I recently went to get my annual bloodwork and a thought popped into my head - I wonder how levels of every blood marker change with our cycles? Surprisingly, I came across this article - and there are many others out there regarding cholesterol. Your number could be 240 but if you wait just two weeks and it could be 200- that’s the difference between high cholesterol and healthy levels. That’s the difference between being put on life-long cholesterol medication or not (or being put on a short-term herbal remedy to regulate it long-term). I also wonder how the other markers change? And why don’t our doctors monitor where we are in our cycles to determine when to get the bloodwork so they can determine if those levels from year to year are actually a concern? Food for thought.
https://www.webmd.com/women/news/20100812/menstrual-cycle-affects-cholesterol-levels #:~:text=In%20their%20study%2C%20total%20cholesterol,says%20study%20researcher%20Sunni%20L.

Blood cholesterol levels ebb and flow according a woman's menstrual cycle, and screening tests should be timed accordingly for the most accurate results, a study shows.

11/24/2022

Today I am especially grateful for all my patients! I am also grateful I was able to resolve all of my allergies/sensitivities this past year with the SAAT treatment I was trained to do a year ago. I searched for answers and became an acupuncturist so I could find a treatment like SAAT. Here I am, doing what I set out to do 10 years ago, with solutions for people like me. I am honored and immensely grateful to give the gift of healing to all of you! 🤗💕✨