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Resolving Inflammation Part 2

Resolving Inflammation Part 1

Optimize Fertility and Prepare for Conception

The Autoimmune – Gut Connection

The Oxygen – Inflammation Connection

First 3 Things to Do to Squash Autoimmunity

So You Got an Autoimmune Diagnosis, What Now?

The Calcium – Magnesium Relationship

Magnesium – Women Do You Get Enough?

7 Ways to Stay on Track with Holiday Eating

Vitamins & Supplements: Can You Trust Your Brands?

A Breakfast Smoothie That Works

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This is a more serious, or heavy topic – however

This is a more serious, or heavy topic – however, I would be doing a disservice if I didn’t teach you about these risk factors.⁠
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Most women with PCOS have no idea about long term consequences of untreated PCOS, and it’s of utmost importance for you to know!⚠️⁠
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🚨 Infertility and “subfertility”⁠
Untreated drivers of hormonal imbalance even if mild, can still spell trouble for egg quality, healthy ovulation, successful embryo implantation, and miscarriage risk.⁠
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🚨 Endometrial cancer⁠
Endometrial cancer is cancer of the uterine lining. All women of reproductive age ideally should experience a monthly build-up of a healthy endometrial lining each cycle to prepare for possible implantation of a pregnancy. If you don’t become pregnant, you shed your lining and have your period. PCOS is a condition of infrequent periods or “shedding.” This results in a thickened uterine lining, which predisposes you to precancerous and then cancerous changes.⁠
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🚨 Diabetes⁠
This is a clear future risk of PCOS, as the majority of women with PCOS have insulin resistance. Don’t ignore a “pre-diabetes” diagnosis.⁠
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🚨 Heart and vessel disease, abnormal cholesterol⁠
High insulin and testosterone can lead to abnormal lipids (HDL, LDL, cholesterol, triglycerides). These are surrogate markers of inflammation.⁠
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🚨 Sleep apnea⁠
Sleep apnea is a condition when your airway becomes blocked during sleep, usually by a collapse of the soft tissue around your neck. Studies indicate that if you have PCOS your risk of developing sleep apnea is significantly increased, regardless of weight.⁠
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🔗 PCOS is more than just the sum of your symptoms. This diagnosis has pretty significant consequences for your health in both the short and long term. Don’t play down these risks and don’t wait for a disease to appear.⁠
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Fortunately, you can quite easily reduce or nix all these health consequences by reversing your PCOS.⁠
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✅ The best place to start is with our DIY program the PCOS Solution.⁠
✅ This will also teach you exactly what kind of help you need from your doctor.⁠
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Learn more and sign up with the link in bio⁠
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An Acupuncture Break for Santa Cruz and Monterey F

An Acupuncture Break
for Santa Cruz and Monterey Fire Victims

Did you lose your home in the fire and are now feeling discombobulated or stressed? If so, come take an hour to get an acupuncture appointment for FREE this week. Click on your preferred location (Aptos or Monterey) and select "Acupuncture Break.”
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❌ Gas ❌ Bloating ❌ Belching ❌ Reflux ❌ C

❌ Gas ❌ Bloating ❌ Belching ❌ Reflux ❌ Constipation ❌ Diarrhea⁠
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Do you suffer from one or more of these gastrointestinal symptoms?⁠
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🦠 If so, you may want to investigate if the culprit is small intestine bacterial overgrowth, which we call SIBO (see-bo). It is estimated that 16.8% of the United States population have SIBO, which is almost 1/5 of us! 🤯⁠
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📌 If you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), then you may be interested to know that 84% of people with IBS happen to also have SIBO.⁠
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In these cases, testing for SIBO, and treating it if positive, can be a key part of healing from IBS.⁠
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🚨 Unfortunately, GI specialists do not always test for SIBO in cases of IBS.⁠
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#SIBO can be simple and straightforward to identify and treat, and it can also be complex, stubborn and chronic. Each person has a unique presentation.⁠
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📍SIBO defined in a nutshell⁠
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🦠 Most of your gut bacteria should be in your large intestine (colon).⁠
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🦠 These helpful bacteria break down fiber that you can’t digest on your own. In the process, they make beneficial vitamins and anti-inflammatory chemicals.⁠
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🦠 Your small intestine should be fairly sterile, with not much bacteria – just a little lactobacillus and enterococcus.⁠
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🦠 When bacteria from your colon back-washes, or translocates up into your small intestine and takes up residence, this results in small intestine bacterial overgrowth.⁠
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🦠 Your small intestine lining is vast – the size of a football field. When bogged down with SIBO, it becomes a bloated, stagnant, fermenting mix of bacteria and their byproducts.⁠
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Typically, but not always, if the type of bacteria produces…⁠
🧩 hydrogen gas >>> causes diarrhea⁠
🧩 methane gas >>> causes constipation⁠
🧩 hydrogen sulfide gas >>> causes stinky gas⁠
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🧩Any type can cause discomfort, bloating, indigestion, and reflux.⁠
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SIBO can cause widespread problems outside of your digestive tract.⁠
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In fact, some people with SIBO are not aware of any digestive problems.⁠
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Questions about SIBO? Let me know in the comments below!⁠

Have you dabled in herbalism? Perhaps taking reme

Have you dabled in herbalism?

Perhaps taking remedies from a health food store with names like:
📍 Stress be calm
📍 PMS support
📍 Bloating be gone

But you haven’t quite seen the consistent results you’re looking for?

The bottom line is that there isn’t one single herbal formula or supplement that will fix any given symptom for all women.🙅🏻‍♀️

Let’s take PMS for example.

🚨 You can’t simply take Chaste Tree root or a vitamin B complex for PMS, and expect to call it a day.

It’s far more effective to find out what is causing your PMS – the etiology (root cause).🔑

For women with PMS, there’s a myriad of different root causes that can lie underneath.

🔗 PMS is the result of something that’s awry on a deeper level.

✅ This is where Chinese medicine comes in.

Chinese medicine is a root-cause, systems-based approach that is highly effective for regulating hormones and cycles.

🌿 In fact, Chinese herbs and acupuncture are so effective, I expect significant results within 3-4 months when they are tailored to YOU and YOUR cycle

The beauty of Chinese medicine is that we can bring your hormones and cycle into balance by influencing what ideally should be happening during the three phases of your cycle:

✅ Four days of menstruation (goal is bright red blood, changing a tampon/cup/pad once every four hours, no clots, no spotting, no cramping).

✅ Cycle day 5-14 leading up to ovulation (goal is to grow healthy follicles, build a plump uterine lining, make abundant fertile cervical mucus, ovulate on day 14, and keep basal body temperatures between 97.2 and 97.4).

✅ Cycle day 15-28 post ovulation (goal is to feel warm, energetic, and be free of PMS so that you’re surprised when you get your period. Basal body temperatures should be 1º higher, averaging 98.4).

So with each cycle phase, we identify what needs to improve or change and customize acupuncture and herbs accordingly.💥

Are you tired of “everything but the kitchen sink” herbalism?

If so, I have a new offering which is a herbal consult where I will create a customized herbal protocol for you.

These tinctures can then be sent to you anywhere in the US!

Book your appointment today with the link in bio!

As a holistic practitioner, people often assume th

As a holistic practitioner, people often assume that I’m anti-medication...⁠
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...this could be farther from the truth, because during my health journey, at times, medication has been pivotal to my healing.🙅🏻‍♀️⁠
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However, I learned this lesson the hard way.⁠
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When my son was 5 and trying to survive in kindergarten, I was having a really hard time. My postpartum anxiety was triggered and went through the roof.⁠
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I had, what I like to call, a nervous breakdown.⁠
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📌This went on for months.⁠
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Just like with my #rheumatoidarthritis -- I resisted medication because I felt like I would be a failure to not heal myself with natural approaches.🚨⁠
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I literally spent my days laying in bed, trying to meditate, and the second I stopped, I would start crying again.⁠
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👉🏾My mother-in-law, who is very loving and a psychotherapist, was very worried about me and begged me to get on medication.⁠
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I finally took her advice, and went on medication which was a huge part of stabilizing my nervous system so that the natural healing modalities could work their magic.✨⁠
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This experience was humbling to see that Western Medicine does have its place, even in natural health.⁠
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So, if you come to me on medications, it’s okay. This is a judgement free zone, as I know they can be absolutely essential to the healing process.⁠
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I’m curious to know, has anyone else had to learn a lesson the hard way?⁠
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Did you know that the term Polycystic Ovarian Synd

Did you know that the term Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is outdated, and that you can have PCOS without any ovarian cysts?!⁠
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Yes, you read that right -- no cysts!⁠
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Instead of cysts, PCOS clues are . . .⁠
⚠️ Irregular, unpredictable cycles⁠
⚠️ Infertility⁠
⚠️ Thinning hair on your head⁠
⚠️ Heavy periods⁠
⚠️ Difficulty losing weight⁠
⚠️ Past miscarriages⁠
⚠️ Boils on your butt, armpit or groin⁠
⚠️ Dark skin patches on your neck or armpits⁠
⚠️ Excessive hair in unwanted places⁠
⚠️ Diabetes or pre-diabetes⁠
⚠️ Adult acne⁠
⚠️ "Muffin top" belly fat⁠
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What if you’re not sure if you have PCOS?⁠
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A good place to start is to take my PCOS quiz.⁠
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While it can’t give you an official diagnosis, it can help you to begin to understand your symptoms and help you bring up the possibility with your doctor.⁠
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You can take the quiz with the link in the bio!⁠
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Want to get nerdy with me?🤓 . 🌿 One of the t

Want to get nerdy with me?🤓
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🌿 One of the things the pandemic shelter time has allowed me to do is get back to my herbal medicine roots, and to design my own liquid (alcohol-decocted) tinctures.
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✅ Herbal medicine is powerful and effective, and tinctures allow for easy absorption through mucous membranes, without the fuss of swallowing and digesting pills and capsules.
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✅ These herbs are clean, effective, and do not have fillers and additives.
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I’ve been blending tinctures for women’s issues (irregular periods, PMS, + so much more) with the Conceivable line.
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Now I’ve designed my own formulas for most of the common conditions I see.
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The beauty of these elixirs is that you don’t just have to choose one theme to focus on. <<< This is the part that I love to do! Creating custom blends 🤓
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Some common themes I treat with herbs:
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📌 Emotional wellbeing
▷ Zen: calm your nervous system and reduce anxiety.
▷ Uplift: raise a depressed, sad, or irritable mood.
▷ Love: relax, open your heart, and get in the mood for love.
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📌 Physical wellbeing
▷ Sleep: reduce cortisol, release worries, and drop into a deeper sleep state.
▷ Relief: release pain specific to the upper body (neck/shoulders/arms), lower body (hips/low back/legs) or pelvis area (endometriosis/cysts/periods).
▷ Energy: tonics and adaptogens that raise energy and help your resiliency during trying stressful times.
▷Digest: assists the breakdown of food, improves elimination and gets rid of bloating.
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📌 Immune Formulas
▷Protect: prevent allergies, nasal and sinus congestion, smoke damage, or viral infections.
▷ Recover: heals from smoke or respiratory damage after an infection.
▷Breathe: open up your nose when you can't breathe because of congestion.
▷Defend: treat acute respiratory infections, colds, flu, and viruses.
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How to order🙋🏽‍♀️
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Book an herbal consult, and pick up in person in Monterey or Aptos, or receive them via priority mail anywhere in the U.S.
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How to schedule:
1️⃣ Head to my scheduling link
2️⃣ Choose the virtual (zoom or phone) appointment
3️⃣ New or return patient
4️⃣ Herbal/supplement consult
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Book your appointment today with the link in bio!

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