The Rhythm of the Season
We hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday and found some ways to celebrate and recharge that fed your soul. Thanksgiving was late this year so we’re in the clinic for just 2 more weeks, treating all the smart patients who come in to keep healthy and sane for the holidays and end of year transition.
Here’s our popular Holiday Healthy Gift Guide, with a few updates. Take a look and see if you find anything you want to gift to loved ones, or yourself.
And we want to let you know what we’re treating in the clinic lately (curious minds want to know) and our end of year schedule–so you can plan when you’re gonna come in and be one of those smart healthy, grounded patients. We have our calendar open through March for those of you that know you want to plan to start the new year off right!
I invite you to make some time to take care of yourself, whether it’s in our clinic or by simply carving out some time to quiet your mind in your favorite way. It’s the rhythm of the season–quiet, slow, dark, reflection, hibernation–and it’s important make some time for recharging in between the busyness so that you have the energy and inspiration for the fresh start of the new year.
Holiday Healthy Gift Guide
Give The Gift of Health to Loved Ones & The Gift of Sanity to Yourself
Don’t stress about gift giving! Gifts are supposed to be about appreciation, celebration, and fun after all. We’re here through Thursday, December 19 so you can pick up a gift of health for your loved ones plus give yourself the gift of sanity, all while supporting a small business❣️
You might ask: “A gift of health, how is that fun?!”
We think it’s fun being healthy, having less pain, and feeling more calm so we can be present and enjoy our lives. And it’s fun sharing the lesser known natural remedies that actually work!
Here’s 7 healthy gifts that are favorites among patients and staff:
1. 🎁 Gift Certificates: The gift of health is the gift that keeps on giving, for the recipient, and all the others in their life. You can suggest this as a gift for YOU, or give the gift of stress relief and a nap. Or pain relief, digestion support, hormone balancing, immune support… ok you get the picture. We’re a holistic clinic that treats the whole body so we treat all kinds of acute and chronic health issues. A lot of times people don’t know Acupuncture or Chinese Herbal Medicine are options. We’d love to show them how it can help them. We’ve been seeing more and more patients who come in just for our custom herbal medicine, so even if your loved one doesn’t want to try acupuncture, we can help them. Let us know what you want to cover with your gift certificate, and we’ll help you choose an amount.
2. 🦴 Evil Bone Water Liniment: A super-premium liniment that’s good to put on anything that is painful and needs to heal: injuries, joint pain, muscle pain, broken bones, sprains, cuts, insect bites. We got a few fun 2 oz frosted bottles that make great gifts. They only make the small bottles in a limited run once or twice a year so they are only available while supplies last, but you can refill them from the regular 4 oz bottles–because we know you’re gonna love it. PS – there are no bones in the formula. The Chinese name translates as Rectify Evil Bones Water (aka Heal Your Broken Bones), but the acupuncturist/herbalist making it in Florida has a good sense of humor.
3. 🌿 Rapid Pain Relief Balm: High quality herbs and oils in natural skin-nourishing butters to quickly treat muscle pain, headaches, injuries, bruises, post-workout pain, menstrual pain, and more. We love that this balm doesn’t have any menthol or mint, which is unusual for a fast-acting topical treatment for pain relief. Plus the owner has sensitive skin, and makes it so clean you could practically eat it. We have regular and sample sized jars for sale.
4. 🦶Herbal Medicinal Foot Soaks: Wild-crafted and small-farm cultivated herbs make up these effective and relaxing foot soaks. They help with inflammatory pain, promote circulation, support the immune system & metabolism, and are super calming to the nervous system. It may be surprising to hear that medicinal foot soaks treat the whole body because there are thousands of capillaries in the feet which serve as highways to the rest of the body.
5. 🧴 Emily’s Skin Soothers: Natural and effective skin care powered by herbs to treat dry skin, chapped and cracked hands and feet, burns, eczema, psoriasis, and any other irritated, red, rough or flaking skin. The original formula was created by an acupuncturist/herbalist for his baby who had eczema, so the whole line is free from anything synthetic and great for sensitive skin. This is the balm that got us through the extreme amounts of hand washing at the start of the pandemic and still keeps our hands smooth. Let us know what skin condition you want to treat and we can help you choose the best formula. We have regular and sample size jars for sale.
6. 🐝 B. Immune Throat Spray: Soothe and treat the throat with this tasty spray that’s antiviral, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and immunomodulatory. This is the most fun way to support your immune system! Great for people who travel, give talks, sing, or otherwise find their throat dry and sensitive, as well as those who want to prevent and treat colds, flus, and sore throats.
7. 📘 Do You Want To Know A Secret Book: A little book of resilience and clarity, whatever your age. Everyone who picks up this little children’s book with a big message gets a smile on their face. Some even get tears of joy. People don’t tend to spend much time in the waiting room here, but when they do and they pick up this book, they often buy a copy right away. Plus, we have it shipped here directly from the author in England, so it’s a truly unique gift.
You can pick any of these up at your next appointment. If you don’t have a scheduled appointment, please reach out by phone or email so we can answer any questions, get it ready for you, and make sure we’re not at lunch or otherwise busy in our small business when you swing by.
What We’re Treating in the Clinic
In addition to stress from the busyness that ramps up this time of year, so many patients have been coming in with stiff achy joints, especially knees and hands. It could be the colder weather, a change in exercise patterns, the increase in sugar and treats, all the stress and busyness, or just one of those coincidental patterns we see in the clinic.
We’ve been treating joint pain from:
- arthritis
- old injuries
- repetitive use
- post surgical pain
- ligament sprains or strains
- tendonitis
The good news is that Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine are great at treating joint pain by improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and helping restore movement so you can get back to your day without discomfort. I practice a style of acupuncture that is renowned for pain relief. Most patients report a reduction in pain as soon as a few points go in. Yes to more walks, your new health routine, more chopping and stirring, more time enjoying your day rather than figuring out how to manage doing the things you need to do.
We also have several truly effective topical herbal liniments, balms, creams, and patches. Or we can mix you up a custom herbal formula to treat joint pain and help prevent it from flaring up again.
If you want support treating joint stiffness and pain or want some preventative care, you can make an appointment at our online Online Booking System or get in touch.
End of Year Schedule
🌟🎄🥂 We’ll be here through Thursday December 19 then Christina is taking 2 weeks off to rest, reflect, and recharge. We have appointments in the new year starting Monday, January 6. Megan will be in the office the week before (Dec 30-Jan 3) to get us ready for the new year and she’ll be available to help with scheduling and herb refills.
Book Your Appointments
📅 We Can’t believe that we only have 2 weeks in the clinic before we take our end of the year break! We are busy before and after the break, so now is a good time to get yourself on the schedule, especially for the new year so you have a plan before all those new years resolutions patients! You can book through our Online Booking System or get in touch. If you can’t find an appointment online–call, email, or put yourself on the waitlist and we’ll keep an eye out for you. This time of year we have some cancellations because people are sick (thanks for keeping your germs to yourself) so we are pretty good at getting people scheduled off the waitlist.
Stock Up on Herbs
🌿 Now is the time to plan to stock up on herbs to carry you through the new year. Let’s make a plan to make sure you have:
- your custom formula
- digestion support
- immunity support and/or supplies for treating a virus if you or your loved ones catch one
Herbal Pills To Support Digestion
😋🌿💊 Don’t forget to stock up on simple Chinese herbal pills to get your digestion back in balance through all the end of year celebrations.
We have 2 options: Microgard Micropills or Ease Digestion Pills. They’re both so helpful for any kind of digestive upset that every acupuncturist and herbalist has one of these ready in their medicine cabinet, first aid kit, purse, and in the car. I always have extra around the holidays–yes I’m the one that brings the digestion pills and sets them out with the drinks, at the end of the buffet, or even just on the dining table–and my friends and family have learned to do the same.
👉🔗 You can read all the details that we shared in our last newsletter here.
Immune Support
🤒🌿💊 Stock up now before we are on vacation so you can be prepared with herbs and supplements in case you or those around you get sick.
–J.G.
Check out our recommendations we’ve been sharing for the past 4+ years called “The Golden Window For Treating Viruses” and let us know if you want help creating a plan that will work for you:
👉🔗 https://thrive-
We’re finally getting hip and are posting on instagram as well as facebook–whoops I think I just dated myself by saying that we’re getting hip.
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We’ve recently recommitted to posting regularly in hopes of sharing a little Chinese Medicine Wisdom and spreading good vibes.
Here’s to having fun being healthy as we celebrate through the start of the new year!
Christina and Team Thrive
