Election-induced anxiety

One of the most common complaints we’ve been seeing in the past month has been a serious mental health issue: election induced anxiety. The American psychological Association says that 52% of American adults are coping with high levels of stress brought on by...

Yes, We Do Cupping!

As expected, because so widely publicized by Michael Phelps this week, I have been getting numerous questions regarding cupping: what is it? when do you use it?  does it hurt?  should I do it?Cupping is not a new fad! Medical texts documenting cupping have...

Ayden's Story

It's not every day that you get to meet a boy like Ayden! Ayden is one of the happIest children I have ever met, and what a blessing it is to have him in my practice. Ayden is 5 and has muscular dystrophy and scoliosis. He suffers from tight muscles and joints and...

Acupuncture, exercise, and conception

May was a very fertile month for us here at the Kokin Healing Center! Eight patients reported pregnancy following fertility acupuncture and herbal medicine! Some patients also combined fertility acupuncture with an IUI cycle or IVF cycle.It is  truly exciting to...
Food as Medicine Worshop

Food as Medicine Worshop

For the second year in a row, I am attending an intensive four-day conference through the Harvard School of Public Health and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). My passion for medicine and culinary arts blends together in such an amazing four days of workshops,...