If you love nature, then the Pacific Northwest is a great place to live. Portland is a wonderful city with a special connection with water. The hills, trees, parks, berries, moss and mushrooms are here for one reason and one reason only...the rain! We do romantic drizzle, fog, and brilliant mossy trees better then just about anyone, but that beauty comes with a price. If you spend time here, you can;t help but become familiar with Damp.
In Chinese Medicine Damp symptoms include: Heavy sensation in the body, swelling, heavy feeling in the head, chronic or lingering symptoms, pain that is fixed and constantly dull aching, sores that heal slowly, and a chronic cough. These symptoms are often associated with deficiency of one sort or another. But living in Portland makes fighting them without help more difficult.
Luckily one of the many tools that Chinese medicine practitioners have to use is moxa or mugwart. It is an herb that is often burned on the needle, directly on the skin, or above the skin in a wand form. Moxa warms the channels, drys damp, relieves pain, and tonifies the blood and qi.
If you are suffering from the above symptoms, then why not ask your acupuncturist about moxa and feel better today!
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