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Chinese Herbal MedicineGeneral Wellness

If You Have Any of These Symptoms, You Could Have Iron Deficiency

An Overlooked Condition in Western Medicine and the Important Role it Plays in Traditional Chinese Medicine A recent New York Times article highlights a concerning ...
Women sipping hot chocolate in a cozy wooden cabin looking out the window at the show-covered woods.
General WellnessSeasonal Health

How to Recharge Your Battery this Winter

How to Recharge Your Battery this Winter If you feel tired and drained, you are not alone. “Lack of energy” is one of the top ...
Chinese Herbal MedicineFood & Nutrition

What’s Blooming (and Fruiting!) Now: Autumn

What’s Blooming (and Fruiting!) Now: Autumn  Our local medicinal plant series continues as we move into the fall, with fewer flowers and more fruits, and ...
A breakfast feast
AcupunctureFood & Nutrition

Believe Us (and Lots of Scientists), Don’t Skip Breakfast

By Erin Kennedy   “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”  “What’s ...
Cover Photo of Sharon in the Ocean
AcupunctureGeneral Wellness

Sharon featured on our fave lifestyle blog *Cup of Jo*

Sharon on Chinese medicine, TV specials & more… Five Seasons founder, Sharon Yeung, LAc, was recently featured on New York-based lifestyle blog, Cup of Jo.  ...
Tiger Lilly, Sotted Orange flowers
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Herbs at Your NYC Doorstep (Part 3) 

Chinese Herbs at Your NYC Doorstep (Part 3) What’s Blooming Now: Late Summer July & August As we enter the hot humid days of late ...
Central Park Smoke
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Medicine Lung Health for Poor Air Quality

Nourishing Your Lungs during an Extreme Poor Air Quality Event By Erin Kennedy   How can you take care of your lungs while smoke envelopes ...
Violet flowers with the stems peaking out
Chinese Herbal MedicineSeasonal Health

Chinese Herbs At Your NYC Doorstep (Part 2)

Chinese Herbs At Your NYC Doorstep (Part 2) What’s “Blooming” Now: Late Spring / Early Summer- May & June Consider this your prescription to get ...
Magnolia Flowers in bloom on the tree with an overall warm tone to the photo
Chinese Herbal MedicineFood & Nutrition

Chinese Herbs At Your NYC Doorstep (Part 1)

Chinese Herbs At Your NYC Doorstep (Part 1)   What if you could stroll around New York City and pick your own Chinese medicinal herbs? ...
Rumi rose
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Rumi’s Guest House

Reflection on Rumi   Rumi is a Sufi mystic and a 13th-century Persian poet whose poetry speaks of love which infuses the world. I recently ...
Chinese Herbal MedicineFood & Nutrition

Bone Broths: Part 2 (Recipes!)

My husband and I have different approaches to broth. His passion for broth is all about flavor. My passion for broth is all about the ...
Bone broths for nutritional health
Chinese Herbal MedicineFood & Nutrition

Bone Broths: Part 1

There’s a saying in Chinese Medicine about “one disease, many cures; many diseases, one cure.” While there is no single panacea, one of our most ...
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Facial Acupuncture with Jayne Whitman

Recognize this familiar face? Jayne was our beloved office manager for Five Seasons while she finished graduate school, and we are thrilled to re-welcome Jayne ...
Childhood
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Medicine and Childhood Illness

Childhood Illnesses At Home with an Acupuncturist With a toddler at daycare and an infant with an active social life, my family seems to be ...
COVID symptoms
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Post-COVID Symptoms and Solutions

So you recently had COVID, now what should you do? Tips on Post-COVID Recovery   Within the last six months, we’ve had many patients seeking ...
Bone fractures
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Treating Bone Fractures with Chinese Medicine

Treating Bone Fractures with Chinese Medicine As I’ve recently been reminded by my own broken big toe, acupuncture and herbal medicine are powerful complementary therapies ...
AcupunctureGeneral Wellness

Acupuncture for Neck Pain

Struggling with neck pain? All of us have suffered from some type of neck pain, or more formally referred to as cervicalgia, whether it be ...
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Acupuncture with Erin: Meet our newest practitioner!

Big news: acupuncture appointments are officially available on Saturdays with our newest practitioner! We are thrilled to introduce the addition of acupuncturist and herbalist, Erin ...
traditional chinese medicine nutrition - grains
Food & Nutrition

Food for Health & Healing: 3 Nourishing Breakfasts

In Traditional Chinese medicine, we embrace the idea that food promotes health and healing. Breakfast is one of the most significant meals of the day. ...
autoimmune disease
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Treating Autoimmune Disease with Acupuncture

Treating Autoimmune Disease with Acupuncture Over 50 million Americans suffer from autoimmune disease – you may know a friend or loved one who is impacted ...
pregnancy sciatica
Pregnancy

Acupuncture for Pregnancy Sciatica

Suffering from sciatica during pregnancy? We can help. As doulas and fellow mothers, we know firsthand some of the aches and pains that can come ...
menstrual cycle
Women's Health

Decoding Your Period through the Lens of Chinese Medicine, Part 2: The 4 Stages of the Menstrual Cycle

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the rhythm of the menstrual cycle depends on specific interactions between Yin and Yang energies in the menstruating body. Yin ...
allergies
Seasonal Health

Acupuncture for Allergies

Spring is around the corner, and while it may seem too soon, now is the perfect time to get ahead of springtime allergies. While Spring ...
menstrual cycle
Women's Health

Decoding Your Period through the Lens of Chinese Medicine, Part 1: Color

In Chinese medicine, observing the patterns, fluctuations and shifts in your monthly cycle has long been regarded as a reliable indicator of overall health. The ...
walnuts
Food & Nutrition

Eating For the Autumn Season: Walnuts & More

With autumn well underway, it is important to eat for the season – walnuts are one of our favorite ways to do so. In Traditional ...
and breath
General Wellness

Breathing Exercises for Autumn

As we transition from the warm, sunny days of summer into the cooler, shorter days of autumn, you may begin to notice the cheerful summer ...
tongue
General Wellness

Chinese Medicine Tongue Diagnosis

Why does my acupuncturist always ask to see my tongue?   In Chinese Medicine tongue analysis is an important and incredibly useful tool when determining ...
fibrocystic breasts
Women's Health

Notice a lump in your breast? It could be fibrocystic breasts.

Did you know that more than half of people with breasts experience fibrocystic breast changes during their lifetime? Fibrocystic breasts are composed of non-cancerous nodular ...
summer drinks
Food & Nutrition

6 Tips for Healthy Summer Eating According to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Marked by the Summer Solstice, summer is officially upon us and we have certainly been feeling the heat here in New York City. With this ...
moxa for breech baby
AcupunctureLabor & Birth

The Use of Moxa and Acupuncture for Breech Presentation

Approximately 3-4% of babies settle into breech position towards the end of pregnancy. In general, breech position is described as any position where the baby’s ...
ear acupuncture for addiction
Acupuncture

Acupuncture for Addiction

Did you know that acupuncture can be a useful tool to help with detoxification and recovery from addiction, and that Spring is the best time ...
white gate
Acupuncture

Opening the Gates

Acupuncture is a beautiful and elegant medical art form. There are countless needling locations and combinations and each practitioner develops their own style as their ...
hand on stomach
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

How Can Chinese Medicine Help with Fibroids?

Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with uterine fibroids and are wondering what the next step should be? Chinese medicine can be a ...
acupuncturist
AcupunctureGeneral Wellness

Facial Rejuvenation & In-Home Acupuncture with Jessica

In need of some facial rejuvenation acupuncture? Wondering if it is possible to experience the benefits of an acupuncture treatment in the privacy, safety, and ...
spring flowers
General WellnessSeasonal Health

The Season of Spring and Chinese Medicine

Spring is here! Can you feel it? That whisper of aliveness that rides in alongside longer and warmer days? The daytime and nighttime hours are ...
facial rejuvenation
Acupuncture

Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture

Getting older is inevitable, but aging and skin issues don’t have to be. Facial rejuvenation acupuncture is rooted in a centuries-old tradition and is a ...
castor oil
Chinese Herbal MedicineGeneral Wellness

Castor Oil Packs for Health

I was first introduced to the magic of castor oil by the acupuncturist that I had been seeing over a decade ago. He suggested that ...
work from home desk
General Wellness

5 Ways to Improve Working & Learning From Home

With 2021 underway, for many of us, our daily routines are only a shadow of a resemblance to what they were pre-pandemic. While there are ...
covid19 vaccine
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

So You’re Getting the Vaccine. Here’s How We Can Help.

As more and more people become eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, we wanted to let you know how Chinese medicine can support you during this ...
traditional chinese medicine winter eating tips
Chinese Herbal MedicineFood & Nutrition

6 Tips for Healthy Winter Eating According to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Looking for some Traditional Chinese Medicine tips on what to eat this winter? Read on! With winter solstice behind us, it is safe to say ...
millet congee
Chinese Herbal MedicineFood & Nutrition

Millet Congee with Shiitake Mushrooms and Kabocha Squash

As we pass the winter solstice, what better way to prepare for the colder weather than through a warming and nourishing bowl of congee?     Congee ...
Exhale
AcupunctureGeneral Wellness

Exhale

This weekend, many of us were gifted a palpable sense of relief, a collective EXHALE, with the election news. Patients walked into the office on ...
Matcha and Black Sesame Latte
Chinese Herbal MedicineGeneral Wellness

Matcha and Black Sesame Latte

This is my new go-to morning brew to energize, nourish and detoxify: Matcha and Black Sesame Latte. As I ready myself for the cooler weather ...
Five Season is Reopening
Acupuncture

Good News! We’re Reopening!

We are delighted to announce that we will be reopening our doors for in-person acupuncture visits starting Thursday, June 4th. Acupuncture is now considered an ...
Chinese Herbalist treats COVID 19 Patient Case
Chinese Herbal Medicine

How A Chinese Herbalist Treats Covid-19: A Case Study

In this post, we want to walk you through the step-by-step process Suzanne Connole, LAc, a classical Chinese herbalist here at Five Seasons, took in ...
Guasha Tools used for Upper Respiratory Health
Chinese Herbal MedicineGeneral Wellness

Tip #3: Guasha for Upper Respiratory Health

This is the third and last of a series of posts outlining some simple Chinese medicine-inspired practices to do at home to keep you and ...
Man Tapping For Respiratory Help and Opening the Airways
Chinese Herbal MedicineGeneral Wellness

3 Chinese Medicine Health Tips While on Quarantine Tip #2: Tapping the Chest and Opening the Airways

This is the second of a series of three posts outlining some at-home Chinese medicine health practices that can keep you and your family healthy ...
Moxibustion Immune Boosting Treatment
Chinese Herbal MedicineGeneral Wellness

3 Chinese Medicine Health Tips While on Quarantine; 1st of 3 Posts: Immune Boosting Moxa

In my last blog post I wrote about supplements, dietary suggestions and lifestyle modifications that can enhance your immunity and keep you in good health. ...
COVID-19: Chinese Medicine Insights
Food & NutritionGeneral Wellness

COVID-19: Chinese Medicine Insights and Recommendations

Like you, we are also closely keeping abreast of the developments of the coronavirus both locally and abroad. Although COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus, traditional ...
Warming Foods for Winter
Food & NutritionSeasonal Health

Preparing for Winter with Warming Foods

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, each of the five seasons (Spring, summer, late summer, autumn, and winter) is associated with a specific element. As fall begins ...
Treating Thyroid Issues with Chinese Medicine
General Wellness

Thyroid Issues and Lifestyle tips to help

Thyroid issues have become very prevalent in my practice. Many patients suffer from mildly low functioning or elevated thyroid levels. This post explores Thyroid issues ...
10 Tricks and Tips for Easing Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Labor and Postpartum
Labor & BirthPostpartum

10 Helpful Hints for Pregnancy, Labor and Postpartum

—from the Prenatal Yoga Center Please enjoy this list of 10 healthful hints for pregnancy, labor and postpartum. Much of this information is gathered from ...
Treating Seasonal Depression with Traditional Chinese Medicine
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Treating Seasonal Depression with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Clinically referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the winter blues can weigh you down during the dark months of the year. An estimated ten ...
Promoting Healthy Hair with Traditional Chinese Medicine Post-Partum Haircare
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Post-Partum Haircare

After giving birth, when hormone levels return to normal, new moms often experience many physical and emotional changes. One of the most frustrating is hair ...
Green Kale Fruit Cinnamon Smoothie
Food & Nutrition

Green Kale Fruit Cinnamon Smoothie

I recently came across this recipe for Green Kale Fruit Cinnamon Smoothie on YogaPeach.com as I was looking for some new food options as we ...
A Delicious Soup au Pistou Recipe for Late Spring and Early Summer
Food & Nutrition

Soup au Pistou Recipe

This Soup au Pistou Recipe is great for late spring/early summer. You can substitute vegetables based on whatever is seasonal at the time. You could ...
Treating Moodiness and Anxiety Using Acupuncture, Herbs, Diet, and Lifestyle Changes
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Treating Moodiness and Anxiety the Natural Way

Despite the bright, hopeful energy of springtime, many people may find themselves suffering from moodiness, frustration, and anxiety, as these feelings are tied to the ...
Scrumptious Spring Recipe
Food & Nutrition

Scrumptious Spring Recipe

Since spring is rapidly arriving, I thought a light and clean nutritious salad would be fun to pass along and experiment with. The recipe offers ...
Yet another reason to love black beans
FertilityFood & Nutrition

Yet another reason to love black beans

In Chinese medicine, the Qi, or energy, of the Kidney system is vital to reproduction, and fertility enhancement often begins with the Kidneys. For this ...
Acupuncture and Low Back Pain
Chinese Herbal MedicinePain Management

Acupuncture and Low Back Pain

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective of Low Back Pain Low back pain is an extremely common concern, affecting anywhere from 75 to 90 percent of ...
Treating the flu with herbs
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

Preventing and Treating the Flu with Herbs

There’s a simple herbal formula that people in China are using to prevent the flu. Read about it here. The formula is made up of very ...
Using Chinese Medicine to Stay Balanced and Survive Holiday Travel
AcupunctureSeasonal Health

How to Survive Holiday Travel

For many of us, the holiday season involves traveling to visit family and friends. Though this is a joyous, celebratory time of year, the hustle ...
Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach to Treating Colds and the H1N1 Virus This Autumn Season
AcupunctureChinese Herbal Medicine

H1N1 Virus: How to Protect Yourself from Swine Flu and Alternatives to the Vaccination

Autumn is here and, with it, cold and flu season. A lot of patients are asking me about the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) approach to ...