Inner Circle Wellness

Excellent advice for healthy day-to-day living!

A great discussion of: Why RCTs are the gold standard There is no support for the claims that hydroxychloroquine is effective in the treatment of COVID-19.

New research shows how obesity puts one at far greater risk. Patients with BMI of 30 are twice as likely to be admitted to ICU. BMI > 35 increases risk of needing ventilation by 7 fold! Source: Circulation. 2020;142:46. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047659

It will be a while before a vaccine is ready. What should we do in the meantime? Every day we use Chinese medicine principles to help guide our patients to improve their health. Most report that they are sleeping better, have lost weight and feel happier.

Masks are tools to help prevent the spread of disease

It's not so much a person's age that matter. Our focus is, and always has been, to improve any co-morbidity. This approach is backed by science and our own experience.

An important development

Applying the basic concepts underlying Chinese medicine in an orchard.

Tuesday, May 5 marks - "Summer Begins" on the lunisolar calendar. It was a very important day for agrarian societies. Perhaps it has new meaning for us in 2020. In the Classic text , we're told that: "The 3 months of Summer denote abundance and blossoming." In a literal sense, this represents the leaves spreading out and flowers blooming. ... In a functional sense, the "abundance and blossoming" are driven by yang releasing and becoming fully manifest. It is a crucial time of year and our behavior will have an effect on our health in the coming months. In terms of yin and yang, indoors is yin and outdoors is yang - sedentary is yin and active movement is yang. We should become more active and spend more time outdoors. We can still practice social distancing. Getting sunshine is particularly beneficial in the Beginning of Summer. At this time of summer, the days are longer and the sun is brighter, but we haven't reached a time where the weather is oppressive. Later in the passage we're reminded: "Let the mind have no anger. Stimulate beauty and have your elegance perfected. Let your qi flow, as if what you love were located outside." Summer should be a time of beauty, of laughter and of joy. It's not a time of anger nor fear. It's not a time for hibernation. Please get active. Get out in the sun. Be safe. Be happy.