Janet Barrows Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine

Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season! Stay safe. Janet

Holistic healing is all about addressing wellness from all angles help improve your sleep, help support your immune system, help your allergies, help treat and prevent injuries, help reduce your stress! Here's how visiting an acupuncturist can improve your overall wellbeing. My office is open for business! Please call for our Covid-19 protocol for safe treatment. https://ifamilywellness.com/5-ways-an-acupuncturist-can-he/

Daylight Saving Time ends November 1! Get ready to set your clock back 1 hour. Meanwhile more states are moving to keep DST permanent. https://www.almanac.com/conte/stopping-daylight-saving-time

Promising Herbal Remedies in the Fight Against the Coronavirus: A discussion of some possible herbal solutions based on their efficacy in treating viral infections.

A Harvard Medical School team experiment is helping Western doctors understand how acupuncture helps treat inflammation, the common cause of pain and disease. The starting point inspired in the core ideology of traditional Chinese medicine... is to treat a disease by addressing the root cause. Acupuncture is believed to trigger nerve signaling, which can remotely affect the function of internal organs corresponding to specific acupoints.

Airline attendants say it well: if the plane hits turbulence and the oxygen masks come down, place a mask on yourself first before turning to help others. This is absolutely critical. If we don’t, we may not be able to help anyone. Well, we’ve all hit the same turbulence, folks, and we all need to take good care of ourselves, our bodies, and our minds.

Here's how to avoid getting the flu and how to deal with an outbreak at school or work.

A new study involving 180 people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) concluded that acupuncture and herbs provide significant relief from the signs and symptoms of RA and improve quality of life. The data indicates that improvements accumulate over time with the greatest improvements seen after 12 months of treatment. If you are someone with RA, please come visit my practice and let's start working on relief. https://www.healthcmi.com//2001-acupuncture-and-herbs-rheu

Wishing everyone good health and holiday cheer!

Acupuncture can be used in conjunction with other forms of sports medicine, including physical therapy, massage, stretching and chiropractic. These modalities work together to help athletes achieve optimal results. Here are five compelling reasons why acupuncture should always be included in any athlete’s healthcare mix.

Eating seasonally is what nature intended, an eating pattern that balances weight, energy, and wellness. Winter squash varieties are actually harvested in the fall, but they keep well into winter. Squash is high in dietary fiber and beta carotene, which helps your body make vitamin A and contributes to the health of your skin, eyes and immune system. Squash is low in calories and has a low glycemic index -- "good carbs" that don't make your blood sugar spike.

Sadly Sonoma County fires are raging again. Tips from the CDC on how to protect yourself from wildfire smoke.

Acupuncture works for tinnitus sufferers! Luoding City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Guangdong, China) researchers found that acupuncture combined with an herbal formula relieves their symptoms and improves quality of life. The study compared acupuncture and herbs with hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Acupuncture plus herbs produced a 77.5% effective rate compared with 50% in the hyperbaric oxygen control group.

Thank you so much for posting a review on Yelp for my practice, Elvia. I'm thrilled to be in a position to help relieve your back pain!

Today is the first day of fall! The summer heat lets up and there’s something to relish about the crisp autumn air, even in California where seasonal changes are more subtle. But some aspects of autumn weather are cause for worry. We may notice some allergy flares and a tendency to catch colds easily. There are some things we can do to stay healthy in autumn weather. Protect the lung meridian from cold!... In Chinese medicine, fall is the season associated with the lung energetic meridian, which works closely with the large intestine energetic meridian. Learn more...

A quick overview of acupuncture from Spine Universe. The good news is that although neck and back pain are the most common complaints from patients, acupuncture can help. The World Health Organization lists 47 specific disorders treatable by acupuncture, including neck and back pain, headache, arthritis, and sports injuries. https://www.spineuniverse.com//alternative/what-acupuncture

Acupuncture works for pain!