“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” — Hippocrates Yeah…… Boi! //

A Dialogue Between Dr. D and The Beginner Mind: S: Per my recent blog post, I was two weeks late on my period. As I mentioned in my article, I would have typically started taking blood-stagnation herbs after being 3-4 days late. This time I did not and it seemed to work to my benefit. [...]

Guess who? If you have not yet met Stephanie, please meet my wife!   I am extremely excited to introduce Stephanie as our new herbalist.  She will be working Mondays and Wednesdays in the evening from 6-9PM.  She will be doing her own version of the same work I did at Holistic Herbal Health.  This [...]

By Stephanie Brochstein, community herbalist Since David introduced me two weeks ago as the new kid on staff, I have received several questions from friends about how Chinese medical specialists diagnose patients (i.e. how can you diagnose me)?  The following is a short-summary. Diagnostic Techniques:  Indo-Tibetan, Sino-Russian, Sino-Japanese medicines all use a refined system of diagnostic tools [...]

Yin & Yang Fighting! We are beginning to enter what the Oriental medicine community calls “late summer”, which has a few specific qualities distinct from the rest of the hot season. These qualities are: It’s still way too HOT! Winds & breezes tend to die down. Humidity tends to increase. When these factors are significant, [...]

This happens every year. I see it over and over right about this time of this season.  The last dreaded cold snap returns this weekend when we are least prepared for it! The weather forecast says some cold and rain will likely return to the Dallas area for a short revisit on Saturday and Sunday.  [...]