Planetary Research Department

There's a reason so many people feel off in early spring — irritable for no clear reason, tight in the shoulders, digesting poorly, emotionally restless even when nothing is particularly wrong. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, that pattern has a name:...

Gua sha has had a moment. And with that moment came a lot of well-meaning tutorials on the internet that skip the part about how it actually works. Here's the version with the technique behind it. What gua sha is...

This isn't an anti-Botox post. There's a place for injectables, and we're not here to talk anyone out of something that works for them. But people ask us this question a lot — patients who are curious about facial acupuncture...

Sleep problems sound simple. Everyone knows what they feel like. But they're not simple to fix — because "can't sleep" can mean so many different things. You can't fall asleep. You fall asleep fine but wake at 3am, mind already...

If you've had Shirodhara, you know exactly what we mean when we say it's difficult to describe. If you haven't, the best way to explain it is this: warm, dosha-appropriate herbal oil is poured in a slow, continuous stream at...

Your cycle is not the enemy. That might feel like an odd thing to say if you've spent years working around cramps, or managing the week before your period like a weather system you can't control. But in Traditional Chinese...