Author page: Johanne Picard-Scott

Suffer From Seasonal Allergies?

Unfortunately for many seasonal allergy sufferers Spring can be both a welcome and a burden.  Sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, congestion, runny nose and sinus headaches are what many have to look forward to this time of year. It is important to understand that the symptoms allergy sufferers experience are a sign of a suboptimal functioning of the immune system.…

Circadian Rhythms

Circadian Rhythms This Sunday we jump into Daylight Savings Time moving our clocks ahead so that sunrise and sunset will be perceived to occur one hour later.  We have engaged in this spring and autumnal ritual of “springing forward” and “falling back” to “standard time” for several decades now.  Debates rage as to whether we should be engaging in these rituals. Why? For one, we…

Long-COVID – How Chinese Medicine Helps

Sign of the times…. We – just as many health practitioners nationwide – have been seeing our share of patients coming in with what can best be described as post-viral syndrome following their encounter with the SARS-COV2 virus.  Post-viral syndrome is a constellation of varying symptoms that can happen after a viral infection.  During the viral infection, you, of course, feel sick. …

Acupuncture Humanitarian Trip to Thiotte, Haiti with Global Balance Foundation

Twelve Balance Method Acupuncturists from seven different countries travelled to Haiti in February 2019 forming part of the Global Balance Foundation’s (GBF) second official humanitarian mission trip to this country.   The acupuncturists arrived in Port-au-Prince in the midst of significant social and political unrest as many Haitians took to the streets in anger to protest rampant systemic institutional corruption.  GLOBAL BALANCE…

Getting Out of Your Own Way to Heal

If there is one thing I try to consistently impress on my patients as they heal with acupuncture is that the healing is being generated from within.  I use the needles to signal the body to self-adjust, to self-correct.  There is no masking of the pain or disabling of your body’s healing mechanisms.  We are working with (not against) your…

Letting Go of the Weight for Good

Acupuncture has gotten a reputation for helping with weight loss. Something about “magic ear seeds” that help you dump the weight has garnered attention in minor circles and I constantly get approached by people wanting to know if acupuncture can help them shed the weight. When women (as well as the occasional man) come to me specifically for acupuncture for…