Author page: Johanne Picard-Scott

Fire Cider
HEALING FLAMES: The Power of Fire Cider

  Every August for several years now, my family has engaged in a ritual that we credit for keeping us healthy throughout the cold months. In preparation for the fall and winter months ahead, we prepare a huge batch of Fire Cider – a zesty blend of herbs and spices steeped in vinegar. Fire Cider, as it is popularly known…

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. …

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…