I’m introducing my new site:  Herb Consults

At Herb Consults you’ll have the opportunity to:

1. Consult with a Board Certified Herbalist.
2. Receive an in depth review of your health (and health history) from the standpoint of Oriental Medicine, the most complete herbal system ever developed.
3. Receive recommendations for Herbal Medicines specific for your health condition and problems, individualized, not a cookie cutter response.
4. Learn which herbs you should or shouldn’t take.
5. Be able to develop a long-term plan to manage and improve your health condition.
6. Learn what supplements you should never do without.
7. Plus much more…
8. And do all this from the comfort of your own home!

Herb Consults is an offshoot of my physical location in Palm Harbor, Florida.  With this innovative method of evaluating your health problems, Herb Consults can help you where ever you are!

For more information go to: Herb Consults

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If Hot Flashes and Night Sweats are keeping you up at night, then you may want to take a look at “Menopausal Sleep Problems”

This is one of my latest articles on problems women face during menopause.  Frequently, women will come for treatment for sleep problems not realizing that their insomnia is secondary to the menopausal symptoms.

Acupuncture is usually indicated to help start reducing the hot flashes and night sweats.  Often it will have an immediate effect in limiting the number of hours women spend staring at the ceiling all night.

An Herbal Formula is chosen based on a persons presentation and diagnosis.  In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we use a combination of herbs as historically you’ll obtain the best results for your condition.  It’s extremely rare for a practitioner to recommend single herbs.

Surprisingly, we don’t often recommend the herbs that you hear and read about on the news.  Most of them tend to aggravate menopausal symptoms.  But that’s something for another time.

To find out some tips to help you sleep during this transition check out “Menopausal Sleep Problems” and read more….

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Was reading about a new fitness book today called Complete Fitness For A Busy Schedule! This book claims to show you how to get in shape, say active, and start living a healthy life while balancing your work, home and family needs.

Here’s what they have to say: ‘Are you too busy to exercise? If you can’t make it to the gym, between a job, school, housework and kids. I will teach you how to start and keep up your exercise routines, even if you’re constantly traveling for work. You will learn tips, tricks, and tactics on how to include exercise into your roller-coaster existence. ‘

This guide is simple and easy to follow so you can make exercise a reality. It’s about staying fit, energized, and healthy regardless of your schedule.

If you are constantly on the move and need help to incorporate exercise and fitness into your life, then Complete Fitness For A Busy Schedule! is for you.

Get it here: Complete Fitness For A Busy Schedule!

Had a simple dentist appointment this morning at 9am, thought I’d be in and out within 45 minutes. Nope, by noon, was still there…

Several weeks ago, I had to get a root canal - Oh Boy! Do you know how much these things cost?

More than I normally spend on Christmas presents for the family. So now I’m in hock for around $1,500.00 already for the root canal.

So, like a good girl, I had the root canal - learned I can’t take hydrocodone when I threw up for two days straight, even in my sleep - that’s nasty stuff. Ibuprofen worked better here. Took the antibiotic which helped more than anything to make me feel like myself again. The hardest part was not being able to eat solid food as I love my food to crunch, so no salads for me for awhile.

Then a few days ago, the tooth started hurting again (and developed a funky smell) called the dentist’s office but they wouldn’t see me for another 10 days. (do you think I might need a new dentist?)

In the meantime, I’m living on breath mints and Listerine hoping I don’t kill anyone with the nasty odor. ( I talk to people face to face in my work)

I can see in my mirror that the tooth has more cracks and can almost pull the tooth apart, but when I tell them this at the dentists office, you’d think I was talking about living on Mars. What do I know?

Eventually, the dentist decides that the tooth is cracked beyond repair (surprise) and that a crown can’t be done, so the tooth has to be removed.

Now I already knew this, but had to endure counseling, when I’m wishing they would just get in there and yank it - so I could actually do some work today.

But nooooo, I have a squeamish dentist who wants me to feel NO PAIN AT ALL. I don’t know if that’s possible. She gave me quite a few shots but I could still feel pain.

Then as the dentist is working on removing the tooth, it starts breaking apart and she’s removing it in pieces and can’t get the roots out. By now, I’ve had four or five shots of numbing agents, my face is really swollen and all I can do is drool.

So after three hours in the dentist chair, I get the news that she needs to send me to an oral surgeon. But it’s Wednesday, nobody is open today, (it must be golf day) and I’m out of luck today!

What’s a person to do?

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I recently put up a page on Squidoo on Chinese Medicine, Info & Resources.

We do use ‘Fire Cupping’ for some treatments, but this is something different.

There’s a great video making fun of acupuncture you’ll want to see.

My understanding is that this was orginally an advertisement for an insurance company.  What they’re promoting coverage for is anyone’s guess.

I originally was sent this from one of my patients.  I hadn’t laughed so hard in a long time.  I hope you enjoy it too.

Check it out here:  Chinese Medicine, Info & Resources

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One of the few things I really miss about living in Pennsylvania are the leaves changing color in the fall. It is truly spectacular.  If you ever have a chance to go see this, don’t miss it.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the year is broken into five seasons – autumn is the fourth.  With each season, the weather changes and we should be making slight changes in our lifestyle to stay at our optimal healthy state.

One of the most beautiful aspects of traditional Chinese medicine is as a tool to live harmoniously with the seasons. Ancient Chinese physicians observed the natural cycles of the seasons and recorded the best everyday practices for staying healthy and harmonizing our own energy with that of our environment.

I’ve just posted an article ” Autumn, Acupuncture and TCM” on my website.  To read the full article, go to “Autumn”

You’ll learn an acupressure point for autumn as well as foods you should be eating during this season.

Tradtional Chinese Medicine or TCM focus is on you staying healthy, not just treating illness.

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This is just a simple post about acupuncture and how often you’ll need to be treated.  A large number of people come to see me after trying everything else for their problem.  They will tell me that I’m their last resort.  But what I often encounter with this type of person is someone who is looking for a miracle.  Acupuncture is not magic, it does not work with one or two treatments - even though news reports may make it seem so.

Acupuncture works best when you receive it often enough for your particular problem.  This is usually 2 to 3 times a week when you first start a course of treatment.  If you want your acupuncture to work and help you with your problem, then you’ll expect this and plan on going to the clinic frequently at first.

Acupuncture is a cumulative treatment, each treatment builds on the previous one and eventually you’ll start noticing improvements, then the changes will start lasting longer and longer until you’ve reached a plateau or your problem has resolved.

A good rule of thumb to estimate how long it will take to treat a problem (this refers to one problem, not a slew of them) is a month of treatment for every year that you’ve had this problem.  Of course, when I do an estimate, I add or subtract time based on your age, the severity of your problem, and your co-morbidities.

What I have learned in providing these estimates is that everyone is different.  Not everyone will respond like I think they should.  Often I’m surprised at how quickly someone will start experiencing improvement and recover from their problem.  I’ve also learned which problems take longer, and if you have one of these, I will tell you when I first see you.  I hope this post helps answer some of your questions about receiving acupuncture care.

You can read more about acupuncture here…

Have you been plagued with sleep problems lately? Having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up too frequently and spending long hours just staring at the ceiling trying to count sheep?  Acupuncture and TCM can help you to improve your sleep troubles.

Frequently, someone will come to see me and complain of insomnia, not realizing that it could be due to any number of other things.  Some of the health issues that can affect your sleep include:  hot flashes and night sweats, worry, emotional upsets, anxiety, eating too late at night, pain and so on.

I always ask about your sleep when you see me as we all need a good night’s sleep.  Our bodies use this time to repair and heal and keep us in top condition.  It’s that important to us!

An occasional night of difficulty sleeping is normal, but to experience insomnia night after night is not.  This is something that acupuncture and herbal therapies have great success with.

Another time, I’ll talk about herbal formulas to keep on hand for that occasional sleep deprived night.  These are something you can take without that hang-over feeling you get with prescription medication.

To read more about sleep and acupuncture click here. . .

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Acupuncture to Low Back

New page uploaded on “How TCM Relieves Pain”. Oriental medicine is well known for it’s ability to treat and relieve pain.  Most of my clients are seen for pain relief from a variety of physical problem.

Acupuncture is a medical treatment that can relieve symptoms of some physical and psychological conditions and it encourages the patient’s body to heal and repair itself thereby relieving pain.

The news media make it seem that acupuncture can only treat back pain, neck pain, sciatica, hip and knee pain.  But it can reduce pain from almost any physical problem, even organ related pain such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Menstrual Pain.  If you have a question on whether or not your aches and pains can be helped, give us a call at the clinic:  (727) 771-7110.

To read the full article, click here.

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I kind feel odd posting this information, but I do need to introduce myself to you.  Hi There!

I’m Christine Hasinger at the Blue Orchid Healing Center.  I’m a Doctor of Oriental Medicine which means I am an acupuncturist and an herbalist.  I run the Blue Orchid Healing Center in beautiful, sunny Palm Harbor, Florida.  Although, right now we’re moving into the oppressively hot and humid months of summer.  This isn’t the best time to visit Florida - save that for October to May.

I’m always a bit surprised that most people are unaware that our education and training is as comprehensive as it is.  FYI:  we attend a four year graduate program and have to do a 2 1/2 year internship.  At least that’s what I had to do, it may be more now.  I’ve been practicing in Florida since 2003, we moved here right before Christmas 2002.

Helping you feel better and improving your life is what I do.

You can read more about me at the Practitioners Page here.