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New Website, Easier Scheduling, and COVID-19 Protocols!

To my current patients and prospective ones: After five months of working on it—and that includes delays due to the Coronavirus pandemic—I am happy to announce today the launch of my beautiful new website! www.ingerjohnson.com Thank you to Torrey Moreno (Mindful Web Design https://mindfulweb.co/) for his excellent work. Torrey, you made my page so much

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Acupuncture’s Effectiveness for Seven Women’s Health Issues: Infertility

As a practicing Chinese medicine practitioner, I have noticed seven primary reasons that my female patients come in for acupuncture and Chinese herbs: infertility, pregnancy and post-partum support, premenstrual syndrome, irregular menstrual cycles, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and menopause/perimenopause. For the next seven blog posts, I will focus on each of these issues, beginning

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Chinese Medicine is Preventative Medicine

You don’t need to be in pain to get acupuncture and you don’t need to be ill. Because Chinese medicine is preventative medicine, acupuncture as a monthly “tune-up” can be just as helpful. How? Chinese medicine’s focus is on the cultivation of your body’s qi (translated loosely as your body’s “vital energy”).  When your body’s

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Why I Became a Chinese Medicine Practitioner

Back in the year 2000, I was in a car accident. I was at a complete stop and, although the light had not yet turned green, the driver behind me hit the gas, causing my head to snap backward. The result was a whiplash injury. Later that day, I experienced slight aches and pains in my

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Are You New to Acupuncture?

The majority of patients who come to see me have never received an acupuncture treatment. Some come because they are curious and have heard a lot about Chinese medicine, others because they have tried “everything else” and are at their wits’ end. They are willing to be needled and to drink “icky”- tasting herbs to resolve

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