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A Haiku of Thanks
You are my music Without you, there is no song I thank you! An artist needs their canvas; a musician needs their music. Without such...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Jun 28, 20241 min read


What's the Point? Nèi Guān, P6
The point we are getting at today is Nèi Guān, the sixth point on the Hand Jue Yin Pericardium channel (P6). Nèi Guān is located on the...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Feb 4, 20232 min read


Welcome Year of the Water Rabbit
Today marks the first day of the Chinese New Year, as we move from the year of the Water Tiger into the Year of the Water Rabbit. Each...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Spring: Nature Wakes
Spring brings longer days, shorter nights. As Nature wakes from its slumber, so is it time for us to get moving and be more active.

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Mar 20, 20212 min read


My Coronavirus Vaccination Experience
I have a number of doctors and nurses that I treat that have received their doses of COVID-19 vaccine. In speaking with them, they had...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Feb 18, 20212 min read


Year of the Metal Ox
So nice we can say it twice: Good Riddance! We got through 2020 into 2021, and today we move past the Year of the Metal Rat and into the...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Mahjong: the Winds, the Seasons, the Flowers
Jenni and I love to put on a movie and play a game. When we feel simple, it's Yahtzee. If we want a little more setup: backgammon. When...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Feb 7, 20213 min read


How To Play Mahjong (So I've learned)
Mahjong is known primarily as a computer game, where pairs are matched to remove them from a stacked pile of tiles; that’s if it’s known...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Feb 7, 20217 min read


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Greetings and welcome to 2021! Holy smokes! The craziness that was 2020 is now in our rearview, and it is time to take on 2021. We start...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Jan 1, 20213 min read


Your Body, the Garden
I grew up the son of a landscaper. I would go out to work with my dad during summer vacations; I would dress up like him for career day...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Jan 1, 20212 min read


Winter, the Season of Rest
The winter season is the time of stillness, when nature’s energy turns inward. This most yin of seasons is represented by the yin element...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Dec 14, 20202 min read


Acupuncture Helps the Cytokine Storm
Acupuncture can help mitigate the cytokine storm, which can be occur during an infection (like COVID-19) or in autoimmune disorders.

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Oct 13, 20203 min read


Autumn: Letting Go
We’ve entered into the season that to this Key West boy shows the most drastic change, autumn. The leaves switching colors, the dropping...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Sep 22, 20202 min read


In the Moves: the Yi Jing
Anyone who’s been on my table getting a treatment knows that I’m sort of a movie junkie. Maybe I should clarify that: I am a junkie for...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Sep 11, 20202 min read


Yin and Yang is Night and Day
Yin and yang are all around us. It is the turning of the day. It is the movement of the seasons. It is in the art we pass every day.

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Aug 29, 20202 min read


Coronavirus Herbal Immune Boost Formula
We have gone through an overview of COVID-19 and its different stages and how they are treated. Here, let’s talk about the modified...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Aug 24, 20202 min read


Auto Accidents Happen. Acupuncture Can Help!
Timely evaluation and acupuncture treatments will help with pain relief following auto accidents.

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Aug 3, 20202 min read


Before Needles: Tui Na
Before acupuncture, the hands were used to activate the movement of Qi. The different techniques of Tui Na are used to achieve that goal.

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Apr 10, 20202 min read


Stages and treatment of Coronavirus Infection
There are two main schools in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (Cold Damage and Warm Disease) that explain the stages of invasion of an...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Mar 27, 20204 min read


Traditional Chinese Medicine Treating Coronavirus
With the outbreak of coronavirus taking up the news, it is important to understand what it is, how it is spread, and what you can do to...

Matthew Truhan, L.Ac.
Mar 12, 20204 min read
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