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Alchemical Acupuncture: How Often Should I Get Care?

Alchemical Acupuncture: How Often Should I Get Care?

How often should you get acupuncture? We explore seasonal maintenance, active treatment, chronic care, and acupuncture as a deeper practice of cultivation. Learn how regular acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can support health over time.

Tremella (Snow Fungus): How to Use This Chinese Medicinal Food in Your Home Kitchen

Tremella (Snow Fungus): How to Use This Chinese Medicinal Food in Your Home Kitchen

Tremella (snow fungus) is a traditional Chinese medicinal food used to nourish yin, generate fluids and moisten dryness, especially in the Lung and Stomach. At Ritual Health Acupuncture & Herbalism in Berkeley and the East Bay, we draw on acupuncture, herbal medicine and Chinese food therapy to understand each patient’s underlying pattern; here we look at Tremella’s traditional uses, seasonal relevance, modern research and simple preparation in the home kitchen.

Ghost Month: Feeding What Is Hungry

Ghost Month: Feeding What Is Hungry

Ghost Month arrives as yang begins to withdraw and yin returns. An acupuncturist’s perspective on hungry ghosts, seasonal qi, autumn, offerings, and the practice of allowing what is complete to be complete.

Autumn Begins Before the Equinox

Autumn Begins Before the Equinox

In classical Chinese medicine, autumn begins weeks before the equinox. Learn how the qi nodes Lìqiū, Chǔshǔ and Báilù describe the seasonal shift, what it means for your health, and how we work with these changes through acupuncture and yangsheng.

The Yang Fire Horse Year: Brave Hearts & The Audacity to Be Yourself in the World

The Yang Fire Horse Year: Brave Hearts & The Audacity to Be Yourself in the World

What the Yang Fire Horse Year means in Chinese astrology and how to act with courage, clarity, and purpose in 2026.