Author Archives: Kelly Kaeding

Zero Balancing I classes in Vermont 2022

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: April 25, 2022

    Zero Balancing 1 A 25-hour professional, hands-on, body-mind therapy training with Michele Doucette DC      May 13-15   Burlington VT or      June 2-5      Wilmington, VT   Zero Balancing is a unique, hands-on, bodywork system of healing.  It combines the Western view of medicine and science from the field of osteopathy with Eastern concepts of […]

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Acupuncture Plus & Acupuncture Delux

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: April 22, 2022

I have a lot of modalities to choose from and I love doing all the extra fun stuff – Zero Balancing (ZB), moxa, cupping, gua sha. Adding 15 or 30 minutes to a session allows me time to do some ZB or running cupping on your back, or whatever you need. Acupuncture                          $85      50-60 minutes […]

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LOVE over fear

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: April 7, 2022

Let’s fire up the love not fear. Feel good hormones or Love hormones – oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin – help ward off anxiety and depression, as well as support your immune system. They have the opposite effect of the fight, flight, freeze response. Fear, anxiety and worry increase cortisol, stress the adrenal gland and decrease immune […]

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I had COVID (better than a booster)

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: April 7, 2022

My whole family had COVID last month. We are grateful that it was so mild. Also grateful that I had many treatment options at my fingertips. I have been keeping up with what medical doctors and NDs have been doing to treat COVID, as well as continuing to study Chinese medicine, so I felt pretty […]

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Year of the Yang Water Tiger 2022

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: February 1, 2022

Happy Chinese New Year. Today is the first day of the lunar new year – it’s the year of the Yang Water Tiger. The Tiger is known for her power and courage, and is a natural leader who is careful and direct. The Yang Tiger energy is especially active, forward-moving, and brings momentum that can […]

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Health in the Year of the Tiger

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: February 1, 2022

Chinese New Year marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Winter is the season of the water element; fear is the emotion associated with the water element and winter. Manage fear and anxiety by connecting to the earth and bringing grounding qi into daily life. Flow beyond fear. Get outside and walk […]

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Japanese Beef and White Sweet Potato Stew

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: January 28, 2022

Simple and delicious. The base is bone broth, tamari, ginger with sweet Japanese cooking wine – slow cooked stew beef with Japanese white sweet potatoes. Yum. A hit with the kids. Ingredients 2 pounds local stew beef (boneless chuck 1 – 1 ½ in chunks) 3 cups bone stock or broth (chicken, turkey, beef) ¼ […]

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White Tiger Decoction

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: January 25, 2022

Powerful and graceful White Tiger Decoction treats what is known in Chinese medicine as the 4 bigs – big fever, big thirst, big sweat, big pulse – and has its place in the Chinese medicine dispensary as an important emergency formula. Apropos for 2022 – the Year of the Tiger. Gypsum, the main ingredient, is […]

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Oral-Nasal Virucidal Therapy

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: January 25, 2022

For prevention and early treatment of COVID and other viruses, one of the best things we can do is treat the area that the viruses come in and hang out: the nose and throat. Gargling is one way to get to the throat, while a spray will take care of the nose and behind, where […]

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Gargling with Antiseptic Mouthwash Kills Viruses

By Kelly Kaeding | Published: November 10, 2021

Gargling is an easy way to reduce infection and transmission of viruses. Antiseptic mouthwashes, like Listerine, effectively reduce oro- and nasopharyngeal (mouth, throat and nose) viral load and inactivate coronaviruses. The nose, throat and salivary glands are major sites of virus replication and transmission during early stages of coronavirus infection, as well as other respiratory […]

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