For years, we've noticed September is when women look to return. Return to themselves, emphasizing vitality and prioritizing growth. Patients present desiring partnership to maximize well-being; acknowledging what feels under-considered and less optimized. Women, who carry so much, allow themselves to be held in Gingko's "container". 

At Gingko, we approach our clinical inquiry into each woman's physiology by "asking" via lab assessment and in-depth interview how she is unique. While we delight in more women gaining access to HRT (hormone replacement therapy), our niche is to make that prescription precise, organized around her physiologic needs. We don't apply protocols or rely on guesswork.

In Chinese medicine, spring is "wood" season- physiologically a time where we & the natural world are primed for innovation. Wood season can also be an erratic time: overcast rainy days give way to blue skies & lilac bloom. Spring is a fertile time for health initiative; light's spaciousness invites us to craft a path towards crafting our most vital selves.

At Gingko, we’ve been discussing what defines precision medicine... What it means to champion patients with comprehensively personalized care.

Acupuncture provides an opportunity for down-shifting into the parasympathetic. 

Here, the body engages its inherent capacity for healing. Whether it be restoration of hormone balance, sleep, relief from anxiety or hyper-vigilance, acupuncture provides immediacy. In today's world, demanding “immediate response”, what if we lean into that transition towards peacefulness?  I relish in the certainty of a state shift for our patients. She who carried all the balls — at rest. 

From early in clinical training, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) demonstrated patient-specific care. One symptom has a myriad of physiological etiologies, endemic to each person. Rarely is there a common mechanism for a common symptom. Layers of educational pursuit and decades of patient interaction later, one commonality has rung true: There is nothing as effective clinically as the "N of 1" study.

May these long lit days offer expansion, may that expanse translate to space for "recovery". Far more important than once considered, in the modern "sick care" model, recovery practices are foundational to sustainable physiologic resilience. Data persistently demonstrates a small percentage of attention to recovery has outsize health benefit.