Moncton Acupuncture

05/28/2026

"A tree that fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; a tower of nine storeys rose from a small heap of earth; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
-Dao de Ching, chapter 64

It's never too late to start your healing journey. We can walk the path together. ❤️

05/23/2026

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05/22/2026

05/22/2026

This point is located in the notch where the spine, sacrum, and pelvis all come together. It is a common spot for the chi to get stuck, and is often the location of lower back pain. Because of this, it is used to treat lumbar stiffness and pain.

This point is also the back shu of the large intestine. Back shu points strengthen and normalize organ function, making this a good choice for treating chronic diarrhea, undigested food in the stool, dysentery, constipation, re**al prolapse, and pain in the lower abdomen. This channel has back shu points for every internal organ, located approximately where the nerves branch off the spine to connect to each respective organ.

This point is located on the leg taiyang channel, which passes through the bladder. At 67 points, it is the longest acupuncture channel. It starts by the eye, travels up over the head, down the back, and down the posterior leg to the pinky toe.

05/19/2026

This month, from National Geographic

"Scientists are uncovering how a needle can trigger a chain reaction inside the body, activating immune cells, releasing pain-modulating chemicals, and altering brain activity.

The response begins locally. The slight mechanical tug of a needle, known as mechanotransduction, sets off a cascade of biochemical signals in the surrounding connective tissue. This activity causes skin mast cells (think of them as your body’s first line of defense) to release compounds such as histamine, serotonin, and adenosine into nearby tissue. Those signals then stimulate nerve endings, sending messages to brain regions involved in processing and modulating pain.

In recent years, advances in imaging have made acupuncture’s once-hidden effects increasingly visible. High-field fMRI scans show how stimulation at specific acupoints is associated with changes in brain activity, including regions involved in pain processing and emotional regulation.

Meanwhile, soft X-ray imaging has captured immune cells drifting toward acupuncture needles, where they release pain mediators. Even ultrasounds are helping researchers observe the ripple effect of a needle’s tug in real time and how those effects may vary depending on where a needle is placed.

Together, these tools are beginning to map how a localized stimulus can ripple across the body—linking peripheral tissue, immune responses, and the brain’s pain-processing networks."

Your body has a built-in painkiller system. Acupuncture may switch it on.

04/24/2026

What small, healthy shift can you make today?

04/23/2026

Like trees, diseases have both roots and leaves. The roots are the causes: genetic conditions, emotional imbalances, pollution, physical trauma, pathogens, drugs, and lifestyle factors like overworking and unhealthy diets. In holistic systems of healing, like Traditional Chinese Medicine, these are what give rise to symptoms. The longer they are present, the more symptoms we will have and the more systemic disease becomes. Eventually, multiple organ systems are involved, and we no longer feel well physically or emotionally.

Symptoms are like leaves. They are superficial, outward indicators of deeper imbalances. They are signals from our body to our conscious mind that something is wrong. Our bodies are very intelligent and are constantly striving toward balance and health, so often symptoms will resolve on their own. However, sometimes we don’t understand that our symptoms are abnormal, or sometimes we ignore them, only to realize much later that they have been persisting for far too long. Ideally, we understand what our symptoms are trying to tell us and are able to make healthy changes or receive the care that we need. Often, many outward symptoms will have a common underlying cause, a common root. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, clusters of symptoms that occur together like this are called patterns.

Imagine you are looking through a kaleidoscope. The patterns radiate outward from a central point. Any tiny shift deep in the center, and the whole pattern changes. This is how true healing works. Smaller, deeper shifts radiate out, leading to the resolution of multiple symptoms. Acupuncture is one way to tap into the inner workings of the body to make these deeper shifts, acting from the outside in. Herbal formulas are another way, acting from the inside out, transforming how our bodies function as they are processed through our internal organs. Making dietary and lifestyle changes, which necessitate a shift in our minds, is a third. As they say, true healing is a transformational process. What small, healthy shift can you make today?
https://www.monctonacupuncture.ca/index.php/blog/the-metaphor-of-the-tree

04/23/2026

Thank you, Mother Earth, for selflessly giving us all that we need. Thank you especially to the plants for giving us oxygen, food, medicine, and beauty.

04/21/2026

Yin-yang symbol spotted in the wild in Downtown Moncton! The four properties of yin and yang are that they are opposite, interdependent, balanced, and that they can transform into each other. https://www.monctonacupuncture.ca/index.php/about-acupuncture/key-concepts/yin-and-yang

04/15/2026

Thank you so much! I just received notification that I have been nominated for the category of Acupuncture. Though I have been practicing since 2007, I've only been up and running in Moncton since July, 2025, so this really means a lot to me! ❤️