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Gut Brain Synchrony
Gut Brain Synchrony: short gut-brain courses, weekly goal-setting, and clinician-moderated discussion. Learn how sleep, anxiety, digestion and chronic illness connect, then bring your questions there. Your first 7 days are free.
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Fibromyalgia
Widespread pain, crushing fatigue, and a diagnosis that came with no plan. Fibromyalgia is not a black box: wandering, heavy, electrical and stabbing pain each point to a different driver, and the protocol walks them stage by stage.
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Lyme Disease
Chronic Lyme and the patterns that orbit it: MCAS, POTS, dysautonomia, long COVID. If kill-everything protocols never quite worked, the Lyme Remission Map is a different way out, built on terrain, biofilm and pressure instead of another round.
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Digestive Disorders
Bloating, reflux, SIBO, unpredictable digestion, brain fog that starts in your belly. Your gut is an ecosystem, and ecosystems are restored, not conquered. Start with diet, sleep and the gut-brain connection, then go deeper into SIBO, biofilm and why probiotics disappoint.
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Chronic Pain
Back pain, sciatica, arthritis, the aches that linger long after an injury should have healed. Something between “just take ibuprofen” and surgery: how to actually use a topical like Evil Bone Water, and the terrain work that supports lasting relief.
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COVID-19
Long-haul and post-viral illness through the lens of dampness: fatigue, mucus, biofilm, and an immune response that never fully reset. The stage-one protocol, three products and two exercises, is where to begin.
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Interviews, conference notes and what is new at the clinic: Brehan’s ASA 2026 keynote, conversations with Dr. Joshua Park and Dr. Yaron Cohen, and the occasional honest take on a wellness trend.
Community
Gut Brain Synchrony
Gut Brain Synchrony: short gut-brain courses, weekly goal-setting, and clinician-moderated discussion. Learn how sleep, anxiety, digestion and chronic illness connect, then bring your questions there. Your first 7 days are free.
Start here
What is Gut Brain Synchrony?
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Why Do I Pee More at Night Than During the Day?
If you get up to pee at night even when you didn't drink before bed, don't look at your bladder. Look at your legs. Water your…
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What Do Night Sweats Mean in Chinese Medicine?
Chinese medicine calls night sweating dao han, thief sweat, because it comes while you sleep and stops when you wake. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what your…
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Does Jujube Help You Sleep?
The jujube Chinese medicine uses for sleep is not the red fruit but the seed of the sour jujube, Suan Zao Ren. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains…
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What Causes Insomnia in Chinese Medicine?
Insomnia names a symptom, not a cause. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains how Chinese medicine finds the pattern behind sleepless nights, from Liver qi stagnation to Heart…
Condition
Fibromyalgia
Widespread pain, crushing fatigue, and a diagnosis that came with no plan. Fibromyalgia is not a black box: wandering, heavy, electrical and stabbing pain each point to a different driver, and the protocol walks them stage by stage.
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Fibromyalgia: Start Here
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Fibromyalgia Movement Protocol: Self-Massage & Therapeutic Shaking
This companion guide walks you through every movement exercise in the protocol — Stage 1 neck and lymphatic massage for breaking up biofilm, Stage 2 abdominal…
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Fibromyalgia Protocol Stage 4: Circulation, Prostaglandins & Repair
Sharp, stabbing pain is the last layer driven by prostaglandins and inflammatory cascades. Stage 4 rebuilds circulation with Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang tea, Evil Bone…
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Fibromyalgia Protocol Stage 3: Trauma, Cortisol & the Nervous System
The electrical and burning pain of Stage 3 is rooted in cortisol dysregulation, dysautonomia, and the lasting effects of trauma. We use Xiao Yao San tea,…
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Fibromyalgia Protocol Stage 2: The Microbiome & Heavy Pain
Heavy, achy pain that feels like osteoarthritis points to the gut. Stage 2 targets Candida overgrowth and microbiome disruption with a moderate diet, abdominal self-massage, and…
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Lyme Disease
Chronic Lyme and the patterns that orbit it: MCAS, POTS, dysautonomia, long COVID. If kill-everything protocols never quite worked, the Lyme Remission Map is a different way out, built on terrain, biofilm and pressure instead of another round.
Start here
Chronic Lyme: Start Here
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How to Avoid Post-Exertional Malaise
Post-exertional malaise usually lands 12 to 48 hours after activity, so the crash you blame on last night may belong to something you did two days…
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Why Am I Allergic to Everything I Eat?
If your list of safe foods keeps shrinking, you may not need to cut those foods out forever. Your immune system evolved to fight parasitic worms…
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Lyme Remission Map Series Part 5: What if I Don't Improve?
Learn what to do if your Lyme disease is not getting better.
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Lyme Remission Map Series Part 4: Multi-System Patterns
MCAS. Dysautonomia. Autoimmunity. Neuroinflammation. These aren't separate diseases They are part of. Dampness pattern
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Digestive Disorders
Bloating, reflux, SIBO, unpredictable digestion, brain fog that starts in your belly. Your gut is an ecosystem, and ecosystems are restored, not conquered. Start with diet, sleep and the gut-brain connection, then go deeper into SIBO, biofilm and why probiotics disappoint.
Start here
Digestive Health: Start Here
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What Does My Poop Say About My Health?
Why a Chinese medicine appointment asks about your poop and your dreams. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what the Bristol stool chart tells us about gut function,…
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Why Does It Feel Like Something Is Stuck in My Throat?
That lump in your throat with nothing there has a name: globus, or plum pit qi in Chinese medicine. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains the swallow test…
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Blood Work Normal but Still Sick?
Your labs came back normal and you still feel unwell. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what a lab reference range can and cannot show, why functional gut…
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What Is Dampness in the Body?
Heavy, foggy, bloated and slow, with tests that come back normal? Chinese medicine calls that picture dampness. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what dampness in the body…
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Why Am I So Tired Even Though I Sleep Well?
Sleeping well but still exhausted? In Chinese medicine, daily energy is made by digestion, and four ordinary habits wear that system down: cold drinks and raw…
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Is Congee Good for Weight Loss?
Congee stretches a little rice into a large, warm bowl that keeps you full. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what research on soup, resistant starch and the…
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Chronic Pain
Back pain, sciatica, arthritis, the aches that linger long after an injury should have healed. Something between “just take ibuprofen” and surgery: how to actually use a topical like Evil Bone Water, and the terrain work that supports lasting relief.
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Chronic Pain: Start Here
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How to Stop a Migraine Before It Starts
A migraine starts hours before the pain, with yawning, cravings, fatigue and a stiff neck. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what the prodrome is, what the hypothalamus…
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Why Did I Wake Up With a Stiff Neck?
If you wake up with a neck so stiff you can barely turn your head, stop blaming your pillow. Chinese medicine calls it falling pillow, and…
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Pressure Point Between Thumb and Index Finger for Headache
When a headache starts, most of us rub our temples. The pressure point between the thumb and index finger, Hegu (LI4), is a better place to…
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Evil Bone Water for Back Pain and Sciatica: A Practitioner's Guide
A licensed acupuncturist's guide to Evil Bone Water for low back pain and sciatica: the Chinese medicine patterns behind back pain, exactly where to apply the…
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COVID-19
Long-haul and post-viral illness through the lens of dampness: fatigue, mucus, biofilm, and an immune response that never fully reset. The stage-one protocol, three products and two exercises, is where to begin.
Start here
Long Haul Post-Viral: Stage One
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Fall-Proof Your Health: A TCM Guide to Staying Healthy
It's that time of year again… Pumpkin spice lattes are back, and so are seasonal viruses. While I can't stop you from spending half your paycheck…
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Post Viral Pain
Learn about intricate world of long-haul post-COVID, its manifestations, and the holistic approach to healing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdDLRmdHUKYThe Pain is a Feature, Not a Flaw One of the prevailing…
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Fungus, Diabetes, and Long Covid
1 in 10 Americans have Diabetes; 1 in 3 are Prediabetic. The CDC may not have the best reputation right now but they do track this…
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The Damp Plague causes Diabetes
You read that right. Here’s the study, you’re 40% more likely to get the ‘beetus after Covid.
Updates
News
Interviews, conference notes and what is new at the clinic: Brehan’s ASA 2026 keynote, conversations with Dr. Joshua Park and Dr. Yaron Cohen, and the occasional honest take on a wellness trend.
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Is Walking Barefoot at Home Bad?
In Chinese medicine your feet are one of the easiest ways for cold to get into your body. Step barefoot on a cold floor and the…
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What Does Dark Brown Period Blood Mean?
Dark brown period blood is usually blood that has had time to oxidize, but Chinese medicine asks why it moved so slowly. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains…
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Is There a Pressure Point for Hot Flashes?
Chinese medicine reads a hot flash as empty heat rising when the body's cooling reserve runs low. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains the point on the sole…
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What Do Pimples Mean on a Chinese Face Map?
In Chinese medicine the face is a map of the organs underneath. Brehan Crawford, L.Ac. explains what pimples on the jawline, forehead, cheeks and beside the…
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Is It Bad to Take a Hot Shower in the Morning?
A hot shower first thing in the morning pulls your internal warmth to the skin and lets it go, and heat leaving the body is one…
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