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How Does Summer Show Up in Your Body?

Fire Constitutional Factor

By Kelly Ferguson, L.Ac.

                You may hear your practitioner speaking about your CF or Constitutional Factor, and you are probably asking yourself what that means? In Five Element Acupuncture Theory there are five elements or seasons that we use to help diagnosis and understand our patients. We have each of these elements within us, but we prefer one to two of them over the others. Those elements that we unknowingly prefer or align with are what we would call a person’s Constitutional Factor or CF. Within each CF there are the meridians, colors, odors, sounds, emotions, personality traits, seasons, etc. that go along with it.

 

One of these elements is a Fire Constitutional Factor. The season for Fire is Summer which is coming to an end as we head into Late Summer. This element is very loving and playful. It likes to build connections with others and find partnership. Fire CF’s will have some red or lack of red on their skin around their eyes, and will have a scorched smell odor to them. They connect to the heart, pericardium, small intestine and triple burner meridians.

 

Kelly sees patients on Tuesdays & Thursdays 12p -8pm, Saturdays 10am-3pm in Timonium, and Wednesdays 12:30pm-7:30pm in White Marsh. Read more about Kelly at https://cloud9acuclinic.com/kelly-ferguson-acupuncturist/

Meet Our New Acupuncturist! Bradley Stiles

We are proud to announce Bradley Stiles, M.Ac., L.Ac. as our newest acupuncturist. Starting on July 30th, Brad will be seeing patients:

Monday       … 7am – 11am

Tuesday      … 7am – 12pm

Wednesday… 7am – 11am

Brad is ready to see patients with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna and Aetna plans.

Bradley Stiles, M.Ac., L.Ac.

 

Read a little more about Brad…

Bradley Stiles’ path to becoming an acupuncturist started out as a skeptical patient.  He went into treatment to find help for the chronic back pain that comes from his scoliosis.  Surprised by the results, Brad decided to study acupuncture.  He completed his Masters degree of Acupuncture in September 2016 at the Maryland University of Integrative Health.  Brad has a clinical interest in sports medicine acupuncture and creating improvements in injury recovery, pain management, and the side benefits (instead of side effects) of acupuncture creating better overall health and well-being.

Brad is Certified in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture and received his training under Virginia Doran.  Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture uses acupuncture to reduce the impression of fine lines and wrinkles.  Facial Acupuncture uses needles in certain areas to reduce the effects of sagging portions of the face including the jowls, cheeks, or eyebrows.

When Brad isn’t working he enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and twin girls, traveling to new and interesting places (with plans to visit Thailand and Peru soon!), and enjoys staying active by doing weightlifting, yoga, and running.  He occasionally finds time to put together a star wars Lego set for fun.

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