We are excited to share our newest offering: Ultimate Relaxation with exceptional massage therapist Britney Franklin. Ultimate Relaxation is a luxurious one hour massage combined with 30 minutes of reiki. If you’re ready for a mini vacation for body and soul, this is it!

Cupping is one of our favorite forms of bodywork! It involves momentarily placing fire into glass cups so that the heat creates suction when they are subsequently placed on the skin. We love performing this service in conjunction with acupuncture, or as a stand-alone treatment.

Summer is here and in Chinese Medicine we rejoice in welcoming the most yang time of the year. Yang indicates a full expansion of energy. The days are at their longest, the temperature is at its warmest, and we as humans are at our most active.

Acupuncture is a form of holistic health that has been successfully used to treat a variety of conditions for thousands of years. Using specific acupuncture points, which appear to relate to minute nerve endings, along meridians (channels or pathways) of the body, we are able to affect the electrical, nervous and neurotransmitter systems of the body, thereby enhancing…

There are so many factors in play when we discuss a woman’s fertility: hormones, diet, stress levels, emotions, genetics, having an adequate support system, the list goes on. We love working with women who are trying to conceive because we have seen huge success from the addition of acupuncture and herbal medicine.

We’ve put together a virtual interview to help you all get to know our new massage therapist and reiki master practitioner, Britney Franklin! Hope you all enjoy!

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine excel at supporting women’s health through all stages of life. From the earliest days of menstruation through fertility and pregnancy, menopause and beyond, we support your vibrant health and wellbeing, alleviate discomfort, and help you gain a better understanding of your body and what your symptoms mean.

To us Chinese Medicine practitioners, it is such a travesty that anyone should go without restorative sleep at night. This is the time for your body and spirit to cleanse, heal and recharge. In our stress-laden society, the need for adequate hours of sleep is all the more important.

Some of our favorite essential oils to diffuse, spray or inhale these days:

I want to share my story and thank Lisa Abernathy and Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary for changing my life (literally and you’ll see how!).

As we move into Spring, we acupuncturists begin to see more involvement of the Liver in patients’ health patterns. Coupled with the Gall Bladder to represent the Wood element, the Liver manifests creativity, direction, justice and vision.

This week we welcomed Nicole LaFountain to our Blue Heron family! She just moved to Charleston from upstate New York. Her approach to healthcare is to find and treat the root cause of symptoms, and help her patients learn to take an active role in their healthcare.

To be used alone or together; diffuse, smell, or place a diluted drop on the chest.

We are so excited to welcome Sarah to our Blue Heron family! Sarah just moved here from Massachusetts in order to be closer to the ocean. She is a licensed acupuncturist with a mixed background in all things relating to finding balance in the body.