<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[GoodMedizen Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downtown Seattle Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine - holistic healthcare, natural pain relief, functional nutrition, herbal medicine.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:19:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.goodmedizen.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[THE MED CABINET: Essential Tools for Holistic Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tools I actually use, and the clinical reasoning behind each one. PEMF, red light therapy, narrowband UVB — vetted by me, with patient discounts where I have them.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/the-med-cabinet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fa95b86d919e5ce871837b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 01:13:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Patient, Two Charts: What Happens When Your Acupuncturist Also Reads Your Labs]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a combined Chinese medicine and functional medicine visit looks like from the practitioner's chair — two assessments, two hypotheses, and one plan that has to satisfy both.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/one-patient-two-charts-what-happens-when-your-acupuncturist-also-reads-your-labs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f824d6e0678c59a507948</guid><category><![CDATA[Whole Body Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Functional & Clinical Nutrition ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acupuncture Treatment]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:00:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acupuncturist, Naturopath, or Functional Medicine Practitioner: Who Does What in Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three practitioners can all say they practice root-cause medicine. The difference is not marketing — it is what the state license actually permits. A plain comparison.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/acupuncturist-naturopath-or-functional-medicine-practitioner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f85006e0678c59a507eb0</guid><category><![CDATA[Whole Body Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Functional & Clinical Nutrition ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acupuncture Treatment]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Labs Are Normal and You Still Feel Terrible. Now What?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A normal lab panel is good news and an incomplete answer at the same time. What a reference range actually measures, five reasons it misses things, and what to do next.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/normal-labs-still-feel-terrible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f854ad2a5268a5fb70768</guid><category><![CDATA[Whole Body Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Functional & Clinical Nutrition ]]></category><category><![CDATA[DIY Health]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pattern Differentiation and Root-Cause Analysis Are Describing the Same Patient]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese medicine patterns and functional medicine root causes use different vocabulary for the same clinical work. Here is where they map, and where they honestly do not.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/pattern-differentiation-and-root-cause-analysis-are-describing-the-same-patient</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f8294a6bf65007ed2bb59</guid><category><![CDATA[Whole Body Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Functional & Clinical Nutrition ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinese Herbal Medicine]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 3pm Crash: What Your Afternoon Is Telling You]]></title><description><![CDATA[The afternoon dip happens whether or not you eat lunch — it is built into human timing. Lunch decides how deep it goes, and the 3pm coffee borrows from tomorrow. What the research shows, and five things that change it.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/the-3pm-crash-what-your-afternoon-is-telling-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902265ae8337f07b479494</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:00:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adrenal Fatigue: What's Real, What Isn't, and What to Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[One camp says adrenal fatigue explains your exhaustion. The other says it doesn't exist. The honest middle: the label isn't a diagnosis, the physiology behind it is real and measurable, and the difference decides whether you get help or get sold something.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/adrenal-fatigue-what-s-real-what-isn-t-and-what-to-test</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a900937190fae3a61b89fd5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:00:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Body Knows It's Fall Before You Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your body is already gathering in. As the days shorten, your light exposure drops, and light is the master dial for your internal clock. Cortisol and melatonin — the hormones that run your mornings and your evenings — start shifting their timing whether you cooperate or not. Chinese medicine calls fall the season of Metal, governed by the Lung: a time when ]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/the-body-knows-it-s-fall-before-you-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a99fa7840b25387a6f0ad6d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:05:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_621925b52da3454680fac36be2b58559~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Ways a Supplement Ad Misleads You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supplement marketing rarely lies outright — it distorts. Four repeatable moves, the tell for each, and the difference between a tool that is guided and tested and one that is grabbed and guessed.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/four-ways-a-supplement-ad-misleads-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8eda1d70929264c36e54e3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_6896b2e02687497f9dc7dd7888f6fd8c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_885,h_645,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Functional Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine Work Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[A licensed acupuncturist and functional medicine practitioner explains how pattern differentiation and lab-based root-cause analysis combine into one clinical plan.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/functional-medicine-and-chinese-medicine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f8401a6bf65007ed2be1c</guid><category><![CDATA[Whole Body Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Functional & Clinical Nutrition ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acupuncture Treatment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinese Herbal Medicine]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:01:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same Nutrient, Different Bottle: A Guide to Supplement Forms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle's GoodMedizen Presents: TCM &#38; Functional Medicine's combined guide to choosing the right supplement]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/same-nutrient-different-bottle-a-guide-to-supplement-forms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8ed9e56cdeccfb58b4c8c1</guid><category><![CDATA[Whole Body Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Functional & Clinical Nutrition ]]></category><category><![CDATA[DIY Health]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:24:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_d8e82c0968eb467b893c0e4953d4d58a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_885,h_645,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[choose a care plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[care plans are here :) if you have any questions or need help with your plan, just reply to this email!  509 olive way, suite 1401 www.goodmedizen.com]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/choose-a-care-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7ee5eebf3185c28f96b1b9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:55:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_7bf7680c88eb4b608b83a0529ea9b5f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_843,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latent Pathogens and Their Health Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever wondered why some infections seem to disappear only to pop back up later? That’s the sneaky world of latent pathogens at work. These microscopic troublemakers can hide quietly in our bodies, sometimes for years, before causing symptoms or health issues. Today, we’re diving deep into what latent pathogens are, how they affect our health, and what we can do to keep them in check. Understanding Latent Pathogens and Health Impact Let’s start with the basics. Latent pathogens are infectious...]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/latent-pathogens-and-their-health-impact</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5f96c6eaf56be0d710ac06</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:59:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_5a21797ac1ed4a67b769718b6ddaa1cc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discovering the Power of Chinese Herbal Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Is Chinese Herbal Medicine — Really? Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is a 2,000+ year-old system of botanical and mineral medicine that forms, alongside acupuncture, one of the two central pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Unlike acupuncture — which most Seattle residents have at least heard of — herbal medicine is less understood, frequently underestimated, and routinely conflated with generic supplement sales. Here's the key distinction: Chinese herbal medicine is...]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/chinese-herbal-medicine-in-seattle-why-custom-formulas-beat-supplements-every-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a516b5ac549c55b35af3c93</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:59:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_c4bf11bdebaf4e3d856fa0f5e915d97f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stress and Anxiety Remedies: Natural Ways to Find Your Calm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stress and anxiety - they sneak up on us, don’t they? One minute, you’re cruising through your day, and the next, your mind is racing, your heart is pounding, and you’re wondering how you’ll ever catch a break. But here’s the good news: you don’t have to reach for pills or wait for stress to fade on its own. There are plenty of natural ways to ease those feelings and reclaim your peace. Let’s dive into some effective, science-backed strategies that can help you manage stress and anxiety in a...]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/stress-and-anxiety-remedies-natural-ways-to-find-your-calm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43eb26dc061b2051d9289f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:22:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_14b40831d4f24d42a7dbfaf4fc7e467b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acupuncture for Anxiety in Seattle: How It Works and What to Expect]]></title><description><![CDATA[How acupuncture treats anxiety, what the research shows, and what to expect at your first visit at a Seattle acupuncture clinic.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/acupuncture-for-anxiety-in-seattle-how-it-works-and-what-to-expect</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a515080c549c55b35af0090</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:05:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a9b1aa_a7fe0e3d720e4aa78fe26328c9ade5fe~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Herbal Medicine in Seattle: What It Treats and How to Get Started]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Chinese herbal medicine treats, how herbal formulas are customized, and where to find a qualified practitioner in Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/chinese-herbal-medicine-in-seattle-what-it-treats-and-how-to-get-started</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a515074661479e527e26917</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:05:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buying Chinese Herbs and Herbal Supplements: What to Know Before You Shop]]></title><description><![CDATA[An acupuncturist's guide to buying Chinese herbs and herbal supplements safely — what to look for, what to avoid, and when to work with a practitioner.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/buying-chinese-herbs-and-herbal-supplements-what-to-know-before-you-shop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5150735c421b82021ac784</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:05:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holistic Healthcare in Seattle: Your Guide to Integrative Wellness]]></title><description><![CDATA[What holistic healthcare actually means, what services to look for, and how to find integrative wellness providers in Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/holistic-healthcare-in-seattle-your-guide-to-integrative-wellness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a515073661479e527e26914</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:05:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Functional Medicine in Seattle: What It Treats, What to Expect, and How to Start]]></title><description><![CDATA[What functional medicine is, how it differs from conventional medicine, what conditions it treats, and where to find consultations in Seattle.]]></description><link>https://www.goodmedizen.com/post/functional-medicine-in-seattle-what-it-treats-what-to-expect-and-how-to-start</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a515071661479e527e26910</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:05:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>