By Hansung Jang, L.Ac. · Lena Kim Acupuncture You had one coffee. Just one, and not even a large one. Two hours later you are sitting at your desk and you can feel your own heartbeat in your throat. It is not painful. It is not dramatic. It is just there, thudding, and now you are paying attention to it, which makes it worse. Or it happens at night. You lie down, the room goes quiet, and suddenly your heart is the loudest thing in the house. You check your pulse. It seems fine. You check it...

By Hansung Jang, L.Ac. · Lena Kim Acupuncture It is 4 p.m. in late July. You have been inside most of the day, air conditioning on, water bottle nearby. You didn't run a marathon. You barely left the house. And yet your body feels like it has been wrung out like a towel. Your legs are heavy, your head is foggy, and the thought of making dinner feels like a project. Summer fatigue that sleep doesn't repair is not in your head. In East Asian medicine this pattern has a name, it has been...

By Hansung Jang, L.Ac. · Lena Kim Acupuncture It started small. Hooking a bra clasp took an extra second. Reaching into the back seat sent a sharp warning down your arm. Now you sleep on one side only, because rolling onto the other shoulder wakes you up at 2 a.m. Nobody injured this shoulder. There was no fall, no accident. It just quietly stopped cooperating, and every month the range gets a little smaller. In Korean, this condition has a name that tells you who it visits: 오십견, "the...