Learn more about Topical Products & Sports Acupuncture

At Valley Health Clinic, we specialize in providing effective, evidence-based, and affordable health care to restore your health and make your best better. Below, we’ll share topical product information, acupuncture information, sports acupuncture options, and actionable tips to help you with sports training recovery, injury prevention, and pain management.

Pain Management

Sol vs Aquada vs Foot Soaks: Which One Is for You?

One zone, two directions, and a third thing that isn’t a formula at all. Sol when the terrain runs cold and waterlogged, Aquada when it runs hot and damp, and the foot soak when the herbs need to come in through the feet. Here’s how to tell, and what the research honestly shows.

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Pain Management

Warm Hearth vs Wind vs Peak: Which One Is for You?

Three formulas, one zone. Warm Hearth for mucus and biofilm, Wind for lingering damp in a depleted person, Peak when heat is driving it. Here are the two questions that sort them, what the research honestly shows, and when to combine rather than choose.

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Meniere's Disease

Living With Ménière’s Disease: What Actually Me

I was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease in a hospital room, lying next to my wife and our newborn while the world spun. On A Healthy Curiosity I told Brodie Welch the whole story — the misdiagnosis, the Chinese medicine map that finally made sense of it, and the simple things that got me more good days than bad.

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Fu Medicine Formulas Herbal Line up
Topical Medicine

What Is a Dit Da Jiao? Fu Medicinals

Dit da jiao means “hit fall wine” — a martial-arts liniment tradition going back thousands of years. Meet John Ditmars, the acupuncturist behind Fu Medicinals, and find out why nothing he makes leaves the shop until it has aged at least two years.

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