If you struggle with athlete's foot or nail fungus, Thrive Acupuncture is now carrying herbal  products to treat them!

Nail fungus is notoriously difficult to treat - a lot of topicals that work on athlete's foot don't successfully treat the nails, and the oral antifungals that are available are tough on the liver.

While this isn't a QUICK solution (it still takes dedication to treat toenail fungus), the protocol I'm going to explain is successful!

Supplies:

• A tub or bucket that you can fit both feet into
• White Vinegar
• Listerine mouthwash
• Solution Y/F Herbal Sachets
• Solution Y/F Topical Tincture

Instructions:
1. Mix 2 parts white vinegar with 1 part Listerine. You'll want enough of this mixture to fully cover the affected area - in this case, the toenails. I find for my particular tub, I use 4 cups white vinegar and 2 cups Listerine mouthwash and that covers the soles of my feet up and over my toenails (about 1 inch in depth).

2. Add the herbal sachet that adds even more fungus-fighting power.
This mixture lasts 1-2 weeks, as long as you've got a lid for your container.

3. Trim your toe nails as short as possible, and for the duration of treatment, maintain this shortness.

4. Soak your feet for 15-20 minutes DAILY (I do this in the evening while reading or watching TV).

5. After the soak, use a cotton ball or cotton round to apply the Solution Y/F Topical Tincture to the affected areas, and let your feet air-dry.

6. Apply the Solution Y/F Topical Tincture a second time per day (I do this in the morning).

7. Repeat this process DAILY until the affected nails have completely grown back clean and healthy, and continue treating for 2 more weeks, to ensure complete eradication of the nail fungus. This is the tough part, as it can take a year or more.

It takes a lot of time and dedication to treat nail fungus, but it IS possible to do it in a way that is kinder to our livers!

Hi Guys!

I'm changing my Office Hours a bit! My new, weekly schedule is as follows:

• Mondays and Thursdays 10am-7pm
• Tuesdays 10am-2pm
• Wednesdays 10am-4pm

The biggest difference is that I've moved some of my evening, after-work hours from Tuesdays to Mondays.

Can't wait to see you all!

I LOVE a good museum. It almost doesn't matter what the topic is, I love that someone put the time and effort into doing a deep dive on a subject. One of my favorites is the Kam Wah Chung site in John Day, OR.  

Kam Wah Chung was the home and business of Lung On and "Doc" Ing Hay. It was a general store, community meeting space, and (the part that really intrigues me!) a Chinese Herbal Clinic. 

What's really exciting about it is that after Lung on and Ing Hay passed, the building was closed up and left alone for decades. When it was opened again, it was a perfect time capsule, with everything still in place. It has since been turned into a museum and you can tour the building!

I highly recommend making a road trip to see this treasure, whether you're a lover of a good museum, a fan of Chinese medicine, or both!

If you're unable to make the trip, "Oregon Experience" on OPB did an episode on Kam Wah Chung to tide you over!

What are some of your favorite museums? I need some ideas for my next road trip ;)

Happy New Year of the Yang Fire Horse!
As in years past, I'm going to share the forecast for the year, written by CT Holman. I always appreciate his thoroughness and the way he makes the information digestible for those who don't work in this field!  
​I wish you all a prosperous year!

I started Thrive Acupuncture in December of 2006
I can’t believe it’s already been 19 years!
​As a thank you for being a part of the Thrive Family, for every appointment you attend in the month of December, you’ll be gifted a bar of Maeve Chocolates (my favorite!)

My regular hours are:
Mondays & Wednesdays 10am-4pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am-7pm
Thrive Will be Closed:
11/24-11/28 for Thanksgiving
12/22-1/4 for my annual winter vacation

With the costs of business rising, I have made the decision that as of January 1st 2026, I will no longer be selling pre-paid packages. This is in lieu of raising my prices.
If you’re interested in getting in on the deal before they disappear, they can be purchased at the clinic, or let me know you’re interested and I can invoice you!
Pre-Paid Package:
​Buy 5 treatments, get the 6th for free (Cost of $400)

If you have visits remaining on your insurance
or funds left in your Flexible Spending Account (FSA),
you’ll want to be sure to use them before they disappear on January 1st!

Happy Lunar New Year, you all! As in previous years, I'm sharing the analysis and predictions of CT Holman. I appreciate how he breaks it down so it's more digestible for those of us who are not as fluent in astrology.

"2025 signifies the Year of the Yin Green Snake. The snake (si) is the sixth earthly branch in which creativity abounds and our consciousness awakens. Hopefully, throughout 2024, we all have matured and shed old belief systems that were not serving us. As we move into 2025, we step in with young adult energy, bursting with life and overflowing with ideas. The snake offers us more opportunities to expand our intellect and ‘shed our skin.’ By taking the time to achieve your goals, patience comes with ease. This year is ripe with energy, so we must integrate our qi and be open to love. Celebrations for the snake year begin on January 29th, and the snake officially emerges on February 3rd."

If you'd like to read more about predictions for the year in various areas of your life (social, business, etc.), Click through to read his full article!

My regular hours are:
Mondays & Wednesdays 10am-4pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am-7pm


Thrive Will be Closed:
11/25-11/28 for Thanksgiving
12/23-1/2 for my annual winter vacation
​
If you have visits remaining on your insurance, or funds left in your Flexible Spending Account (FSA),
you’ll want to be sure to use them before they disappear on January 1st!

I started Thrive Acupuncture in December of 2006 - I can’t believe it’s already been 18 years!
As a thank you for being a part of the Thrive Family, for every appointment you attend in the month of December, you’ll be gifted a bar of Seattle Chocolates (my favorite!)

It has been a HOT MINUTE since I last updated you all on Maude's progress. Mostly, that's because we took last year off from working on her while I got settled in my "new" office space! I can't believe it's been a YEAR.

So we've been getting back into the swing of things! I forgot to take progress pictures, but we finished all of Maude's insulation!

The temperature inside Maude is MUUUUCH more stable now! It'll be much nicer working on her in more extreme temperatures moving forward :)

After the insulation was all installed, I spent a million hours cutting grooves into the insulation panels in order to get all of the wiring tucked in a taped down to cut down on friction between the wires and the internal skin. Wouldn't want shorts in the wires that TOUCH metal walls! ZAP! It'll also make it MUCH easier to install the inner skins, having the wires not dangling all over the place.  You'll still see SOME dangling wires in photos, but that's because they will be going into some of the interior walls we'll be building out later.

THIS was a SUPER exciting next step! It's time to start getting the inner skins installed!!!!!  It finally feels like we're making forward progress!

HOLYCOWHOLYCOWHOLYCOW! Our biggest worry is/was that the inner skins will be really difficult to get reinstalled. Because we had to kind of guess at the original shape of Maude, particularly at the base of the walls where they meet the floor and the trailer frame where she had been so thoroughly rotted out, we aren't sure if all of the panels will line up exactly. THANKFULLY, the uppermost piece fit PERFECTLY! We didn't have to drill ANY holes to test fit it!  

You'll notice some holes in the ceiling piece - these are where we adjusted the locations of vents and light fixtures. We'll need to patch these soon!

Not shown : we spent some time determining the final positioning of the lights! We used a laser plumb to mark the floor and ceiling where we wanted the lights. Unfortunately, our first placement was not going to work! Once we got that ceiling panel up and test-fitted the AC unit control panels, we realized that the lights would need to shift 2 inches laterally, so that they weren't located under the AC panel ;) Whoops!

We did a test cut with the hole saw to make sure that the puck lights fit properly - WIN!

To cut the holes for the lights, we jammed a scrap piece of wood between the insulation and the inner skin. It worked really well to protect the underlying structure from the saw!

And here they all are! Holes cut, wires attached and lights installed! We were a little bit worried that these little lights wouldn't provide enough light to work under, but they're plenty bright! AND! In the treatment room, the lights are dimmable! 

See? PLENTY bright!

It's pretty exciting to be back to working on Maude, and particularly with the projects we're finally able to be working on. She has been a HUGE project, and it finally feels like we're more than half way done ;)

​Until next time!  <3 Becca

February 10th begins the Lunar New Year of the Yang Green Dragon! 
If you've been following this blog for any amount of time, you know that I dislike setting New Year's Resolutions in January. We're still super deep in hibernation time! Winter is a time of resting and restoration so that we'll be ready for the active time of year. Spring or the Lunar New Year is a MUCH better time for setting goals and expectations, since the energy shifts from hibernation to growth and expansion! 
If you're interested in what the New Year has in store for us as a society, or for you and your specific animal sign, I like this explanation by CT Holman :)
Happy Lunar New Year to you all! <3

17 Years! 

Time is a funny thing - some years crawl, while others fly by. This year has brought me full circle! As you know, I moved my practice at the beginning of this year. But what you may not know is that I moved into the house where this whole thing got started! I made the decision to become an acupuncturist when we lived in this house. I treated my very first patients in what is now the front treatment treatment room almost exactly 17 years ago! Over the years, I've moved my practice a couple of times, and while moving is always hard, the move back into this house has been my favorite :)

As a thank you for letting me be a part of your healing path, for every treatment you receive in the month of December, you'll get to choose a bar of Seattle Chocolate! 

Thank you all for being a part of the Thrive Acupuncture Family!