Rejuvenate with Cleansing and Fasting: Benefits and Guidelines

Periodic cleansing and fasting are considered fundamental practices in almost every healing tradition. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Spring is a particularly good season to consider doing some type of liver and gallbladder cleanse. 

In this class, licensed acupuncturist and certified herbalist, Amanda Lewis, L.Ac., will discuss various aspects of cleanses and fasts, including: (1) the benefits and cautions; (2) who are they recommended for; (3) when and for how long are they best to do; and (4) details about different types of cleanses and fasts. 

Treat yourself to a special time of healing and rejuvenation and some tasty food and beverage samples.

A Cancer Prevention Lifestyle

Find out how you can significantly reduce your cancer risk with things like vitamin D, green tea, exercise and eating right. As many as 375,000 cases of cancer could be prevented each year in this nation through healthy lifestyle and dietary choices. Amanda Lewis, L.Ac. will discuss specific things you can do, and offer some delightful teas to sample.

Treating Colds and Flus with Herbal Home Remedies

In this fun and informative class, local acupuncturist and herbalist Amanda Lewis will talk about treating colds and flus using teas that you can make from bulk herbs, as well as prepared herbal formulas. 

She'll cover some popular herbs, such as echinacea, goldenseal, and astragalus, but she will also discuss less common herbs like yarrow, elder, and honeysuckle…offering some delightful samples of tea along the way!

Home Remedies Using Bulk Herbs

In this fun and informative class, local acupuncturist and herbalist Amanda Lewis, will discuss some of the classic medicinal uses for 25 of the bulk herbs available at GreenStar…offering delightful samples along the way! 

She will also give instruction on basic herbal combinations and preparations. Some of the herbs include: ashwaghanda, astragalus, holy basil, licorice, marshmallow, nettle, valerian, and yarrow.

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: Free Class and Discussion Series

Free Class and Discussion Series 

Green Earth Market, 4 Market St, Oneonta 

1. The Benefits of Chinese Medicine:

Healing the Whole Person 

Tues, May 5^th - 6:00-7:30pm

1. Using Medicine From East and West
2. Yin and Yang: Balance is the Key
3. Natural Cycles of the Body
4. What’s a Treatment Like?

2. How Acupuncture Works

Weds, June 3^rd - 6:00-7:30pm

1. Basic Principles: The Science of Acupuncture
2. Feeling Your Own Energy
3. Energy Pathways: Everything is Connected
4. Acupuncture Demonstration

3. Food and Herbs for Health, Longevity, & Rejuvenation

Weds, July 15^th - 6:00-7:30pm

1. Using Food as Medicine
2. Herbs: Natural Remedies Without Side Effects
3. Healthy Shopping Tips

Anti-Aging & Longevity Super Foods

We need look no further than our fridge for some of the best age-defying, all-natural treatments out there. And all we have to do is add them to our diet. 
Amanda Lewis, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, will share these secrets to the fountain of youth according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

Sweet Success: Understanding the Pros and Cons of Sugar

Most everyone loves a little sweetness in their diet. In Chinese Medicine, the sweet flavor has many beneficial properties: it strengthens and harmonizes, lubricates tissues, tends to be warming, and directs energy higher and outward in the body. But it's also true that too much sweet injures digestion. The same is true of all flavors: a little usually strengthens the body, but a lot can be damaging. 
In this class, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, Amanda Lewis L.Ac., will discuss the nature of the sweet flavor according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. She'll cover various types of foods considered “sweet”- comparing their qualities, benefits, and risks ­ and the relationship between blood sugar, inflammation, and weight management. Food samples will be be included.

Discovering the Pillars of Health

Developing a Healthier Lifestyle Through 

Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, and Acupuncture

Friday, March 14th, 5-6:30 

Town Hall, Bainbridge NY

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Tuesday, March 18th, 5-6:30

Vestal Public Library, Vestal NY

Licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, Amanda Lewis, will share practical tips to living a longer, healthier life by using some of the fundamental, long-standing principles of traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. Come learn more about how nutrition, herbal medicine, and acupuncture can help you feel your best!

How We Get Sick: The Causes of Illness According to Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Thursday December 5, 2013 

Greenstar Co-op, Ithaca NY

5-6:30pm

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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) emphasizes balance as the key to good health. For example, it’s important to have balance between rest and activity, a balanced diet, and balance in temperature. Extremes in any aspect of life can become a cause of disease over time. Balance is relative to the individual; what is too much for one person may not be enough for another.

To determine a treatment plan in TCM, we look for what are called “Patterns of Disharmony.” To restore harmony, it’s essential to understand the primary cause of the imbalance.

In this class, Amanda Lewis, L.Ac, will cover the 3 primary causes of illness:

1.     Internal Causes (Emotions)

2.     External Causes (Climate factors)

3.     Other Causes (Diet, sleep, trauma, etc)

At the end of the class, Amanda will lead a tour through Greenstar, highlighting the various foods and supplements mentioned in the class.

Awakening the Radiance of the Divine Feminine

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Awakening the Radiance of the Divine Feminine

Using Principles of Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine

Wednesday, October 16th

5:30-7pm Greenstar

 Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine teach that everyone has a unique “personal constitution” characterized by specific physical and mental traits. We can experience greater ease in our lives by working with our constitution while living in harmony with the greater rhythms of daily, monthly, yearly, and life cycles.

    In this class we’ll discuss ways of understanding and balancing the changes that happen during the stages of a woman’s life, including puberty, menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, menopause, and aging gracefully.

    Learn practical tips to move more smoothly through life’s transitions using rejuvenation techniques, such as healthy food, herbal tonics, acupuncture, and meditation.

    By working with some of the fundamental principles of Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, we can deepen our self-awareness, strengthen our intuition, and harness our inner radiance to become more empowered healers of our bodies and the world.

Entering the Heart of the Patient: Pulse, Tongue, and Face Diagnosis

Greenstar, Ithaca NY
April 24, 2013, 5:30-7pm

In this class, licensed acupuncturist Amanda Lewis will discuss the basic theory and techniques of clinical examination used in both Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. In both of these ancient, time-tested healing traditions, (1) pulse diagnosis as well as (2) tongue and (3) face examination are the primary methods used to assess a patient’s current state of health. The pulse, tongue, and face communicate vital information about the organs, channels, and health of the entire body and mind. This class will cover the essential points of these techniques, which you can use to improve your own health.

Amanda Lewis, a licensed acupuncturist and certified Chinese herbal medicine practitioner, currently sees patients in Ithaca, Binghamton, and Bainbridge, NY.

To schedule a consultation with Amanda, call (607) 768-5958.

To register for this free class, call Greenstar at (607) 273-9392.

Getting to the Source of Pain:

Diagnosing and Treating the Root Cause
By Amanda Lewis, L.Ac.

June 16th, 2010, 5:30-7pm
Greenstar’s Meeting Room

In June’s class, Amanda Lewis, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese medical practitioner, will cover the basic methods of successfully diagnosing and treating pain according to Chinese Medicine. She will address these main points:

• Determining the Cause of Pain
• Establishing the Pattern
• Treating Pain According to the Pattern

Amanda will provide an explanation of the various causes of pain, as well as discuss specific treatment methods that include the use of acupuncture, foods, and herbal remedies.

This class will also include a special demonstration of acupuncture and related therapies, such as cupping and moxibustion.

At the end of the class, we'll take a tour through Greenstar, highlighting some of the foods and supplements mentioned in the class.

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Amanda Lewis is nationally board-certified and licensed in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. She graduated from Southwest Acupuncture College (Boulder, CO) and has many years of experience in both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

She currently sees patients at the PADMA Center for Natural Therapies in downtown Ithaca and at the Orthopedic Associates clinic in Binghamton.

To schedule a consultation with Amanda, call (607) 768-5958.
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