By James Ho, DACM, LAc. Autumn in Portland has a particular feeling: cool mornings, damp sidewalks, earlier sunsets, and that familiar shift from bright summer days to gray skies and steady rain. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), fall is associated with the Lung and Large Intestine systems, as well as the emotion of grief. This …
Autumn Wellness in Portland: A Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective
By Adrianna Locke, MAc, L.Ac We have unfortunate news that as of September 1st, 2025, Zócalo Wellness will no longer be able to bill most Providence insurance plans. We did not make this decision lightly. Providence has decided to process the alternative medicine benefit of most of its plans through a third party called American …
By James Ho, DACM, LAc. In today’s fast-paced world, many people in Portland, Oregon, are facing a variety of health issues, including allergies, digestive disorders, skin problems, and mental fatigue. These challenges are often aggravated by environmental factors such as air pollution, seasonal allergens, and the stresses of modern life. While these symptoms may seem …
Preventing and Treating Allergies, Digestive Disorders, Skin Conditions, and Mental Fatigue
By Adrianna Locke, MAc, LAc. Dear Community, As we witness the policy agenda of our new US government this past week, many of us are experiencing big feelings of overwhelm, fear, anger, despair, numbness, disconnection from our bodies or our life, and disorientation.
By Adrianna Locke, MAc, LAc. UPDATE: Due to low utilization, we have discountinued our community/group acupuncture offering for the time being. You can find group acupuncture at Working Class Acupuncture, White Phoenix Acupuncture, and Montavilla Community Acupuncture. In Oregon acupuncture is considered an essential health benefit. That means the state has required that every insurance …
By Adrianna Locke, MAc, LAc. Ever since Zócalo Wellness was founded almost a decade ago, I’ve dreamed of being able to curate a clinic as community space. Our clinic was named Zócalo to refer to the spaces in Latin-American towns and cities called “el zócalo,” which refers to the town square, the meeting place where …
By Adrianna Locke, MAc, LAc. Fall is a natural time to express grief. The energy of this season descends and everything dies back. In the five elements (phases) framework of Chinese medicine, it is the Metal element, the season of the Lungs. The Lungs help us wail and sob, they get tight with big emotion …
By Adrianna Locke, MAc, LAc. In this season of open enrollment in the United States, I want to share a bit about how to choose an insurance plan if you want to use your coverage to get acupuncture care. Since January 1st, 2022, acupuncture has been considered an essential health benefit in the state of …
How to Find an Insurance Plan with Acupuncture Benefits You Can Actually Use
By Dr. James Ho, DACM, LAc. When it comes to the season of sending our children back to school, the only thing parents are thinking of is “safety”. Parents may be worried about the typical sicknesses, along with COVID 19, spreading quickly among close quartered classmates. While there are quite a few measures that schools …
