TCM Holistic Health & Healing

10/02/2026

🌿✨ TCM HOLISTIC HEALTH & HEALING IS COMING TO YOU! ✨🌿

🌷NEW 🌷 IN-HOME TCM & ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS

Sometimes the hardest part of taking care of yourself is getting out the door.

Now, you don’t have to.

I’m excited to offer in-home Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture treatments throughout Fredericton and surrounding communities.

I bring everything with me — including the treatment table — so you can receive your treatment in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

🌿 Your 90-minute appointment includes:

✨ Individualized TCM assessment
✨ Acupuncture treatment
✨ Cupping, Gua Sha, auricular therapy and other TCM modalities when appropriate
✨ Time for treatment and relaxation
✨ Complete setup and take-down

MOBILE TREATMENT RATES
🌺 Please contact us 🌺

Your appointment is 90-minute mobile visit, allowing time for travel, setup, assessment, treatment and take-down.

💳 DIRECT BILLING AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE INSURANCE PLANS

📍 Fredericton & surrounding communities
🚗 Travel within 10 km included
🌿 Additional travel fees apply outside the 10 km area
🔥Saturday Appointment Times Only - starting Oct 24.

Whether you’re dealing with pain, recovering from an injury, managing stress, living with chronic health concerns, or simply prefer the convenience of receiving care at home, mobile TCM brings personalized treatment directly to you.

No packages. No memberships. No long-term commitment.

Just individualized TCM care & compassion, when you need it. 🌿

📩 Message TCM Holistic Health & Healing to book your in-home appointment.
Email: [email protected]

Kerri-Ellen Chalmers
Registered TCM Acupuncturist

09/18/2026

🍋 Sour, sweet, pungent, bitter, salty… in Chinese Medicine, flavour is about so much more than taste!

Each of the 5 flavours has a specific energetic action in the body and is associated with one of the 5 Yin organs:

🍋 Sour → Liver
Sour foods tend to have an astringent action, helping to hold and preserve fluids.

☕ Bitter → Heart
Bitter foods can help clear Heat, dry Dampness and direct Qi downward.

🍠 Sweet → Spleen
Sweet foods can nourish, harmonize and support Qi. And no, we’re not talking about refined sugar here! 😉

🌶️ Pungent → Lung
Pungent foods help move Qi and Blood, disperse stagnation and encourage circulation.

🧂 Salty → Kidneys
Salty foods have a softening and downward-moving action and are traditionally associated with the Kidneys.

But here’s the important part 👇

In TCM, more is not always better. A flavour can support an organ when used appropriately, but too much may also contribute to imbalance.

This is why Chinese Medicine nutrition is not about eating one “perfect” food. It’s about understanding the energetics of food and choosing what fits the person and their TCM pattern. 🌿

PC: AcuPro Academy

09/14/2026

The 5 Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Wood (Mu), Fire (Huo), Earth (Tu), Metal (Jin), Water (Shui)

In TCM, the theory of the 5 Elements is used to explain the properties of the organs, their relationships with one another, and the mechanisms of health and disease.

In nature, five elements are essential to life. Food depends on water and fire, production and tools rely on metal and wood, while the earth nourishes and gives life to all things.

The relationships between the 5 Elements

Generating Cycle (Mother-Child)
🌿 Each element nourishes the next. For example, Water nourishes Wood, just as a mother nourishes her child.

🌿 Controlling Cycle
Each element controls another to maintain balance. For example, Water controls Fire.

🌿 Overacting Cycle (Excess Control)
When one element becomes too strong, it exerts excessive control over another, which can create imbalance and contribute to disease. For example, excessive Fire can melt Metal.

🌿 Insulting Cycle (Counter-Control)
The imbalance occurs in the opposite direction of the controlling cycle. For example, excessive Water can flood the Earth.

🌿 The Cosmological Sequence
Although less commonly presented in TCM textbooks, this approach is very useful clinically. Earth occupies the centre and influences all the other elements. It is no coincidence that the digestive system is located in the centre of the body. When Earth is strong, it supports the balance of Metal, Wood, Fire and Water.

💚 PC AcuAcademy

08/29/2026

06/27/2026

✨A New Chapter Ahead…

TCM Holistic Health & Healing will be closing its current location on July 26, 2026.

I would like to sincerely thank all of my wonderful patients for your trust, support, and encouragement. It has truly been an honour to be part of your health and wellness journey.

While this location is closing, this is not goodbye!

☀️ I am excited to begin the search for a new clinic space and look forward to reopening in Fall 2026.

Stay tuned for updates—I can’t wait to welcome you back to a new home for TCM Holistic Health & Healing.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Kerri-Ellen Chalmers, R.Ac.

06/27/2026

✨A New Chapter Ahead…

TCM Holistic Health & Healing will be closing its current location on July 26, 2026.

I would like to sincerely thank all of my wonderful patients for your trust, support, and encouragement. It has truly been an honour to be part of your health and wellness journey.

While this location is closing, this is not goodbye!

☀️ I am excited to begin the search for a new clinic space and look forward to reopening in Fall 2026.

Stay tuned for updates—I can’t wait to welcome you back to a new home for TCM Holistic Health & Healing.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Kerri-Ellen Chalmers, R.Ac.

06/25/2026

❤️TAKE YOUR HEALTH TO HEART❤️

New patients are always welcome!

Foundation Care Packages available for ongoing treatment programs

Appointments available:
Tuesdays 3pm - 8pm
Saturdays 9am - 1pm

Direct billing available with most insurance companies

Book Online at:
tcmhealth.janeapp.com

This is a safe space that welcomes everyone. You will be respected, listened to and cared for. Your health and wellness matters ❤️

🐶 Newton the clinic dog is also here for those who love the peace & love that a dog brings. He will help calm and settle you before your appointment and greet you as you leave the treatment room.

06/25/2026

❤️TAKE YOUR HEALTH TO HEART❤️

New patients are always welcome!

Foundation Care Packages available for ongoing treatment programs

Appointments available:
Tuesdays 3pm - 8pm
Saturdays 9am - 1pm

Direct billing available with most insurance companies

Book Online at:
tcmhealth.janeapp.com

This is a safe space that welcomes everyone. You will be respected, listened to and cared for. Your health and wellness matters ❤️

🐶 Newton the clinic dog is also here for those who love the peace & love that a dog brings. He will help calm and settle you before your appointment and greet you as you leave the treatment room.

06/18/2026

Yes! They even make herbal products for horses & dogs! Here is what I get for the gut health of my horses. This is how much I believe in this company!
They make custom formulas for myself and my equine partners.

🐴 Equine Gut Guard 🐴
Do you have a horse whose behaviour is a little off ….. or a lot? Maybe grumpy, girthy or doesn’t enjoy a grooming? How about spooky or reactivity that has been g trying worse?
I use this product when I start seeing any kind of behaviour changes in my horses and it works every time on every horse! Give it a try …. You will not be disappointed.

It’s all natural, affordable and best yet, made right here in Canada! Nor’ East Apothecary ….. YOU ROCK!!!

06/08/2026

This is the person behind the amazing Nor’East Apothecary and their fantastic products. You are undeniably the Bomb!!!

DR LAURA BRADEN ➡️ The heart behind Nor'East Apothecary.

Before launching Nor'East Apothecary in 2021, Laura spent nearly 20 years in academia and scientific research, building a strong foundation in science, health, and evidence-based learning.

But she is more than a scientist.

She is also a mother, a homeschooler, a farmer, a forager, and someone deeply passionate about helping families make informed choices about their health and wellness.

FROM LAB TO LAND

What began as a personal interest in natural health quickly grew into a mission - to know exactly what was going into and onto her family's bodies.

That curiosity led her back to the land, to traditional herbal wisdom, and ultimately to the creation of Nor'East Apothecary.

GROWN WITH PURPOSE

Today, Laura and her small but mighty team cultivate medicinal mushrooms, grow organic herbs, ethically forage local plants, and handcraft wellness products right here in Eastern Prince Edward Island.

From Lion's Mane and Reishi to Calendula and Plantain, many of the ingredients used in Nor'East Apothecary products are grown, cultivated, or foraged locally.

Knowing where ingredients come from isn't just important to Laura and her team ➡️ it's at the core of everything they do.

ROOTED IN SCIENCE

One thing that makes Nor'East Apothecary unique is the balance between traditional herbal wisdom and modern scientific understanding.

Laura believes nature has provided many of the tools we need to support our wellbeing, but understanding how and why they work matters too.

That's why every product is created with intention, education, and a commitment to quality.

WHY SHE DOES IT

Ask Laura what she loves most about her work and the answer isn't a product.

It's helping people.

Whether someone is looking for support with a specific concern or simply wants a more natural approach to wellness, she takes the time to listen, educate, and help guide them toward solutions that fit their needs.

For Laura, Nor'East Apothecary has never been just about making products.

It's about empowering people with knowledge, reconnecting them with nature, and helping families feel confident about the choices they make for their health.

And that mission starts at home.

Have you met Laura at a market, workshop, or event? We'd love to hear about your experience below!