Media Features
From conversations about Chinese Medicine to publications about mental health, here are some of Dr. Maritza’s media features.
Listen to Holistic Healing Podcast Interviewing Dr. Maritza
Get some insight into what drives Dr. Maritza in being at the service of her patients through Chinese Medicine. In this interview, Dr. Maritza shares about her background
Chaos in the Attic: Podcast Interview
Give this podcast episode a listen to learn from Dr. Maritza on many different aspects of Chinese Medicine as well as the ins and outs of Brainspotting Therapy.
How Acupuncture Benefits Mental and Emotional Health
Now more than ever, it is crucial that we turn to a medicine that offers systemic support and harmonization to mental health. During stress (or perceived stress), the limbic system leads to the offensive or defensive emotional reactions of anger and fear and the increased heart and respiration rate.
The structures at play during needle insertion are the amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and hypothalamus. The amygdala is the fear and emotional center, which is modulated by the prefrontal cortex. Research studies investigating how acupuncture affects the brain have found both the amygdala and hypothalamus to have decreased activation during acupuncture stimulation. The meaning of deactivation of these two brain centers is assumed to support acupuncture’s ability to modulate anxiety and fear-based response.
Current Research on the Benefits of the Ancient Practice of Tai-Chi and Qi-Gong
In these challenging times, knowing simple mind-body practices that can be done at home can serve as a great tool to improve mental health outcomes. Two of these practices are tai-chi and qi-gong.
Recent research is now showing that these two practices show great promise in not only improving overall mental health, bu also functioning as adjunct therapy for specific mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression.
