Wellspring Center for Healing and Education was featured in the June 2025 Issue of High Country Press. Following is an excerpt; the full article can be found at the link below.
Celebrating 35 Years of Living Well
Story by Jan Todd
Dr. Bonnie Walker entered one of the treatment rooms the newly renamed Wellspring Center for Healing and Education in Boone, greeted her patient and asked what brought the patient in that day.
“Pollen!” the patient answered, adding, “Or it could just be a cold. I’ve been congested and coughing all week, and my arthritis is bothering me too.”
“Tis the season,” Bonnie remarked. She consulted the patient’s chart and history, then stepped over to evaluate the patient’s pulse.
“Your lungs could use some support,” Bonnie said, thumb on the patient’s wrist. “Your spleen is a little low, too, feels like it is running at about 80%.”
Bonnie moved to the other side of the table and picked up the patient’s left wrist. “Your liver is a bit off. When the lungs and liver need attention, you know the immune system is under attack. Your kidneys are down as well. You need to be drinking more water.”
When feeling the pulse, the acupuncturist feels the heart rate relative to the breathing, the amplitude – or “fullness” – of the flow, and other qualities that help the practitioner pinpoint specific health imbalances.