How do you feel today? If the answer is anything but “fantastic”, then acupuncture and Chinese Medicine could help you feel better by stimulate your body’s ability to heal and self-regulate. Many chronic and acute conditions respond positively to Chinese Medicine: 1. Pain relief: Acupuncture is commonly used to alleviate various types of pain, includingContinue reading “Why try acupuncture?”
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Chinese Medicine can help recovery from shingles
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help you recover from shingles.
Kick your butts to the curb
Now is always the best time to quit smoking. Chinese medicine can help kick your butts to the curb and mitigate the oxidative damage that smoking causes.With the five pillars of health, your acupuncture physician can help guide you through your journey to wean off nicotine. There are many supportive lifestyle changes you can makeContinue reading “Kick your butts to the curb”
Tai chi can tip the scales of balance back in your favor
Tai chi, a softer form of martial arts, is a broad term for a specific series of exercises that is often described as moving meditation. The slow, gentle movements make it an appropriate form of exercise for just about anyone, especially for seniors.
Green tea has good science to support health benefits
Tea isn’t just for scones and English breakfasts. This beverage, steeped in history and ritual (pun intended) is the subject of daily consumption not only in American and European nations, but also in Asia. Although tea does not get its own pillar in the five pillars of Chinese Medicine, it is included in the firstContinue reading “Green tea has good science to support health benefits”
The tongue tells tales of your current health
Go ahead, stick your tongue out at me. I won’t be offended. Didn’t brush your tongue? Even better. A patient’s tongue doesn’t lie; it provides valuable clues to internal health and is an important part of the physical exam in Chinese Medicine.
Auricular medicine offers needle-free acupuncture on the go
Auricular therapy is a fancy term for placing needles, plant seeds or crystals in or on the ear based on reflex points. Similar to Western reflexology, which uses the feet as a road map for the body, auricular medicine uses the ear as a map of the human body.
Chinese Medicine is more than just needles
Say the word acupuncture, and immediately many people conjure up an image of pincushion patients with needles sticking out of them from every direction. And don’t forget the pain. Acupuncture is supposed to be really painful, right? The reality is that acupuncture is just one branch of the Chinese Medicine umbrella, and it’s not even the most important branch. Needling a patient is the most visible form of Chinese Medicine, but there is much more going on behind the scenes. An acupuncture physician not only treats patients with acupuncture, but educates patients on the five pillars of Chinese Medicine in order of importance: Diet, exercise, bodywork, herbal medicine and acupuncture.
Mom was right – wear your scarf!
Fall finally made it here to Florida and – gasp – people are actually putting on long pants and closed-toe shoes. Along with fall wardrobe changes come cold and flu season, too. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we not only treat colds and flu, which we call Wind Heat or Wind Cold depending on its presentation,Continue reading “Mom was right – wear your scarf!”
Faith vs. Medicine: Why acupuncture does not conflict with religion
Traditional Chinese Medicine is well-respected in Asia. After all, it grew up there. Here in America however, Chinese Medicine quietly accompanied the Asians who helped build the continental railroad in the 1800s. (To learn more, visit http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html). It stayed under the radar until President Nixon’s historic trip to China in the 1970s. This was aContinue reading “Faith vs. Medicine: Why acupuncture does not conflict with religion”
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