General Information

TCM has been developing for more than four thousand  years in China with its own theories, concepts and systems. The main  treatment methods of TCM include meridian acupuncture, herbal medicine  and Tuina, a Chinese-style massage.

TCM approaches patients in a different way from  conventional Western medicine by dealing with the whole person and root  problems instead of focusing on individual syndromes alone.

For example if a patient has insomnia, fatigue,  constipation, depression, and chronic low back pain, a Western physician  may consider that the patient has a digestive system problem, spinal or  low back muscular problem, and nervous system problem. The patient may  be referred to a stomach specialist, back specialist and nervous system  specialist where each symptom will be treated separately from each  other. 

In TCM these seemingly different syndromes may be  diagnosed as the “imbalance of inner organs of the body" which is the  root of all the symptoms. The TCM treatment will focus on bringing  “balance” back to the inner organs, and when achieved the symptoms will  subside. Treatment with TCM is a very gentle medicine with almost no  side effects if properly administered by a TCM trained doctor. 

 TCM can be effective when other medical care has failed.  Each system of medicine has its own areas of efficiency and excellence.  TCM excels in those areas in which conventional medicine usually comes  up short such as chronic diseases, pain control and stress reduction. 

 • Any  properly diagnosed patient who went through other treatments that have  not worked, or are less effective and have more side effects.   

• Any patient feeling sick or  abnormal when conventional diagnostic techniques show normal and/or no  conventional treatment is available. If your doctor tells you it is something you have to live with, you may find a TCM practitioner to help you.    

• Use it to increase the  benefits of other health or medical care, for example, chronic pain  caused by cancer or severe side effects from chemotherapy.  

Acupuncture is the gentle insertion of hair-fine thin  needles into specific points on the body to stimulate the flow of ones  Qi (pronounced "chee") or natural healing energy. Sometimes, rather than  just inserting acupuncture needles, your doctor may choose to use fine  acupuncture tacks to stimulate Qi over a long period of time or may use  heat or mild electrical stimulation. The technique of heat is called  moxibustion and the application of local electricity used is called  electroacupuncture. 

Acupuncture needles used in the center are ALL individually wrapped and disposable,

insuring sanitary conditions per individual use.

Acupuncture is a method of promoting natural healing  and improving function within the body. It is done by inserting needles  and applying heat and/or electricity at various precise acupuncture  points. Chinese explain acupuncture as Qi (pronounced as "chee") or  energy traveling through channels in the body surfaces. These channels  called meridians are like rivers that run through the body and nourish  the tissue. Any obstruction of movement of this energy is like a dam  which backs up the flow in one part of the body and restricts the flow  in other parts. An obstruction or blockage or deficiencies of energy  (Qi), blood and moisture would lead to dysfunction and ultimately  disease and death. 

Meridians can be influenced by acupuncture needling,  unblocking the obstruction of the dams within the meridian circulation  releasing the regular flow of Qi, blood and fluid, moisture through  these meridians. Acupuncture treatments can be helpful for internal  organs, connective tissue and promoting digestion absorption and energy  production. 

Modern science explains the function of acupuncture in  the following ways: Needling of acupuncture points stimulates the  nervous system to release neuroproteins and neuroinformation packets in  the muscles, spinal cord and brain, particularly the release of  endorphin, enkephalins and dynorphins which have been identified in the  mid-brain. These chemicals modulate the perception of pain and the  physiological function of the neural-endocrine-hormonal system. They  trigger the release of the body's own internal influences on regulating  and harmonizing health.