Acupuncture and Chinese herbs are the most powerful medicine on the planet (outside of diet and exercise)
It has come to my attention that most Americans have no idea of the power of Chinese medicine. It starts with education on WHAT it can treat and HOW it works.
Below is Chinese medicine 101
The difference between Western and Eastern Medicine is that Western medicine is generally trying to get rid of your SYMPTOMS. About 90% of what your doctor prescribes daily comes down to just SEVEN drug categories. Anti-inflammatory (steroids/NSAIDS), Anti-biotics, Anti-depressants, Statins for high cholesterol, ACE inhibitors/Channel blockers for high blood pressure, Levothyroxine for thyroid, and Metformine for diabetes.
These, and most other drugs you see advertised on television are all intended to cover up your symptoms. But what about the cause of the headaches? The PMS? The hyperthyroid, the high cholesterol or the high blood pressure?
This is where Acupuncture and Chinese herbs are profoundly powerful. Chinese medicine, which include acupuncture and herbs treat the ROOT cause of all of your symptoms. In essence creating a balance and a true "health and wellness" that your body and mind can THRIVE in.
#1 The Diagnosis. We take into account a sophisticated formula to find out exactly WHAT is the ROOT cause of your symptoms.
Pulses: By taking your pulses (9 on each wrist for a total of 18) we can feel for irregularities in all of your organs and bodily systems.
Tongue: The tongue is a map of the entire body. When I had heart problems from emotional trauma in the past, the area on my tongue that represents the heart was actually bleeding. We can assess the health of the entire body through the tongues coating, color, shape and irregularities on certain spots of the tongue.
Symptoms: Your symptoms are a large clue as to what is out of balance in the body. We are skilled enough to form a pattern based on your symptoms alone.
In depth intake form: This is the form we have you fill out that tells us everything we need to know to formulate a clear picture and pattern. From the color of your menstural cycle, to frequent nightmares. These questions let us focus in on your diagnosis.
Once we have the 4 diagnostic tools above, we can start to get a very clear picture of what is out of balance in your body. In essence we discover the ROOT cause of your symptoms. Once we heal and balance the ROOT cause, the symptoms go away.
#2 The Treatment.
Acupuncture. (when done correctly), does two things.
We target the organs or muscles or tendons that are injured or diseased. By placing the needles in specific places on the body, we manipulate the nervous system and the brain, into bringing balance back into the organs. Again, we know where to put the needles based on the formula we use, once we've made a diagnosis of the ROOT imbalance in the body.
One of the pleasant side effect of Acupuncture, is that we are specifically targeting organs or systems in the body with your treatment, we are also calming your nervous system. This is something that Americans need more than ever with the constant buzz of electronics, multi-tasking, children and stress. The nervous system can only take so much before it starts to malfunction. Acupuncture calms the over taxed nervous system.
Chinese herbs.
We target the organs that are diseased and imbalanced. We make each formula up specficially for each individual. We will have 20 different formulas for 20 people with migraines for example. This is different than Western medicine that gives 20 people with migraines ONE drug.Each herb in the formulas acts specifically on the organ out of balance. If the organ needs to warm up, there will be hot herbs. If it needs to cool down, there will be cold herbs. If we need to move blood or energy, then we can do that as well. We manipulate the organs to bring them back into balance.
Combined, the Acupuncture and Chinese herbal both tonify the body and sedate the over taxed nervous system. They also work on targeting specific organs that are out of balance, bringing the body into balance and eliminating the symptoms.
Please consider making Chinese medicine your primary resource for health and wellness. We see profound results daily, and yes, we can treat what ever it is that is ailing you. You have the power to live a higher quality of life. You just need to make the change, commit and take the next step.