Category Archives: Acupuncture

Auricular Therapy

Auricular Therapy is a health care procedure in which stimulation of the auricle of the external ear is utilized to alleviate health conditions in other parts of the body. While originally based upon the ancient Chinese practices of acupuncture, the somatotopic correspondence of specific parts of the body to specific parts of the ear was [...]

What Is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese healing art that involves inserting fine needles at very precise pressure points throughout the body. The needles stimulate the body’s natural healing processes in its energy system.
How Does It Work?
Acupuncturists believe that energy flows through the body system through channels called meridians. This energy is referred to as Qi or [...]

Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture – The Best Form of Preventive Medicine

Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture are first and foremost a preventive type of medicine. But in our Western culture we don’t go to see our doctor until we are sick.
I am yet to meet anyone that says to me, “I don’t feel well, I am going to see my acupuncturist”. What we usually get at our [...]

Welcome

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine have gained a lot of popularity in the past decade. One reason for this phenomenon is that Acupuncture and Chinese medicine work very well as an adjunctive form of therapy, or even by themselves. Another reason is a new awareness of the ill side effects of many drugs.
This awareness [...]