Category Archives: Chinese Medicine

Avoiding Chronic Disease

If you have ever visited a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, you know that in addition to the acupuncture treatment, and the herbal supplement we always make dietary suggestion. The reason is simple we believe that disease is caused by both external and internal factors, and here in the west the most common factor of [...]

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 [...]