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Acupuncture is a principle, not a technique. — Old medical saying
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MODALITIES OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE:

• Acupuncture

• Herbal Medicine

• Tui-na Remedial Massage

• Taiji/Qigong

• Afraid of needles?

• Chinese Pediatric Massage

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Acupuncture is a hands-on technique that targets restoration of the energy flow and balance in the body. Natural healing is promoted by inserting very fine (as thin as a human hair), sterilized, stainless steel needles in certain acupoints on the body surface.

The reaction to needling can vary from no pain at all to some pinch or mosquito bite like sensation, feeling of distention, warmth or tingling. These sensations are considered normal. While many acupuncture patients are initially wary of the claim that acupuncture does not hurt, they soon discover that the experienceis quite relaxing.
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Herbal Medicine

There are more than 1,800 ingredients in the Chinese pharmacopeia. They are coming from the three kingdoms: vegetable, animal, and mineral. The majority of these, however, are herbs from vegetable sources. Leaves, flowers, twigs, stems, roots, tubers, rhizomes, and barks are some of the many vegetable parts used.
Unlike a Western Herbalist, an Oriental Medicine practitioner combines between 3 to 25 different herbs in order to create unique synergistic formula that would address both patient’s complaint and individual constitution.
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Tui-na (meaning push and grasp) is a bodywork therapy that was developed in China over 2,000 years ago. It works with the meridian energy system in the body. Tui-na uses the traditional Chinese medical theory of the flow of Qi ('chi') through the meridians as its basic therapeutic orientation.
The practitioner of Tui-na learns to diagnose the patient by feeling the pulse, inquiring about signs and symptoms, and observation. The gathered information tells the practitioner which meridians stimulation and which need to be reduced in order to bring the patient to a state of balanced health. Through the application of massage and manipulation techniques Tui-na seeks to establish a more harmonious flow of Qi through the system of channels and collaterals, allowing the body to naturally heal itself.
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Taiji and Qigong

Much like other parts of Traditional Oriental Medicine, which include Acupuncture and Tui-na massage therapy, the disciplines of Taiji and Qigong release blocks in the body’s energy channels. Taiji and Qigong exercises consist of gentle movements carried out in a continuous, non-strenuous and systematic manner that allows every part of the body to exercise. The rhythmic movements of the muscles, spine and joints remove the tension of muscles, allowing blood and Qi, the vital energy of the human body, to circulate freely throughout the body.

Taiji and Qigong are very helpful to:

• Boost the immune system
• Slow the aging process
• Lower blood pressure
• Reduce the incidence of anxiety, depression, fatigue and overall mood disturbances
• Minimize the effects of chronic conditions such as allergies and asthma
• Improve breathing capacity

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Afraid of needles?

If you don’t like to be needled, we can substitute needling with Tui-na therapeutic massage that uses acupressure at the same acupoints that would be used during the acupuncture treatment and/or Electro Therapeutic Point Stimulation (ETPS) that uses transcutanious microcurrent electro stimulation to produce therapeutic effect similar to needling but without skin penetration.

Please, let us know if you have any concerns about being needled.

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Chinese Pediatric Massage

On many occasions treatment options for children are limited, or prove to be so inva­sive or strong that they create unnecessary side effects. Pediatric massage techniques offers a way to improve health of the child without the invasiveness of other modalities. This usually proves to be much more tolerable to the child, easier on the parent, and more effective in the long term.

CPM is most effective from birth to age six.
For children from six to twelve years old practitioners combine aspects of pediatric and adult Tui na

Chinese Pediatric Massage particularly affective for conditions such as:

Abdominal distension
Abdominal pain
Bed-wetting
Bronchitis
Colic
Common cold
Constipation
Delayed fontanel closure
Diarrhea
Indigestion
Earache
Crossed Eyes
Flaccidity
General health care
Malnutrition
Milk or food stasis
Night crying
Phlegm conditions

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