Have you ever wondered…
Acupuncture is one of the pain-less methods used by Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners to treat patients holistically. A typical treatment involves the insertion of very fine, sterile, single-time-use needles into designated pressure points on the body.
In addition to Acupuncture our clinic also offers herbal remedies, essential oils, cupping, and other alternative healing therapies. We are passionate about acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, and other alternative healing modalities and their ability to heal the body.
Learn more about Traditional Chinese Medicine below or browse all of our available therapies for more information.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is an umbrella title that covers a range of classical medical practices developed thousands of years ago in China. In Mandarin Chinese, it is referred to as Zhong Yi (中医) – “Zhong” for China/Chinese (中国) and “Yi” for Doctor or Medicine (医生). Now that you have learned a few Chinese characters, let’s discuss what techniques a practitioner of TCM employs.
For starters, there is the practice of Acupuncture but what is not often known is that TCM acupuncturists also practice:
Though all of the above-mentioned treatments differ in procedure, they have a common function, which is to harmonize or balance the body. And by body, I mean everything and in-between what we understand as our physical “body.” Basically when your body is “not in balance” it manifests its dysfunction in the form of a disease.