Chinese Medicine is an ancient healing system that emphasizes balance, prevention, and the body’s natural ability to heal using herbs and Acupuncture. Symptoms arise from systemic stress, whether physiological, psychological, or environmental and are surface-level signals of imbalance within our bodies. The practice is preventative and curative, painless and deeply relaxing, addressing ailments, both acute and chronic. By restoring the system, Chinese Medicine treats any symptom by gently harmonizing the body from the inside out.
A Natural Framework
Chinese Medicine treats the body as a reflection of our natural surroundings, recognizing regions of hot, cold, “damp” and dryness within our bodies. Our veins act like rivers connecting reservoirs of blood, oxygen, water, and energy. Maintaining balance is to nurture the landscape: warmth relates to digestion, hydration to skin, and strong blood circulation to reaching our extremities. Acupuncture and herbal medicine tap into the very systems that conserve these internal environments, sending resources and energy where the body needs the support.
Root Cause Healing
Rather than relieving just the symptom, Chinese Medicine targets its source within each unique body. A postpartum mother and a college athlete might both experience headaches, yet their hormones, diet, and demands on their physical bodies are entirely different. Genetics, lifestyle and stressors are key to understanding what you need, and allow a practitioner to personally tailor treatment strategies. Addressing the root cause is to consider your body and your circumstances, providing natural relief and whole-body healing.
Undivided Attention, In-Depth Care
Chinese Medicine weaves together your symptoms and the conditions of your internal systems, creating a comprehensive picture of your internal health and how it responds to your external environment. Initially, your practitioner listens to your story asking who you are, how you live, your greatest joys and stressors, etc. Together, you’ll dive deep into your health concerns, understanding when they started and what was happening in your life at that time. What aggravates the symptoms, what relieves them? Are there flares and fluctuations, or a constant disruption in your waking life? Diagnosis is then formed including examining how you sleep, eat, digest, where you feel pain, the state of your five senses and mental/emotional health, to establish your personalized treatment.
How It Works
Healing happens in the physiological state of rest, digest and repair. Symptoms always arise or worsen with stress; in a world where stress is constant, regulating the nervous system is the key to recovery. Acupuncture causes the release of endorphins and neurotransmitters that have tremendous benefit, primarily blocking pain signals, increasing the immune function, balancing hormones, improving circulation, releasing endorphins, and cultivating relaxation. Whether we experience pain, digestive dysfunction, chronic headaches, etc., these physiological effects improve a sense of physical well-being, and emotional balance.
Integrated Medicine
Eastern and Western Medicine have vital roles in an integrated healthcare system. Modern medicine thankfully saves lives every day. For chronic conditions, however, cures that promise overnight results are likely overlooking the source beneath the symptom. Chinese Medicine treats acute and chronic conditions, and allows us to proactively engage in our health, boost immunity, relieve pain, and find balance. As such, Chinese Medicine is a transformative path to your best self. It strengthens our system to feel our best, overcoming stress and sickness. A harmonized body and a calm mind reflect a balanced life of wellness, strength, and vitality.
It is a good time to be an Acupuncturist. Medicare has announced that it will now provide Acupuncture as a required benefit. Although none of us would ever want to live in a world without modern medical advances, Acupuncture points to another way to view healing and now we have the research to prove it. The western viewpoint sees the body mechanistically as a series of chemical and physical reactions, Chinese medicine looks at the human condition as primarily energetic. We exist as a spiritual, emotional and lastly as a physical entity. All of the Acupuncture points heal at multiple levels. We never have to choose. We can treat it all. 