Chinese Medicine
With a 2000 year history, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture are part of a complete health care system that restores balance and health. Acupuncture, Moxibustion, and Cupping, are all tools of the trade in this ancient practice to assist you to heal.
Your body creates symptoms and diseases to inform you that you are out of balance. Treating only your symptoms provides temporary relief. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine effectively restore balance to your underlying energy system so that it stops creating your symptoms providing more permanent relief.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture balances you by moving stagnant energy, supplementing areas of depletion, and releasing areas of excess. This harmonizes the organ systems leading to pain relief and good health. Acupuncture has a 2,000 year history as an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Cupping Therapy
Cupping is an ancient physical therapy from China that loosens adhesions, releases connective tissue, and eases muscle tension. Cupping increases blood and lymphatic flow through aching or painful muscle tissue. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), pain means there is stagnation or lack of chi/qi flow. Cupping therapy involves placing glass suction cups over areas of blocked blood or qi in order to release deeply lodged stagnation.
Moxibustion / Moxa Therapy
Moxibustion or Moxa Therapy is a form of heat therapy used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for cold or stagnant conditions. Herbal moxa cones made of mugwort are placed on the skin at select acupoints. The moxa is lit and carefully monitored so that it gently warms the affected area. Moxa therapy or moxibustion expels cold and warms the meridians or energy channels, leading to the smooth flow of blood and qi. Moxibustion is used to treat pain or to expel cold from the body when you are coming down with a cold or flu. It may also be used as a general tonic therapy for increased energy.
Tuina
Tuina is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine and translates into ‘push-grasp’. Tuina is a manual (hands on) healing therapy similar to the more familiar Swedish Massage Therapy. Tuina is a series of pressing, kneading, and tapping movements performed on acupuncture meridians and acupuncture points. It is usually combined with acupuncture and cupping therapy but can be performed as a stand alone healing therapy.