Fees

Consultation & Acupuncture Treatment

$100+ cost of herbs

Series of 5 (20% off)

$400+ cost of herbs

Series of 10 (30% off)

$700+ cost of herbs

Follow-up Acupuncture Treatment

$80+ cost of herbs

Herbal Consultation Only

$80+ cost of herbs

Cupping

$60

Acupressure

$80

What is Acupuncture?

The basic idea behind acupuncture is that the insertion of very fine needles into points along the meridians can rebalance bodily disharmony.  The action of the needles affects the “Qi, and Blood” in the substances and organs.  The needles can reduce what is excessive, increase what is deficient, warm what is cold, cool what is hot, circulate what is stagnant, move what is congealed, stabilize what is reckless, raise what is falling, and lower what is rising.  Each acupuncture point has a defined therapeutic action.  The physician choses to work on those points that are most appropriate for treating a particular individual’s pattern of disharmony.  A typical treatment entails the insertion of five to fifteen needles.  Acupuncture needles are made of stainless steel, are hair like thin, and produce relatively little pain when inserted.  Acupuncture treats to strengthen the physical condition, prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions, including pain control, for the treatment of certain diseases or dysfunction of the body and includes the techniques of electro-acupuncture, cupping and moxibustion.

Potential Benefits of Acupuncture

Painless and drugless relief of the presenting symptoms and improved balance of bodily energies which may lead to prevention or elimination of the presenting problem.  Absence of serious side effects.

Is Acupuncture Safe?

One of the great advantages of acupuncture is the absence of serious side effects.  Needles generally cause no bleeding on entry or removal, and are either the one time disposable kind or sterilized under meticulous conditions.  There is minimal risk of organ or blood vessel penetration.

Commonly Treated Conditions

~Alcohol & Smoking dependence

~High Blood pressure

~Constipation/Diarrhea

~Immune System Deficiency

~Anxiety/Depression & Fatigue

~Infertility

~Arthritis/Joint Problems

~Neck Pain & Shoulder Pain

~Back Pain & Knee Pain

~Headache/Migraine

~Tendonitis

~Weight Loss

~TMJ/Jaw Pain

~Sciatica

~Allergies

~Asthma

~Sexual Dysfunction/Impotence ~Colds/Flu

~Skin Problems/Shingles

~Cough/Bronchitis

~Stress/Tension & Depression

~Gynecolgical Disorders

~Numbness/Poor Circulation

~Bladder/Kidney Problems

~Pre-Menstrual Syndrome

~Childhood Illness/Infections

...and many more

Chinese Herbology - The Art of Healing

If acupuncture is little known, Chinese herbology is almost unknown in the west.  This has led to the widespread misconception that acupuncture constitutes all of Chinese medicine.  In fact, the science of herbs is central to Chinese medicine.

During the last two millennia many more books have been devoted to herbology than to acupuncture.  And while chinese physicians tend to practice both medical techniques, physicians who practice only herbs are more numerous than those who practice only acupuncture.  Traditional chinese herbology usually define each entry in terms of how the various herbs and their combinations affect imbalance of the body.  The twentieth-century pharmacopoeias also describe how the substances are understood in terms of modern pharmacology, citing active compounds, and detectable, biochemical effects on microorganisms, animals, and humans.  After distinguishing a particular pattern of disharmony in a patient, the practitioner of the traditional chinese medicine usually chooses a prescription from a repertoire of some 500 common classical prescriptions that can rebalance various disharmony.  These prescriptions are learned from the great clinical manuals that exist alongside the pharmacopoeias.  Thus the physician is armed with knowledge that has been tested over the past centuries of chinese medical history.

Herbs are seldom used singly:  they are usually combined in prescriptions containing five to fifteen substances, the dosages average three to fifteen grams per herbs, most commonly, herbs are decocted into drink, but pills, powders, tinctures, and poultices are also widely used.  Because every patients body is unique, the physical begins with a general prescription as delineated in the classical texts, and then adjust the mixture to the patient by adding or deleting various herbs of by manipulating the dosages of the compounds to fit the precise disharmony.

Does It Work?

Traditional Chinese medicine can be considered an art, and it can claim to be a science.  The important question to ask about a medical practice is:

Does It Work?  Is Chinese medicine just an interesting philosophical curiosity or is it a viable system of healing?  Can it treat what the West defines as real diseases?  And can Western science measure its results and appreciate its value?

Because of the unique history of modern China, traditional medicine has been the subject of comprehensive study and testing over the past thirty years.  To answer that question, the Chinese performed thousands of experiments and clinical studies during the fifties.  The result was that in 1958 the Central Committee decided to give traditional and modern medicine equal respect and place in China.

Our purpose is to help as many people as we can with our care.