What to expect at your first session: Take current information of symptoms, medical history, health history. Make diagnosis, evaluation, treatment strategy and point prescription. Determine the specific locations of acupuncture points. Treat by applying the technique for reinforcing and reducing method, increasing or decreasing qi and energy.
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a holistic health technique that stems from Traditional Chinese Medicine practices in which trained practitioners stimulate specific points on the body by inserting thin needles into the skin. Today acupuncture is one of the most popular practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the West. TCM is a complimentary health approach that first […]
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Ultrasonic Rejuvenation
Ultrasonic Facial Treatment The Ultrasonic Facial – What Is It? During an ultrasonic facial, high level sound wave technology is used to penetrate deep below the surface of the skin promoting cellular renewal and repair, toning muscles, increasing blood circulation, encouraging lymphatic drainage, combating puffiness and swelling and improving skin care product penetration. Ultrasound may […]
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Far Infrared Sweating Detoxing
Sweating is a critical human detox function, yet most people don’t sweat regularly or enough. Sweating helps the body make use of its ability to use the skin to eliminate toxins. The body is very effective at eliminating toxins this way, but it only works if we make the body sweat. Worse, many of us […]
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Moxibustion
What is Moxibustion Moxibustion is a form of heat therapy in which dried plant materials called “moxa” are burned on or very near the surface of the skin. The intention is to warm and invigorate the flow of Qi in the body and dispel certain pathogenic influences. What is moxibustion good for? Direct non-scarring moxibustion […]
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Cupping
[source: New York Times] Cupping therapy Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. People get it for many purposes, including to help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue […]
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Tui Na Massage
What is Tui Na Massage? Tui na (translated as ‘pushing’ & ‘grasping’) is an Oriental Bodywork Therapy that has been used in China for at least 2,000 years. It is one of the five branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The term tui na was not found in Chinese literature until the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) where […]
