New to Acupuncture?

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine have been used successfully for over 3,000 years to treat various conditions. Treatments promote the body’s extraordinary healing mechanisms. This gentle and holistic approach causes minimal, if any, side-effects.

Diagnoses are highly specific and individualized. Seemingly unrelated signs and symptoms are analyzed through the lens of Chinese medicine. These signs show where 气 qì , or vital energy, and other substances may be in a pathological state. Getting this read on the body gives guidance as to which meridians, or high levels of nervous activity, require balancing and direct Acupuncturists to the points that will initiate this.

In recent years Western medicine and scientific research have begun to further understand how acupuncture works. studies have shown its effectiveness. Interestingly, acupuncture points have more electrical conductivity than anywhere else on the body! Below is link to some research if you’d like to learn more.

“Treating illness after it has begun is like suppressing revolt after it has broken out. If someone digs a well only when thirsty, or forges weapons only after being engaged in battle, one cannot help but ask: Aren’t these actions too late?”

-Huang Di (The Yellow Emperor, 475- 221 BCE)