East-West Integrative Medicine,
Your Balanced Way to Wellness!
The focus of treatment services is to stimulate the body’s natural healing powers, resulting in more effective recovery from many diseases. Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine, acupuncture, tuina, advice about exercise and healthy diet are among the services that we provide.
Below you’ll find a sampling of the many ailments that can be effectively treated using TCM. It is important to remember every patient is unique and treatment will vary according to the needs of the whole person.
If you have a question about a particular ailment and how TCM may benefit your recovery please contact us.
Fatigue
is a result of the body’s lack of Qi, nourishing the body with herbs will restore Qi and have an energizing effect.
Depression
due to phlegm goes upward to disturb the mind. Herbs can soothe the liver, calm the heart and dissolve the phlegm by strengthening the spleen.
Headache
develop from derangement or deficiency of Qi and blood, obstruction of meridians and collaterals on the head. Treatment focus on promote the Qi circulation in the meridians and promoting digestion so as to produce enough blood which nourish the marrow.
Insomnia
causes deficiency of both the Heart and Spleen-Qi, disharmony between the Heart and Kidney, upward disturbance of the Liver-fire, and dysfunction of the stomach. Acupuncture promoting production of a natural tranquilizer endorphin, in the most natural way, without any medications, calm the heart and soothe the mind.
Backache
is closely associated with disorders of kidney which the lumbus is considered as the palace of the kidney. Also caused by Qi circulation in the meridians is blocked due to pathogenic wind, cold and damp, then leading to pain. Deficient Kidney-Qi fails to nourish and strengthen the back muscles. Cold and Dampness, lower backache is a form of Painful Obstruction Syndrome. Tonify kidney-Qi and -Yang, eliminate cold and damp, promote the circulation in the meridian so as to stop pain.
Rheumatoid arthritis
caused by external evils impede and obstruct the qi and blood; wind cold damp impediment, wind damp heat impediment; enduring impediment transforms heat and damages yin; Qi and blood dual vacuity, phlegm & stasis mutually binding; Liver blood-kidney Yin & Yang vacuity with phlegm & stasis mutually binding. Treatment focus on expel wind and dispel dampness, warm the channels and scatter cold; Clear heat and disinhibit dampness, dispel wind and free the flow of the network vessels; Scatter cold and eliminate dampness, clear heat and free the flow of the network vessels; Boost the qi and nourish the blood, transform phlegm and dispel stasis, free the flow of the channels and quicken the network vessels; Supplement the kidneys and invigorate yang, nourish the liver and soothe the sinews, scatter nodulation and quicken the network vessels.