Acupuncture is an umbrella term for several traditional Chinese healing therapies including:

• Acupuncture
• Herbal Medicine
• Chinese Massage (Tui Na)
• Cupping Therapy
• Nutritional Therapy
• Herbal Heat Therapy (Moxa)

Acupuncture is a highly effective health care system that has been continuously refined over the last 5,000 years. It is the oldest continually practiced form of medicine in the world. This gentle, non-invasive system has helped millions to get well on a physical and emotional level. More than a million Americans enjoy acupuncture every year. The National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization both acknowledge the efficacy and effectiveness of Acupuncture in a variety of chronic health conditions. Acupuncture is used as both a preventive medicine, and to aid you in overcoming imbalances that may result in chronic or acute health conditions.

Acupuncture typically involves the  use of hair-thin, sterile, single-use needles which are inserted shallowly into specific points on the body, legs, arms, and head.  The needles help harmonize your body’s vital energy systems, which have just been ‘discovered’ by researchers using infrared thermal imaging.

Your acupuncture physician may also prescribe herbal medicines, use cupping therpay, massage techniques, or moxibustion.  Those who are afraid of needles typically change their mind when they see just how thin acupuncture needles are.  However, your acupuncture physician can treat you even without the use of needles.