Q: WHAT DISEASES OR CONDITIONS CAN BE TREATED WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE?
A: TCM IS EFFECTIVE FOR ALMOST ANY PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT WE TREAT:
- ABDOMINAL PAIN
- ADDICTIONS
- ALLERGIES
- ASTHMA (MANY TYPES)
- ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS
- BACKACHES (MANY TYPES)
- CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
- CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
- CHRONIC SINUS PROBLEMS
- CHRONIC URINARY INFECTIONS
- CIGARETTE ADDICTION
- CROHN’S DISEASE
- DEPRESSION
- DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
- ENDOMETRIOSIS
- FALLING HAIR
- FATIGUE
- FIBROMYALGIA
- HEADACHES
- HEPATITIS
- HERPES
- HYPERACTIVITY
- IMPOTENCE
- INFERTILITY
- INSOMNIA & DISTURBED SLEEP
- ITCHY SKIN
- MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS
- MENSTRUAL CRAMPS
- MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME
- NAUSEA & VOMITING
- NUMBNESS
- OSTEOARTHRITIS
- POSTOPERATIVE DENTAL PAIN
- SKIN PROBLEMS
- STRESS-RELATED CONDITIONS
- STROKE REHABILITATION
- TENNIS ELBOW
- ULCERS
Q: WHAT IS CHI?
A: CHI (PRONOUNCED “CHEE” — ALSO SPELLED “QI”) IS THE LIFE FORCE — THE LIFE-GIVING ENERGY IN THE BODY. THIS ESSENCE OF LIFE IS SOMETIMES CALLED BIOENERGY, AND IT FLOWS ALONG A ‘CIRCUIT’ IN YOUR BODY. WHEN CHI IS BLOCKED ALONG A PATH, DISEASE CAN RESULT. A BALANCED FLOW OF CHI IS THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD HEALTH.
Q: CAN I FEEL CHI?
A: WITH TRAINING IN CHINESE MODALITIES, YOU CAN LEARN TO DIRECT, UNBLOCK AND ENHANCE THE FLOW OF CHI IN YOUR BODY (ASK US ABOUT CLASSES AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES). PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SYMPTOMS ARE AN INDICATION OF AN IMBALANCE IN THE FLOW OF CHI.
Q: WHAT ARE MERIDIANS?
A: THE CHINESE LONG AGO IDENTIFIED MAJOR ROUTES IN THE BODY (MERIDIANS) THAT ARE NAMED FOR THE ORGANS OR FUNCTIONS SERVED. THE PATHWAY OF CHI IS ACTUALLY A SINGLE, LOOPED CIRCUIT, BUT EACH MERIDIAN (OR JUNCTURE ALONG THE PATH) IS USED IN ACUPUNCTURE TO ENABLE THE FLOW OF CHI INTO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY. MERIDIAN LINES ARE NOT THE SAME AS BLOOD VEINS. THEY ARE INVISIBLE TO THE EYE, BUT CLEARLY DETECTED AND IDENTIFIED BY SKILLED CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS.
Q: WHAT DO YIN AND YANG MEAN?
A: THESE ARE THE BALANCING ELEMENTS OF LIFE — OPPOSITES THAT EXIST IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER. THE CONCEPT APPLIES TO EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. ASK US ABOUT BOOKS, FOODS, AND EXERCISES THAT ILLUSTRATE OR AFFECT THE BALANCE OF YIN AND YANG. YOUR CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONER WILL DIAGNOSE YIN AND YANG CONDITIONS IN YOUR BODY.
Q: WHAT IS ACUPRESSURE?
A: ACUPRESSURE, AS THE TERM IMPLIES, IS THE USE OF PRESSURE ON THE BODY TO STIMULATE THE FLOW OF ENERGY (CHI). SPECIFIC “ACUPOINTS” ALONG THE MERIDIANS ARE PRESSED OR RUBBED IN ORDER TO AWAKEN AND UNBLOCK THE FLOW OF CHI. ACUPRESSURE IS A GREAT FIRST AID METHOD, AND CAN RELIEVE NAUSEA, HEADACHES, CRAMPS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER CONDITIONS. ASK US ABOUT BOOKS TO HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO USE ACUPRESSURE ON YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
Q: WHAT CAN I EXPECT UPON MY FIRST VISIT TO ACUPUNCTURE CENTER?
A: ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU WILL NOTICE IS THE AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME ALLOTTED TO YOU. YOUR INITIAL APPOINTMENT MAY LAST TWO HOURS. A THOROUGH INTERVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS, AND WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF TCM. YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE ACUPUNCTURE DURING YOUR FIRST VISIT (THIS IS MAINLY UP TO YOU). AFTER YOUR INTERVIEW AND PHYSICAL EXAM, ALL THE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS GATHERED TO FIND THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF YOUR HEALTH PROBLEMS. MR. JONES AND STAFF WILL THEN DETERMINE THE BEST TCM PROTOCOL FOR YOU.
THE GOAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IS TO BALANCE YOUR BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT.