Conditions We Treat with Chinese Medicine + Acupuncture
Holistic Caring Support for Pain, Chronic Conditions, Dismissed Symptoms, + more.
Conditions We Treat
You might wonder…
“How is it possible to treat so many diverse and various conditions?”
-see list below for the conditions we treat…
It’s simple, here’s why…
Your body knows how to heal itself. But sometimes, it needs a little help.
Our medicine was not created to fight against disease…
Instead, it is designed to work with and support your body’s natural healing mechanisms, in order to guide your physiological functioning back to its normal state.
By restoring disturbed or inhibited systems back to their normal healthy state of function, disease and unhealthy patterns resolve themselves.
Where there is healthy functioning, there is no disease.
So, whatever your condition, we look for what’s not working properly, and work to guide it back to normal healthy function, naturally.
List of Conditions We Treat
Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture are effective, whether used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, conventional and alternative therapies.
While we are unable to list everything we have ever treated, in order to give you a good idea of the scope of our practice, some of the conditions we have seen most often are listed below.
If you don’t see your condition listed, be sure to schedule a brief call, to see if and how we can help you.
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Chronic + Acute Pain
• Endorphin release! Effective relief for pain of joints, muscles, and nerves. Aides recovery from injuries and surgery.
• Conditions: Arthritis, fibromyalgia, migraines, back pain, knee pain, and more.
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Digestive System Issues
• Your health and energy depends on a smooth and efficiently functioning digestive system. Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture are effective ways to keep the digestion free flowing, strong, and efficient. Get help with reducing inflammation, relieving stagnation, and strengthening an under-performing digestive system.
• Conditions: Effectively treat common digestive ailments, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), nausea, poor appetite, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea or loose stool, bloating + gas, food sensitivities, excessive belching or hiccups.
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Women's Health
• A gentle, effective, and non-invasive therapy for regulating your cycle, hormones, and fertility. Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine can be used as an alternative, or as a compliment to, hormone-based treatments.
• Conditions: Menstrual cramps, bloating, migraines, symptoms accompanying menopause, excessively heavy or light cycle, irregular cycle, breast tenderness, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, preparing for fertility and healthy pregnancy.
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Skin Conditions
• Your skin is the end result of your digestive and other processes. Topical creams and ointments often do not go deep enough to make lasting changes. Herbal medicine and acupuncture assist your body to clear and nourish your skin from deep within. When the insides are working well, the outside looks great!
• Conditions: Dry itchy skin, eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea, rashes, dermatitis, irregular or excess sweating.
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Respiratory Issues - Including Ear Nose + Throat
• Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine are an effective way to clear phlegm and congestion; open and relax the chest, strengthen the lung function and promote deeper, smoother breathing.
• Conditions: Chronic and acute cough, shortness of breath, asthma, allergies, frequent illness, colds + flu, sinusitis, bronchitis, stuffy nose, and snoring.
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Insomnia + Sleep Disorders
• Many factors can contribute to poor sleep, even digestion! Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine have been demonstrated to be an effective non-drug treatment for sleep troubles.
• Conditions: Insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and snoring.
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Weight Management and Metabolic Disorders
• A growing body of evidence is demonstrating acupuncture’s potential to support blood sugar regulation, improve insulin sensitivity, and help manage metabolic syndromes.
• Conditions: Excess weight, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance.
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Autoimmune Conditions
• Acupuncture reduces inflammation and reduces pain, as well as regulates the immune system. It is able to both enhance immunity, and suppress it in autoimmune diseases.
• Conditions: Rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, multiple sclerosis.
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Heart + Vascular Health
• Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine have been shown to improve heart function, regulate heart rhythm and rate, improve circulation and blood flow through the heart, reduce inflammation, calm the nervous system, and improve exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.
• Conditions: Heart palpitations, tightness in the chest, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, poor circulation, coldness, atrial fibrillation.
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Mental + Emotional Health
• Get help to move and release what’s holding you back. Acupuncture is wonderfully effective to reset, relax, and heal your nervous system and relieve excess tension.
• Conditions: Anxiety disorders, general stress, depression and low mood, insomnia, and just feeling “out of sorts”.
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General Wellness + Longevity
• Good health means feeling good! Start or continue laying the foundation for a long life of good health. Find out how you might better care for yourself, and take care of minor issues before they become big ones.
• Conditions: Feeling “old” or “blah”, feeling like you could just feel better, general fatigue, low energy, poor mood.
You might wonder how is it possible to treat so many diverse and various conditions? It’s simple, here’s why.
Your body knows how to heal itself. Sometimes, it needs a little help.
Our medicine was not created to fight against disease, but rather is designed to work with and support your body’s natural healing mechanisms, in order to guide your physiological functioning back to its normal state.
By restoring disturbed or inhibited systems back to their normal healthy state of function, disease and unhealthy patterns resolve themselves.
Where there is healthy functioning, there is no disease.
Do any of the following sound like you?
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Whether you have a minor, nagging complaint, or a more complex, chronic issue, you would prefer to support your body’s innate healing mechanisms naturally, and free of side-effects.
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You’ve sought out answers, but aren’t getting a clear picture, it doesn’t add up, or you are not “sick enough” to get a clear diagnosis. You know something is off, and you want to feel better before it gets worse.
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Perhaps you have been told very clearly what is wrong, but you don’t seem to see much improvement. Or you are told there are improvements, but you’re not actually feeling any better.
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Maybe you’ve heard that you are “fine”, or that you’re being too “sensitive”. But you are sure something is off. You know it’s not just “in your mind”. Something isn’t right, and you want to be supported.
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