"By integrating the mind, body and spirit into every treatment, patients can expect to feel better, more relaxed and able to handle the stress in their daily lives."

The most well-known branch of Chinese Medicine is acupuncture. Acupuncture consists of the insertion of sterile, solid stainless steel needles into designated points on the body. It is well understood that the body is made of up blood vessels that carry blood and nerves that carry messages to and from the brain; however, less well-understood is that the body also has pathways known as meridians that carry energy called qi (pronounced chee), which is our vital life force. These meridians can be thought of as a great river system used to carry qi throughout the body to nourish every organ, cell and tissue in the body. Health problems start to manifest when these energetic pathways in the body get blocked. It is much like what happens when a garden hose gets kinked; the vital, nourishing, life-giving water cannot get to the plants and they will start to wither. As an acupuncturist, I find these blockages, remove them and restore the natural flow back to the body. Once this occurs, the body’s natural wisdom and healing power returns and health is restored.

"Classical Acupuncture offers a safe, natural and effective way to bring harmony and balance back to ones life."

Herbal pharmacology is an extremely important and highly specialized component of Classical Oriental Medicine. For more that 5000 years, the Chinese have been developing, improving, and perfecting health-supporting herbal formulas, creating the most organized herbal system in existence. Due to its long history, these classical herbal formulas are well documented and extremely well understood. Our knowledge of them is presently being augmented and confirmed by modern scientific research. Chinese herbs are considered to be a very powerful form of therapy used to treat most conditions.