Chinese Medicine

CHINESE MEDICINE TREATMENT

Chinese medicine is a comprehensive medical system that offers a wide variety of therapeutic modalities. Chinese medicine treatments often combine acupuncture, bodywork, and herbal medicine to create an integrative and holistic approach to your health & wellness. Combining acupuncture and herbal medicine is common, though not always necessary, as each therapy excels at treating different types of conditions. Some cases may be treated with acupuncture and herbs concurrently, while other cases may be exclusively treated with one or the other.

FIRST VISIT

During your initial consultation + treatment, we will discuss your health history and current health goals to determine your individualized treatment plan. Treatment may involve acupuncture or herbal medicine, or a combination of the two.

RETURN VISIT

For existing clients, treatments begin with a review of symptom changes from your previous visit. The information you share about how your body shifts after each visit is helpful diagnostic information that informs treatment strategy. I will also assess your tongue and pulse to evaluate your current state of health further. If you are taking herbs, I may modify your formula based on the discussed symptom changes.

ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL MEDICINE

Acupuncture is often accompanied by other forms of bodywork, such as tui you (literally ‘push oil’ massage, using long, gliding strokes to circulate blood flow through the sinews and soften muscles), daoist zangfu acupressure (abdominal massage to optimize digestion and pelvic function), cupping (cups placed on the skin to decompres tight tissues), moxibustion (applying warmth to specific areas of the body), manual traction therapy (gently creating space in the joint cavities and lengthening muscle fibers), and patting (rhythmical percussion to create positive physical and chemical change in the body). Any variation of these techniques may be used in the physical therapy portion of your Chinese medicine treatment.

Herbal medicine may be used as a stand-alone therapy or in concert with acupuncture to enhance treatment results. Learn more.

The list below gives a sense of what Chinese medicine can help with — from anxiety to pain to chronic illness. If you do not see the symptom(s) you are struggling with, please know this is not a comprehensive list.

  • Acute physical trauma

  • Allergic rhinitis

  • Anxiety (with or without medication)

  • Asthma

  • Autoimmune disorders

  • Amenorrhea

  • Back pain, acute/chronic

  • Bloating

  • Cancer-related pain and fatigue

  • Chronic low back pain

  • Chronic pain syndromes

  • Common cold

  • Constipation

  • Depression (with or without medication)

  • Dermatology

  • Diarrhea

  • Dry eyes

  • Dysmenorrhea

  • Eczema

  • Elbow pain

  • Endocrinology

  • Gastroenterology

  • Gynecology and Women’s Health

  • Headache, tension-type/chronic

  • Hypertension (with or without medication)

  • Immune dysfunction

  • Inflammation

  • Insomnia

  • Irritable bowel syndrome

  • Knee pain

  • Migraine prevention

  • Menopausal hot flushes

  • Menorrhagia

  • Musculoskeletal pain (acute/chronic)

  • Neck Pain

  • Neurology

  • Nutrition

  • Obstetrics, pre/postnatal

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Osteopenia

  • Osteoporosis 

  • Obesity

  • Operations (pre/post)

  • Pain management

  • Pediatrics

  • Pelvic pain

  • Perimenopausal & Postmenopausal insomnia and night sweats

  • Plantar heel pain

  • Premenstrual syndrome

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Postoperative pain

  • Restless leg syndrome

  • Scars

  • Sciatica

  • Shoulder pain

  • Sports Injuries

  • Temporomandibular pain