Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine works directly with the natural vital energy - chi - of the body. Chi is the energy that pulses through all things animate or inanimate. Each bodily organ must have the right amount of chi to function. Too much or too little chi causes an imbalance, resulting in illness or disease.
Chinese medicine includes acupuncture, Chinese herbs, diet, and lifestyle.
In acupuncture, thin, sterile and disposable needles are inserted into the body at specific points along lines called meridians. In most cases the insertion goes unnoticed, and the healing effects of the needle may come as soon as in a few seconds.
Chinese herbal medicine is the most developed system of medical herbalism in the U.S. Chinese medicine can treat many conditions for which Western medicine has nothing to offer. The minimization of side effects while maintaining clinical efficacy is the chief benefit of Chinese formulation. Appropriately administered herbal therapy will help sustain physical treatments and bring healing response through different mechanisms.
