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A series of 10 treatments is considered a full session for chronic symptoms. Treatments 2 to 3 times a week can provide a fair assessment of whether acupuncture will be effective for your symptoms within a two week span. Acute symptoms usually can be assessed within the first session and 3-5 treatments can reveal significant results.
The energetic treatments that we offer consists of one or more of the following modalities:
Acupuncture
Acupressure
Cupping
Moxabustion
Health Exercises
Lifestyle Changes
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the use of thin, sterile needles, inserted by a along the body's energy channels to stimulate and improve function of its related pathway.. It takes just a few minutes to insert the needles, but you will rest with them inserted for about 20 minutes.
Acupressure relaxes the mind and energizes the body by applying pressure at specific points and channels focused to address your symptoms and diagnosis.
Cupping
Cupping is an ancient technique used to stimulate and clear Qi/Blood along the same meridians used in acupuncture and acupressure. The practitioner uses a flame to create a vacuum inside a heavy glass dome, or "cup," then applies the cup to your back and other areas. The cups adhere to the skin through suction, drawing blood to the body's external capillaries.
Using two cups at a time, the practitioner moves the cups along the body for a few minutes, sometimes resting on specific acupuncture points. Occasionally the suction created by the cups will leave mild redness or marking that usually disappears within 24 to 72 hours.Cupping is particularly effective in improving circulation, clearing cold or flu congestion,
Moxabustion
In moxabustion, a dried herb called mugwort or "moxa" is burned on or near the skin to stimulate specific acupuncture points. The practitioner may light a stick of moxa and use it like a wand to warm various points, or may light moxa directly on specific acupuncture needles inserted in the body. For some conditions, moxa is burned on a fresh slice of ginger or on a mixture of garlic, salt, and herbs, which is applied to the skin.
Moxa burns with a distinct odor that has a warming and relaxing affect.
Health Exercises
Chinese health exercises, when practiced consistantly can massages internal organs, lubricate the joints and strengthen muscle, tendons, and bones. I may recommend health exercises for self-empowering care between treatments.
Lifestyle Changes
This could pertain to changes in nutrition, exercise, or attitudes.
The following list of Health Arising Problems may be addressed during initial consultation. Feel free to answer the following questions and bring to your first appointment.
- Is some thing or person annoying you?
- Do you feel you cannot, or are not permitted (or able) to do or have something?
- Have you been angry? ...or received unjustified anger from others?
- Are you facing a strong fear, or being frustrated in your desires and actions again?
- Are you depressed or worried about yourself, something or someone?
- Is your or another's health, status, job, business, or other in jeopardy?
- Are your beliefs or customary ways of doing things not working for you or being questioned?
- Is a relationship or project failing? Have you been abandoned or left alone? Are you lonely?
- Are you feeling sorry for your own or another's words or actions?
- Has someone failed to keep or completely fulfill a promise? Have you met your promises and obligations?
- Do you resent what is happening? Are you getting things you do not deserve? Is someone else getting something they do not deserve?
- Are things changing or happening too fast ...out of your control?
- Is money a problem for you? ...or another?
- Is your sexuality being challenged, threatened, or unfairly denied?
- Have you lost (death, divorce, or other) a friend, possessions, opportunities, money, position, or other?
Problems in any of these areas can manifest themselves physically. Visit the Body Unifier Key to find out what your symptoms may mean.