About
Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an energy-based, holistic healing discipline developed in China about thousands of years ago and has been evolved over the centuries. Chinese Medicine has its unique views about health and our body self-healing power.
Oneness
Our health is the results of interaction with nature, social activities, the environment we live in. The illness is brought about by either imbalance or disharmony of inner organs.
Wholeness
The human body is not isolated parts, rather, it is inter-dependent and connected from inside to outside of our body.
Individuality
The treatment plan is very much tailored to each individual based on each person’s health journey.
Effective
Do you know acupuncture is the second most frequent research topic? Numerous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of acupuncture with various illnesses.
Minimum side effects
It is deemed the safest treatment, usual side effects including slight pain at needle insertion side, bruise, bleeding which can disappear in days. Major side effect is very rare.
The effect of therapies we use to stimulate your body natural healing process peaks 3-5 days after each treatment. The accumulation of treatment effect built upon previous treatment helps to restore your body balance for healing. It may take a few treatment to see the result so we have regular treatment at the begging and stretch interval gradually.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is performed by insertion of needles through the skin and is generally a safe method of treatment. It promotes self healing by stimulating movement of energy, eliminating stagnation and restoring imbalance.
Sometime, it combines with cupping, scraping, moxibustion and Chinese-style massage to achieve optimal result.
Its side effects are minor like insertion pain, brusies and major side effects are rare.
Cupping
Either glass or plastic cups are used to create vacuumed pressure to promote blood flow, move energy stagnation/toxins, loose fascia or muscles to stimulate healing. The cups will be left in for 5 to 15 minutes depending on conditions. It may leave mark on the skin. It usually fades in within a week.
Guasha
Another term is called Scraping: A scraper is used to scrape the surface of skin or meridians to promote blood flow, move energy stagnation/toxins, loose fascia or muscles to stimulate healing. It usually does not break the skin. It may leave mark on the skin for a full day to two weeks.
Moxibustion
Moxa sticks, which is made from Mugwart, is used to warm up the meridians, remove stagnation and promote healing.
It is very effective with cold conditions like colds, pain, hayfever. Sometimes, moxa is put on top of acupuncture needles to promote warm effect.
Chinese Massage (Tuina)
This therapy involves compressing, twisting, turning, rubbing, pulling and kneading the muscles, and can be used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion and scraping. It can be applied to help with various conditions e.g., ease pain, release tightness /spasm, detoxify, calm the mind.
Nutritional medicine / lifestyles consultation
We all heard “All disease begins in the guts” or “ you are what you eat”. I will say no medicine outperforms a balanced whole food diet. All organs and systems are relying on the nutrients extracted from food and drinks by digestive system to support their structure and function.
With nutritional therapy, we dives deep, allowing you to understand the root cause of nutritional imbalances and deficiencies and learn what it takes to correct them.
Nutritional medicine not only explores the anatomy and physiology of nutrition, but also look at the impact of stress, sleep, movement, environmental factors, emotional and spiritual wellness on our wellbeing. I will provide holistic recommendations tailored to your specific bio-individuality.
Our body has the amazing innate healing power. Providing proper nutrients to body not only can prevent further deterioration of our health but it is also possible some of the conditions can be reversed.
My role is to help clients to recognize the barriers impeding their health and remove the roadblocks for optimal health. Furthermore, I provide in-depth education on quality and sourcing of food, culinary principles, meal plans, and lifestyle strategies so you will gain knowledge on how to take control of your health and the health of those around you.