Questions and Answers

TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is a comprehensive health care system with about 5,000 years’ continuous clinical experience. TCM employs different kinds of traditional healing resources which include herbal medicine, acupuncture, dietary therapy, Qi Gong, Tui Na (Chinese body work) and exercise, etc., to use the natural vital energy inherent within all living things to promote the body’s ability to heal itself.  TCM was practiced extensively over thousands of years of Chinese history and has contributed to the health of a quarter of the world’s population that reside in China. Currently TCM is still a major part of the Chinese health care system, and is becoming more and more popular in the West.

HOW DOES ACUPUNCTURE WORK ?

© It promotes the body’s natural healing processes and the capacity to regain  internal equilibrium.

© It treat the whole person, not just the disease.

© It works on many health problems, for which Western medicine is less effective.

© It is safe, effective, and has very few side effects, when given by a well-trained practitioner.

DOES ACUPUNCTURE HURT ?

Acupuncture needles are very fine sterile needles made from surgical stainless steel. They are disposable and will be used only once.  The insertion of acupuncture needles is hardly felt. However, when they reach the depth of the acupoints, they may produce a sensation of soreness, heaviness, distention, or slight numbness, which are called needle sensation or arrival of Qi.

HOW DO CHINESE HERBS WORK ?

Chinese medicinal herbs have been used in a very special way in which they are incorporated in different formulas that have been developed through thousands of years of clinical practice by numerous Chinese herbologists. The proper formulation of herbs maximizes the therapeutic effects and minimizes the possible side effects. One important point is that herbal medicine formula should be worked out by doctor of oriental medicine or herbologist.