According to TCM or traditional Chinese medicine, disease starts with an interruption to the flow of energy or chi. Blockages and imbalances to this flow are the beginning of illness. Qi Gong is an ancient healing practice that’s meant to restore the normal flow of chi, which is the same … Continue reading
Category Archives: Acupuncture
Research Shows Massage Therapy Provides Tremendous Benefits To Both Kids And Mothers
Young mothers are advised by their doctors to massage their babies’ legs as much as possible to improve circulation and to help them sleep well. Massage is a form of touch therapy that reinforces the bond between child and mother. A full body massage for pre-schoolers can help these kids … Continue reading
Studies Prove The Efficacy Of Gua Sha Therapy In The Treatment Of Acute And Chronic Pain
In the Chinese healing art of gua sha therapy, the acupuncturist uses a smooth-edged tool to apply long or short strokes on the skin, usually on the back parallel to the spine or on the area where pain is felt pain. This stroking movement tends to produce petechiae (elevated redness) … Continue reading
Three Reasons Why You Should Try Cupping Therapy
Cupping is a marvelous therapy that can provide a wide range of benefits for your health.
One way to describe cupping therapy is that it is the opposite of massage. Instead of putting pressure to the muscles, the force of the suction pulls the muscles, tissues, and skin upward. Most … Continue reading
Auricular Acupuncture Can Help Reduce Your Weight
Auricular acupuncture or ear acupuncture for weight loss may sound painful, but it’s deemed to be one of the most effective ways to help people lose weight. Auricular acupuncture for the loss of weight involves stapling a part of your auricle or outer ear with a surgical wire. According to … Continue reading
New Study Reveals Five-Point Combination Auricular Treatment Can Help Treat Obesity
Obesity can be successfully treated with auricular acupuncture in Jacksonville. This is revealed in a new study that involved using a specific five-point combo of auricular acupuncture points to help reduce weight loss in people who are obese. Auricular acupuncture hunger and obesity treatment are described in the following … Continue reading
Acupuncture Treats Smoking Addiction
Since smoking can be a powerful complicated addiction, stopping it is no mean small feat and you’ll likely need to have lots of support to be successful. To deal with the emotional and physical symptoms of smoking addiction, acupuncture can be a great way to cure your problem.
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The Five Gentle, Peaceful, and Slow Exercises of Falun Dafa
Falun Dafa is a series of five easy to learn, slow, and gentle exercises.
First Exercise
Buddha Revealing the Thousand Hands
The stretching of the body is at the core of this exercise. The stretching activates the energy under the skin and inside the body so that it vigorously … Continue reading
Clinical Study Suggests Gua Sha Therapy Can Be Useful In The Treatment Of Chronic Neck Pain
An ancient healing procedure that several practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine in Bellingham utilize, Gua sha is a therapy that involves the application of a lubricating medium like massage oil on the skin over the part of the body to be treated. The practitioner then uses a smooth-edged tool to … Continue reading
The Why And Wherefores Of Gua Sha Therapy
A healing technique used by Cleveland Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners in Asia in both home and clinical settings, Gua Sha involves the cutaneous stimulation and palpation of the skin and the application of pressure on the treatment site using a round-edged instrument in a stroke-like motion. Gua Sha produces reddish, … Continue reading