Reasons to choose Traditional Chinese Medicine for your health care

Along with the changing of concept of health, Traditional Chinese Medicine displays its special advantages in treating the conditions which has become more complicated due to the increasing of aging people.

1. Its macrocosmic and homeostasis theory

To cure a human body is more than repair a machine. Problems won't be solved only by replacing the spare parts.

2. Its bio-socio-psycho-environmental medical model

In accordance with climatic and seasonal conditions, geographical localities and patients' constitutions, practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine will make the unique strange to individualized diagnosis and treatments.

3. Its curative and simple techniques

Herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxabustion, tuina, and even Qigong, Taiji are all simple, easy to be accept and very few side effects.

4. Its preventive-viewpoint

One of the aims of Traditional Chinese Medicine is to prevent disease and avoid complications after illness sets in.

Fertility and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chinese Medicine has been treating Gynaecology and Fertility problems for over two and a half thousand years.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine are very effective at treating what is sometimes called “unexplained infertility” as well as treating diagnosed conditions. The following is a brief list of conditions treated by acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine:

·         Endometriosis, polycystic ovaries(PCOS), uterine fibroids

·         Hormonal imbalances, elevated prolactin etc.

·         Anovulation (lack of ovulation), Luteal phase defect

·         Amenorrhea (no  period), unexplained infertility

·         Advanced maternal age, recurrent miscarriage

·         Stress, insomnia, depression, fatigue

·         Premenstrual syndrome

·         Male infertility

·         Improve the outcome of assisted reproduction procedures (IVF,IUI etc)

There are many reasons why a woman may have difficulty conceiving, age is just one of them. Other reasons may include irregular menstruation, hormone imbalance, cold uterus and blood deficiency to name a few. 
Assisted Reproductive Technology on the other hand is in its infancy stage.  Currently, Chinese Medicine both in China and America are used in conjunction with Western Assisted Reproductive techniques to enhance fertility.

How can Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine enhance fertility?  

·          Assists in normalizing hormones to increase the number of follicles.

·          Improves ovarian function to produce better quality eggs.

·         Increases blood flow to the uterus and increases uterine thickness.

·         Reduces side effects of assisted reproductive hormonal treatments.

·         Lessens stress and enhances relaxation.

·         Strengthens the body's immune system.

·         Improves sperm count, motility and morphology.

·         Diminishes the chance of miscarriage.

·         Decreases uterine contractibility for implantation

How can Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine help IVF and ICSI?

·         Research shows that acupuncture and herbal medicine improves the function of the ovaries to produce better quality eggs

·         TCM helps to regulate the hormone levels to help produce a larger number of follicles.

·         Increased blood flow to the uterus in turn creates a thicker uterine lining. The result is better likelihood of implantation of the embryo to the uterus.

·         During implantation of the embryos, acupuncture and herbs can help prevent the uterus from contracting, thereby also preventing the patient from experiencing painful cramps.

·         Lessen the side effects of the drugs used in IVF, such as emotional instability, insomnia, palpitations, etc.

·         Acupuncture and herbal medicine can strongly strengthen the immune system.

·         For males, TCM can improve the quality and quantity of the semen to create better quality embryos.

Preparing for IVF with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

It is best for the preparation to begin three months before IVF treatments begin. In this time, the goal of the acupuncturist is to improve the function of the ovaries to produce good quality eggs. The treatment method is varied, depending on the patient's individual diagnosis and factor of infertility. Some methods used include tonifying the kidneys, spleen, qi, and blood, smoothing the liver qi, and circulating the blood. At our clinic, many patients have seen results of decreased FSH levels, resumed regular menstrual cycles, and some even became pregnant naturally!

General Treatment Services Available To Help Fertility

·         Boosting Fertility

·         Pre-conception Planning and Care

·         Preparation and Support for IVF

·         Fertility Fitness Assessments

·         Male Reproductive Health

·         Pregnancy Planning and Care

·         Ante-natal Training and Support

·         Post-natal Care and Support

Lastly, once the patient does become pregnant, acupuncture and herbs can help to decrease the chances of miscarriage. For women over 40 years old, pregnancies with IVF have an approximate 46% rate of miscarriage after six weeks. This percentage can be greatly reduced with the help of Chinese medicine.

Pain Management

We provide a holistic method of encouraging the body to promote its own natural healing.

Whether long-lasting or recently developed, pain can interfere with the quality of your life -- restricting activity and even causing you to become depressed.

We can help with both acute and chronic conditions. 

·   Acute pain is of short duration, usually the result of an injury, surgery or illness. This type of pain includes acute injuries, post-operative pain and post-trauma pain.

·   Chronic pain is an ongoing condition, such as back and neck pain, headaches, neuropathic pain (nerve injury pain), musculoskeletal pain, and pain related to illness. Often these chronic pain conditions have not responded to conventional therapies.

The treatment plan developed by our team will be specially tailored to your condition and degree of pain, your needs and your personal objectives. Your treatment plan may included a single approach, or a combination of different types of therapies, including Acupuncture, Herbs, Chinese Medical Massage and a range of rehabilitation therapies. 

Acupuncture is a safe, painless alternative, and a very effective procedure for eliminating or relieving pain. Acupuncture can greatly enhance the effect of other therapies, as well as reducing unwanted side effects from conventional medicine, because it:

·   stimulates the body’s natural healing

·   quickly reduces pain and inflammation, and relaxes muscles

·   increases circulation to speed up recovery time

·   maintains longer positive results and prevents recurrence

·   reduces pain without the prolonged use of drugs and surgical intervention

·   promotes physical and emotional well being

·   enhances endocrine and immune function

·   lowers cost, acupuncture treatments are less expensive

·   fully integrates with other therapies

The modern scientific explanation is that acupuncture stimulates the body to produce natural steroids and release endorphins. Steroids decrease inflammation, while endorphins inhibit pain. These substances are 50 to 100 times more potent in relieving pain than many prescription drugs, and play an integral part in the elimination of the pain cycle.  

         

 Conditions treated:

                   

arthritis back pain carpal tunnel syndrome cervical pain chronic fatigue syndrome complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) disc herniation facial pain fibromyalgia headaches (cluster, migraine, tension) knee pain lumbar pain migraine headaches myofascial pain musculoskeletal pain neck pain nerve entrapments	neuralgia neuritis neurogenic pain neuropathy pinched nerves plantar fasciitis post herpatic neuralgia Reynaud’s syndrome reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) rotator cuff pain sciatica scoliosis pain shingles shoulder pain /frozen shoulder slipped disc pain trigeminal neuralgia
And many other chronic and acute pain conditions.

Stress Management

Stress is a growing concern for our society. Many people are suffering from stress, but they don’t realize it, other than they know they are doing things or behaving in a way that they normally would not.
Do you get angry, or are you irritable and snap at people when you don’t really mean to? Do you feel like you can’t cope? At times you experience depression and don’t know why, and you even question your sanity, with life feeling like it is out-of-control.
When you push yourself too hard or you are pushed beyond your tolerance level, your body rebels. Its internal harmony gets out of tune with reality. Your body organs may begin to malfunction; your memory may fail; you make poor judgments and get short-tempered. You feel terrible, but you don’t know why.

What causes stress?

Stress is your body's response to the demands placed upon it, whether external (such as bills or work) or internal (how you feel about yourself, for example). A little stress is a good thing, but too much can have devastating consequences for our health and relationships.
Many things (or the anticipation of them) can lead to stress:

·         Emotional - Relationship problems, breakdown or loss; heavy workload; constantly having to perform to a high level in your job, sport or profession; difficulty in meeting commitments such as simply paying bills

·         Physical - Extra workload; intense training sessions

·         Hormonal Imbalances

·         Low Blood Sugar - Poor diet or not enough exercise. Stress-related digestive problems

·         Poor Immune Function - Poor diet and lifestyle. Alcohol or drug abuse. Ongoing allergies or chronic infection

Sometimes, there is no particular reason for developing stress, or it arises out of a series of minor irritations.

How can acupuncture help?

·         For stress-related problems, acupuncture stimulates the body to "heal itself"

·         Acupuncture treatment can balance the harmony in your body, putting everything back in tune and restoring the natural balance of your mental, physical and emotional functions.

In Western terms, the interpretation would be that the acupuncture points stimulate the central nervous system (CNS), releasing chemicals into the muscles, brain and spinal cord, thus promoting the body’s own natural healing abilities.  “Studies have shown that acupuncture may alter brain chemistry by changing the release of neurotransmitters and neurohormones in a good way.”
We will develop an individual treatment plan to specifically assist with the kind of stress you are experiencing. The acupuncturist will ask you questions relevant to stress conditions such as: your sleeping patterns; mood swings; feeling of depression; irritability; feeling of frustration; short temperedness; ability to make judgments; memory; and how you feel about life.
Acupuncture provides a drug-free alternative to help you manage the stress of living in today’s society. Acupuncture has been proven to be effective over thousands of years, and is recognized by the World Health Organization.

Our treatments have a relaxing, calming, somewhat tranquilizing effect that is especially helpful for people suffering from stress. It can relieve feelings of anxiety and depression. Acupuncture can also improve one’s sense self-confidence and well-being and relieve the tension associated with chronic stress and anxiety.