Chinese Medicine

The Chinese consider all functions of the body to be related to the elemental composition of the person, made up of relative amounts of Fire (dynamic energy), Wood (creative energy), Water (sustaining energy), Metal (structural energy) and Earth (nourishing energy). When there is an imbalance in any of these energies or in their associated organs there is dysfunction. 

Western allopathic medicine looks to relieve symptoms with drugs and medications with the assumption that the underlying imbalances will self-correct. Drugs often work well to suppress symptoms if the diagnosis was correct but other side effects may occur. But drugs to not correct the underlying abnormality which allowed the problem to occur in the first place. When the medication is withdrawn, the symptoms will return.

Chinese medicine treats dysfunction much earlier, while it is still in the energetic state. Herbs and acupuncture may not have as strong or rapid an effect as Western pharmaceutical medications and may not be as effective in the immediate crisis, but once the crisis has passed, the treatment helps to restore the body's balance and proper functioning so that symptoms do not occur in the future. Thus, the root cause is eliminated.

Over 2000 years ago the Chinese developed stimulation of the meridians or energy pathways, which Western medicine has scientifically proven in the 20th century to be effective. Acupuncture points are related to the neural pathways in the spinal cord from which the organs first developed. Herbs and acupuncture activate points on the body because all the meridians have extensions into the brain. When we treat points on the body we are also treating the brain itself.

When we do neuro-feedback we are stimulating the brain to change its way of functioning by changing the way in which it processes information. Recent research shows that our memories and brain function are dependent on the neurotransmitters and hormones present in our bloodstream.

When we stimulate acupuncture points, we also stimulate the brain to alter its neurotransmitters and messenger molecules, thus changing the body's automatic responses toward a more functional or useful direction. When we add acupuncture to the treatment protocol, we are increasing the stimulation of the brain as well as the body and speeding up the process of change.

Thus, we are balancing the body, the emotions and the mind!