Acupuncture:

1: Is Acupuncture useful for curing my cold and cough?

Acupuncture and herbal medicine can be an effective complement to your treatment. Acupuncture redirects your Chi or vital energy into a more balanced flow. It provides support to the underlying energetic spheres affected by poor digestion and lack of movement. Acupuncture releases tension in the muscles. This allows increased flow of blood, lymph, and nerve impulses to affected areas, decreasing the stress experienced by you.
 

2: Can Acupuncture help my smoke addiction?

From the results of clinical and basic research, there is clear evidence that acupuncture analgesia is closely associated with the nervous system, especially the central nervous system.

Stimulation of certain acupuncture loci which have been used for analgesia during operations also can calm the withdrawal symptoms of morphine and heroin addicts. Acupuncture analgesia can be antagonized by the specific narcotic antagonist, naloxone. Stimulation would also have agonist activity on opiate receptors. Moreover, the morphine receptors are most concentrated in those parts of the brain concerned with perception of pain and the pathway of acupuncture stimulation.
 

3: Does Acupuncture for Weight Loss Work?

Yes, acupuncture can be a wonderful support to the process of losing weight, or making other behavioural changes; and, at the same time, it creates balance and harmony in the whole person. Acupuncture is not, however, a magic bullet. If there were a single acupuncture point for weight loss or smoking cessation, acupuncturists would be millionaires!
 

4. Are the needles reused?

Acupuncturists today use sterilized, individually packaged, disposable needles to avoid the possibility of transmitting communicable diseases.
 

5. How many Treatments will I need?

It depends on the duration, severity and nature of the illness. You may need only a single treatment for an acute condition. A series of five to fifteen treatments may resolve may chronic problems. Some degenerative conditions may require more treatments over time.
 

6. Could Acupuncture conflict with any western medical treatments I may be receiving at the moment?

No. acupuncture basically stimulates your own immune system to cure the illness. However, if the patient is already physically too weak, we would recommend against getting.


Chinese herbal medicine:

1: Why herbal medicine?

Chinese herbal medicine is used as an addition to acupuncture to assist in the healing process. The herbs influence the organs and acupuncture channels, or also known as meridians.

2: Are there any conflicts between herbal medicine and any medicine I may be taking now?

It completely depends on what medicine you're taking now. It's very important that you make sure your Chinese medicine practitioner knows what other medicine you may be currently taking.

3: What is herbal medicine made out of?

All herbal medicine is made with natural plants and minerals. The herbs are then cooked and made into either tablet or granule form. Finally, the herbs are tested in modern labs before they are released to the market.

4: What does herbal medicine taste like?

Usually toxifying herbal medicine tastes a little sweet. Herbal medicine that clears heat tastes a little bitter. Herbal medicine that moves your chi, or energy, tastes a little pungent.

5: Are there any side effects to herbal medicine?

In general, herbal medicine doesn't have side effects. However, if you're pregnant, there might be some herbs that you should avoid taking.


Cupping

1: What does cupping do?

Cupping has the function of warming and promoting the flow of energy in the blood this dispelling cold dampness, toxic and winds. It is also diminishing swellings and pains.

2: What kinds of problems can cupping cure?

Cupping responded very well with the following problems: Diseases caused by dampness, such as low back pain, lumbago, sciatica, pain the arms and shoulders, pain in the legs and muscular part of the body, stomachache, vomiting, headache, migraine, sprains, insomnia etc.

3: What are the tools used in cupping treatment?

Ancient time people will use animal horn to suck out the pus, or they will use bamboo jar. Modern time we use glass jars which are easy to clean and easy to monitor the cupping progress. We use alcohol soaked cotton ball, ignite it and put it into the cup to create a vacuum then remove the cotton ball immediately and place the cup on selected position.

4: What would happen after the cupping?

There is no pain involved during and after cupping. Usually if there is stagnation then the skin on the cupping area will becomes congested with violet colored blood stasis formation. It'll look like big hickies which will go away few days later

 
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