Oriental Medicine is a comprehensive health care system encompassing a variety of traditional health care therapies that have been used fro more than 3000 years to diagnose and treat illness, prevent disease and improve well being.

Acupuncture is one of the essential elements of Oriental Medicine.

• Chinese Herbology (herbal medicine and formulas; internal medicine)
• Bodywork (e.g. acupressure, Shiatsu, Sotai, Tui Na etc)
• Chinese Dietary Therapy, Nutrition
• Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Breath
• Moxibustion Therapy
• Herbal Poultices
• Cupping Therapy
• Non-insertive techniques: Japanese Acupuncture

Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into the body at specific points of electromagnetic frequency and power. Acupuncture is known to be effective in the treatment of specific health issues or imbalances in the energy paradigm.

What does Acupuncture treat? Disorders from Ear, Nose, Throat, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Circulatory, Urogenital, Gynecological, Musculoskeletal, Pyschoemotional & Neurological.

For answers to all Acupuncture questions,  please go to my Acupuncture page

• Is Acupuncture Safe?
• Does Acupuncture hurt?
• How Many treatments are needed?
• Are there different styles of acupuncture?  What if I don't like needles?
• What criteria should one use in choosing an Acupuncturist?
• What should I know about the proposed treatment?
• What do I need to do before, during and after an Acupuncture treatment?

Chinese medicine (CCM or TCM) is one of the world’s “oldest, professional, continually practiced, professional medicines” ~ [Blue Poppy Press]. With medical lineage systems dating back over 2500 years old.

Although acupuncture is one of the more popular modalities to be accepted in the West, Chinese Herbal Medicine is often referred to as the“ internal medicine” branch of Chinese Medicine since it treats acute and chronic disease of a vast nature and origin.

For answers to all Chinese Herbal Medicine questions,  please go to my Chinese Herbal Medicine page

• What is Chinese medicine good for?
• How does a Doctor of E. Asian Medicine determine what is out of balance?
• What methods are employed to establish balance in the body?
• How is Chinese formula medicine different than folk Western folk herbalism?
• How is Herbal Medicine administered?
• Are all the herbs vegetable in origin? How are they sourced and what are their quality?
• Does Chinese herbal medicine have side effects?
• Who does Chinese Medicine work for? Can children or pregnant women take Chinese herbs?
• How long does it take to see results in Chinese herbal medicine?

Qi Gong is a sophisticated self-healing meditation and dance that has active and passive aspects which are elegant, restorative and invigorating.

Qi Gong  (or alternatively chi gung or chi kung) is an ancient form of gentle, rhythmic exercise accompanied with directed breathing techniques that help to cultivate one’s Qi, or vital energy system.  Qi is the animating force of everything in existence and is an important part of nourishing yang sheng, or nourishing life and promoting longevity and strengthening immunity.

For answers to all Chinese Herbal Medicine questions,  please go to my Qi Gong page

• What type of Medical Qi Gong practice does Doctor Loop employ?
• Why practice Qi Gong?

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” ~ Lao Tzu

Qi Gong is complimentary medicine and works extremely well with all other healing systems and medical systems, Western and Eastern.