Tri City Healing
69 State St., Suite 812
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 640-7722
Dr. Deborah Fahrbach, DACM, L. Ac.
Acupuncture is a 3,000-year-old healing technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine which is now widely practiced in the West. A system of integrative medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, Acupuncture is used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions. The very fine, filiform needles penetrate the skin at specific points on the body with the intention of manipulating the bodies energy known as Qi (pronounced “Chee”), in order to return the body to balance.
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Acupuncture aims to restore the body's natural balance by stimulating homeostasis. It's best known in the West for pain relief and continues to be extensively studied by institutions such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the National Institute for Health (NIH) because it consistently outperforms other "conventional" therapies - including pharmaceuticals. In 1997, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) documented and publicized acupuncture’s safety and efficacy for treating a wide range of conditions.
Acupuncture focuses on overall well-being rather than treating only specific, isolated symptoms. The aim of acupuncture is to restore equilibrium within a person's physical, emotional and spiritual aspects. Many patients come in for regular, quarterly, or annual "tune-ups" because it helps them maintain the balance they've worked to obtain.