Tri City Healing

Conditions that we can treat with Acupuncture:

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Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm)

Acne vulgaris

Addiction & dependence (alcohol, cocaine, opiates, tobacco)

Alcohol detoxification

Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)

Bell’s palsy

Bronchial asthma

Biliary colic

Cancer pain and the side effects of chemotherapy

      and radiation

Cardiac neurosis

Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation

Cholelithiasis

Competition stress syndrome

Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)

Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent

Dysentery, acute bacillary

Dysmenorrhoea, primary (menstrual discomfort)

Earache

Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)

Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)

Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection

Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)

Facial spasm

Female infertility

Female urethral syndrome

Fibromyalgia and fasciitis

Gastrokinetic disturbance

Gouty arthritis

Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)

Headache

Hypertension

Hypotension

Hyperlipemia

Hypo-ovarianism

Insomnia

Knee pain

Leukopenia

Low back pain

Lactation, deficiency

Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic

Ménière disease

Morning sickness

Nausea and vomiting

Neck pain

Neuralgia, post-herpetic

Neurodermatitis

Obesity

Osteoarthritis

Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)

Periarthritis of shoulder

Postoperative pain

Pain due to endoscopic examination

Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans

Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome)

Post-extubation in children

Postoperative convalescence

Premenstrual syndrome

Prostatitis, chronic

Pruritus

Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome

Raynaud syndrome, primary

Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection

Retention of urine, traumatic

Renal colic

Rheumatoid arthritis

Sciatica

Sprain

Stroke

Sialism, drug-induced (excessive salivation)

Sjögren syndrome

Sore throat (including tonsillitis)

Spine pain, acute

Stiff neck

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Tennis elbow 

Tietze syndrome

Tourette syndrome

Ulcerative colitis, chronic

Urolithiasis

How does acupuncture work?

Acupuncture improves the body’s functions and promotes the natural self-healing process by stimulating specific anatomic sites--commonly referred to as acupuncture points, or acupoints. The most common method used to stimulate acupoints is the insertion of fine, sterile needles into the skin. Pressure, heat, or electrical stimulation may further enhance the effects. Other acupoint stimulation techniques include: manual massage, moxibustion or heat therapy, cupping, and the application of topical herbal medicines and linaments.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on an ancient philosophy that describes the universe, and the body, in terms of two opposing forces: yin and yang. When these forces are in balance, the body is healthy. Energy, called "qi" (pronounced "chee") flows along specific pathways, called meridians, throughout the body. This constant flow of energy keeps the yin and yang forces balanced. However, if the flow of energy gets blocked, like water getting stuck behind a dam, the disruption can lead to pain, lack of function, or illness. Acupuncture therapy can release blocked qi in the body and stimulate function, evoking the body’s natural healing response through various physiological systems. Modern research has demonstrated acupuncture’s effects on the nervous system, endocrine and immune systems, cardiovascular system, and digestive system. By stimulating the body’s various systems, acupuncture can help to resolve pain, and improve sleep, digestive function, and sense of well-being.

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