What is Oriental Medicine?

• Complete medical system over 2,000 years old

• Modalities include acupuncture, use of centuries-old defined herbal formulas, acupressure massage, cupping, moxabustion, nutritional and lifestyle counseling, breathing exercises

• Modern acupuncture uses sterile, individually wrapped hair-thin needles, inserted at specific anatomical locations just below the skin. Many patients describe a feeling of well being after needles have been inserted.

• Herbal remedies are produced in high tech, quality controlled facilities. We use only cGMP quality, FDA regulated formulas (specific mixtures of herbs are brewed into a tea, water-extracted, and then the water is evaporated and made into either granules or tablets). Hundreds of quality-controlled formulas exist and are prescribed to suit your specific condition. Years of study and practice are involved in diagnosing and prescribing appropriate herbal formulas.

• Addresses not only the “branch” (symptoms), but also “root” cause of condition (disharmony in OM terminology)