Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (also called Traditional East Asian Medicine) is a framework of medicine that began in China over 3000 years ago. TCM is a holistic medical approach that has been built upon a pragmatic scientific process of inquiry, observation, debate and refinement over its long history.

Traditional East Asian Medicine focuses on the mind and body using a diverse set of medical tools.  A Chinese Medical practitioner is trained in a four-year medical school to skillfully use a variety of medical tools including:

• Acupuncture
• Electro Acupuncture
• Herbal Medicine
• Cupping
• Tuina/Shiatsu massage
• Gua Sha or “Graston Technique”
• Nutrition and Diet
• Exercise
• Lifestyle

From this medical perspective, each person is treated as a whole.  A Traditional East Asian Medical physician is looking for patterns of illness and health and how these work together.  Traditional East Asian Medicine doesn’t stop at treating symptoms or conditions. When only symptoms are treated, the body continues to break down like a car that has the ‘check engine’ light ignored too long. Traditional East Asian Medicine examines all physiologic systems and creates a treatment plan that will provide effective health care solutions to any number of health problems.

Traditional East Asian Medicine looks at the culmination of a person’s health and lifestyle and finding patterns within them, understands imbalances.  That way we can provide a better treatment to help people reach their best possible health.