Available Modalities Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the most ancient systems of medical science, based on complex concepts which arose from very pure, straightforward understandings of nature, the human body, and empirically researched anatomy and...

A classical herbal formula is carefully constructed using a structure unique to TCM.While not every formula follows this framework exactly, it is the standard template used. There are four ‘levels’ of herbs which are combined to work with - and play off - one another...

Sure! In fact, the ‘theory of acupuncture’ is actually the theory or principles of Chinese Medicine applied to the modality known as acupuncture…. In other words, Chinese Medicine is an entire medical system (the only one the Chinese had for thousands of years) with...

In the US, the only needles legal these days are solid, pre-sterilized, single-use needles that are immediately discarded as medical waste - ie in a ‘sharps’ container identical to those used in hospitals - and delivered via very controlled methods to a designated...

Acupuncture is one modality of the entire system of Chinese Medicine.  It is the one with which most Westerners are most familiar, but it is only part of a larger whole.  Having developed in a relatively insular culture, Chinese Medicine has its own unique framework,...

The short and simple answer (so rare in Chinese medicine, short and simple answers!) is that for the next few hours after treatment, we want to be certain your Qi keeps doing what the needles 'told' it to do, rather than what your activity tells it to do! Needles...

We like to say that if it hurts at all, it is about as much as having your hair pulled. Thats the short answer. The long answer is... longer.  But not ultimately much different in general. Acupuncture needles are very thin and fine.  While true Classical Chinese-style...