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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a healthcare model that utilizes multiple modalities to maintain and restore harmony in the body.
These modalities include acupuncture, dry needling, herbal medicine prescriptions, dietary therapy, cupping, tuina, exercise, and more.
Several of these techniques may be incorporated into your personalized, holistic treatment.
Acupuncture
The insertion of thin, single-use, sterile needles into particular points on body and muscle attachment sites. The anatomical maps acupuncturists use are called meridians, or channels. Dry needling is one of many techniques acupuncturists are trained in.
By stimulating nerve endings beneath the skin, acupuncture sends messages to the brain that regulate the nervous system, release endorphins, promote circulation, reduce inflammation, and recruit healing materials to help the body heal itself. It is used a responsive intervention when imbalance has already developed, and as preventative care to boost and maintain overall wellness.
Click here to learn about the wide range of conditions acupuncture can support.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal formulas come in multiple delivery routes: raw plant materials that are cooked into teas, dehydrated powdered that are stirred into warm water, pre-made capsules or tablets, tinctures, soaks, and some topical products. These formulas are personalized to target issues at the root cause and restore harmony in the body for a lasting solution. They are designed for you to get off of them.
Nationally certified and state licensed TCM practitioners, like Hanna, are trained to prescribe herbs with drug-herb interactions and safety in mind. Your medication list and health history will dictate what’s appropriate. If it is not safe to prescribe herbs orally or at all, we have plenty of other therapeutic approaches to use.
Cupping & Guasha
Cupping is technique that uses suction to promote blood flow and break up stagnation between skin, muscle, and facia layers. It is beneficial for pain, stiffness, and sore muscles. After cupping, many patients experience increased range of motion, without discomfort.
Gua sha has similar applications and results, but uses pressure rather than suction.
Tuina
Tuina is a body work style integral to traditional Chinese healing arts. It is based in meridian theory and dovetails the treatment goals your acupuncture session and/or herbs are targeting. It promotes circulation and is appropriate in cases of pain, trapped tension, digestion issues, and many more.
Food Therapy
Several plants in TCM’s herbal materia medica are food. Eating simple recipes with these ingredients supports the body in recovery from illness, surgery, or childbirth. They can also be tailored to strengthen digestion, promote skincare, and either compliment or protect against the different seasons.
Qigong
Qigong describes a broad class of mind-body practices that combine movement, mindfulness, and breath work. Some techniques are used to invigorate the body, others to bring in state of calm. Tai chi is one kind of qigong. Tapping on acupuncture points - as popularized in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) - is another.