Philosophy of Healing

Oriental Medicine helps so many people because:

• Oriental Medicine gets at the root of illness or dysfunction, by focusing on balancing and strengthening the healthy energy that supplies all cells, tissues, organs, and body systems. While conventional medicine is more accustomed to suppressing symptoms of disease, and often lacks sufficient means to deliver restorative treatment, Oriental Medicine seeks to restore health before symptoms progress to disease.  Symptoms and groupings of symptoms (traditionally called diseases) are seen as welcome “keys” that unlock the reasons for illness; rather than suppressing symptoms, Oriental Medicine explores these keys to define treatments that restore health.
  
  
• Oriental Medicine doesn't separate physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual domains of function; rather, it looks at each person as a whole, and solves problems in a way that restores a sense of wholeness.  This includes emphasis on lifestyle and attitudinal changes, to effect long-lasting benefit and personal transformation.
  
  
• Pactitioners take the time to compassionately diagnose and properly treat —healing happens more effectively when practitioners really connect with the hearts of their patients, and their families.  We emphasize development of this therapeutic circle of relationship and the natural healing abilities of the human body, mind, and spirit.
  
  
• A proven & systematic form of diagnostic evaluation is constantly in play-even during treatment; we use traditional methods of Oriental medical diagnosis to receive rapid feedback on the acupuncture, bodywork, or herbal treatment being given.  The practitioner is a key instrument of healing and each session is unique.
  
  
• There is no substitute for experience—and Oriental Medicine’s therapeutic strategies and knowledge has been evolving for more than 3500 years.  Today, we can appreciate its stand-alone benefits, as well as its abilities to complement conventional American biomedicine.
  
  

Quality and integrity of the practitioner and assurance of the highest standards of safe medical practice should be a top requirement for every client.

• extensive education from accredited professional institutions;
• National Board certification by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM); and
• training and certification of safety & clean needle technique, in accordance with Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines.