Specialties

Pain Management

Have you ever been woken up by your pain in the middle of the night? Does taking ibuprofen only seem to relieve your pain temporarily? Acupuncture provides a natural way to help you not just by relieving the symptoms on the surface, but also by restoring the balance among your internal organs and taking care of the roots of your pain. Whether it’s your back, neck, hip, foot, knee, migraines, or arthritis come to see how we make you feel.

“Using the Mann-Whitney test, there was a statistically significant difference in VAS obtained at 6 weeks, after trigger point acupuncture had been added for poor responders, compared to that obtained after the first 4 weeks of acupuncture treatment (p < 0.047). Our study demonstrates that acupuncture is effective in treating patients with chronic heel pain due to plantar fasciitis and that the addition of trigger point acupuncture in poor or non-responders may be useful.”

“Acupuncture is used to treat a variety of symptoms, especially pain, and has been demonstrated to be effective, safe, and well tolerated. From our meta-analysis, it is evident that acupuncture could be efficacious in treating the pain associated with sciatica.”

Stress/Anxiety/Depression

Anxiety is one of the most common mental illnesses. Many people suffer from some form of anxiety occasionally, but managing anxiety can be tricky. A growing number of people are seeking alternatives to antidepressant medication due to its serious side effects. Studies have found Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to be as effective as antidepressants, and it may also help treat the medication’s side effects.

“The response to acupuncture of 18 anxious adult subjects who complained of insomnia was assessed in an open prepost clinical trial study. Five weeks of acupuncture treatment was associated with a significant (p = 0.002) nocturnal increase in endogenous melatonin secretion (as measured in urine) and significant improvements in polysomnographic measures of sleep onset latency (p = 0.003), arousal index (p = 0.001), total sleep time (p = 0.001), and sleep efficiency (p = 0.002). Significant reductions in state (p = 0.049) and trait (p = 0.004) anxiety scores were also found. These objective findings are consistent with clinical reports of acupuncture’s relaxant effects.”

“Eight small-randomized controlled trials comparing 477 subjects were included in the meta-analysis. Our results confirmed that acupuncture could significantly reduce the severity of depression, which was indicated by decreased scores of Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAMD) or Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). “

Insomnia

Can you even recall the last time you had a 8 hours of sleep at night with any interruptions? TCM sees insomnia as a symptom, not a disease. Underneath, it could be either liver qi stagnation, or heart fire, or kidney yin deficiency. Each cause manifests slightly different patterns of insomnia. Acupuncture is highly personalized to treat the underlying cause of your unique situation. A comprehensive study shows that more than 60% of patients showed improvement after 2 weeks of acupuncture.

STUDY:
“Impact of Acupuncture on Chronic Insomnia: A report of Two Cases with Polysomnographic Evaluation”

“Based on the results of meta-analyses, the majority showed that compared with no treatment, sham acupuncture, or medications, acupuncture was significantly better on improving parameters in sleep quality and duration, and the combination of acupuncture and other interventions appears more effective than those interventions alone.”

“Remarkable improvement was determined in polysomnographic parameters of both cases. After acupuncture treatment, improvements in subjective symptoms such as unrefreshing sleep, morning headache, reduced motivation and daytime performance, tiredness, sleep disturbances, fatigue, and mood worsening in the morning were also observed. “

digestive health

TCM believes that the digestive system is mainly governed by Spleen and Stomach, where Stomach receives the food and Spleen transports and transforms the food into useful nutrients. TCM also emphasizes the impacts of emotions and stress on the digestive system, through the balance of spleen and stomach to other organs, such as liver and intestines. Common conditions include: IBS, constipation, chronic diarrhea, indigestion, and acid reflux. 

“our meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials suggests that acupuncture improves the symptoms of IBS, including abdominal pain and distension, sensation of incomplete defecation, times of defecation per day, and state of stool.”

“This systematic review suggests that acupuncture for functional constipation is safe and effective, especially in terms of increased stool frequency and improved constipation symptoms, stool formation, and quality of life, but the relationship between acupuncture and drugs is not clear.”

Facial Acupuncture

Facial Acupuncture offers many benefits to those who want to revitalize the look and feel of their skin by building collagen, toning muscles, improving circulation without build-up of chemicals. In addition, holistic approach is also implemented to restore the balance within the body, so that health can be manifested from the inside out.  

“Results of the present meta-analysis showed that acupuncture was associated with increased cure rate and total effective rate of the treatment of Bell’s palsy in comparison with drugs.”

“Acupuncture had a positive influence on the signs and symptoms of TMJ MP. In addition, this study provides evidence that the Park Sham Device was a credible acupuncture control method for trials involving facial acupoints.”

Microneedling

Tiny needles create small micro-channels on the epidermis, which stimulate a healing response in the skin and result in an increased production of both collagen and elastin. Microneedling is beneficial to address conditions like acne scars, fine lines, stretch marks, and hair restoration.

“Compared to the baseline, patients’ evaluations revealed noticeable clinical improvement in atrophic post-acne scars in response to skin microneedling. There was a statistically significant increase (p<0.05) in the mean of collagen types I, III, and VII and newly synthesized collagen, while total elastin was significantly decreased (p<0.05) after the end of treatment.”

” Microneedling monotherapy significantly increased total hair count more than topical minoxidil 5% (β = 12.29; p < 0.001). The combination treatment of microneedling with topical 5% minoxidil increased total hair count significantly compared to monotherapy with microneedling (β = 7.63, p < 0.05) .”

Help relieve symptoms from the following conditions:

  • Respiratory
    • asthma, allergies, bronchitis, sinusitis, chronic cough, colds/flu
  • Nervous
  • Urinary
    • urinary tract infection, chronic bladder infection, frequent urination, kidney stones, prostatitis
  • Musculoskeletal
    • sciatica, arthritis, Bell’s Palsy, muscle spasms, shingles, sprains
    • stiff neck and shoulders, trigeminal neuralgia, myofacial pain, tennis elbow
  • Digestive
  • Reproductive
    • menstrual cramps, yeast infection, vaginal dryness, endometriosis
    • menopause symptoms, menstrual disorder, fertility
  • Others
    • breech birth, high blood pressure, diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, vertigo
    • chemo/radiation therapy side effects, tinnitus, weight loss, auto-immune disorders, morning sickness, acne

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