Healing Modalities
Qi Gong/ Meditation
The word Qi Gong (pronounced chi kung) is a combination of two ideas: "Qi" means air, breath of life, or vital energy of the body, and "gong" means the skill of working with, or cultivating, self-discipline and achievement. The art of Qi Gong consists primarily of meditation, relaxation, physical movement, mind-body integration, and breathing exercises. Practitioners of Qi Gong develop an awareness of qi sensations (energy) in their body and use their mind to guide the Qi. Great practitioners of this art can achieve a sufficient skill level to direct or emit external Qi for the purpose of healing others.
For thousands of years, millions of people have benefited from Qi Gong practice, improving health and healing disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, good health is a result of a free flowing, well-balanced energy systems. It is believed that regular practice of Qi Gong helps to cleanse the body of toxins, restore energy, reduce stress and anxiety, and help individuals maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. Although there is not yet an instrument that can measure the strength of Qi and we may not fully know what Qi is physically, research has shown that the external Qi of a Qi Gong master can produce significant structural changes in water and aqueous solutions, alter the phase behavior of dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline (DPPC) liposomes, and enable the growth of Fab protein crystals (Yan et al. 1999). It has been said that Qigong is one of the most powerful healing traditions developed in human history. It is literally a health wonder of the world.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient medical healing art that involves the insertion of fine needles into specific points on the body. These points lie on different lines, which run throughout our bodies. These lines are called “channels” or “meridians”. Inserting needles at different points along these channels, the acupuncturist is able to help align our body's natural energies in order to establish internal balance and harmony.
For your protection we use disposable needles. All are pre-sterilized and individually packaged.
Herbal Medicine
There are over 300 commonly used herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica. Each herb has different healing capabilities based on the different properties it possesses. Properties are whether or not an herb is cool, cold, warm, hot or neutral. Which meridian does it enter? What direction does it move or carry the qi and blood. All these questions must be answered in order properly prescribe an herbal formula. Each formula is custom designed to treat the patients particular ailments.
Nutrition
In Asian culture, food is viewed as medicine. Everything we put into our body has a direct result on how it will function. Like Herbal Medicine all food has different properties, we use the different properties of the foods we eat to treat the problems concerning our body.
Moxabustion
Moxabustion is the technique of burning the dried material of the Mugwort plant (artemesia vulgaris) over specific acupuncture points. When alight, moxa burns in a very slow and controlled way producing a very penetrating heat directly into the points and channels, which influence the flow of Qi and Blood. Moxa has the smell of strong incense as it smolders rather than burns.
Gua Sha
Gua Sha is a traditional ancient Chinese healing technique used by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dating back to over two thousands years and involves firmly rubbing a person's skin with a soup spoon, flat piece of jade, or a large coin. Gua Sha is used to relieve stagnation from acupuncture channels as well as muscle tissue This acts by using controlled motions to clear illness from the body. For example, the skin of the upper back, neck, and chest may be rubbed during this process. Gua Sha releases the exterior Sha, by moving body fluids and blood, stimulating blood flow and helping to discharge pathogens through the skin. The skin will feel warm and red marks may appear as part of a healthy Gua Sha treatment.
