The Wellness Approach

What’s the main difference between wellness care and standard medical care? Wellness care seeks to turn on the natural healing ability, not by adding something to the system, but by removing anything that might interfere with normal function, trusting that the body would know what to do if nothing were...

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Chinese Medicine on the Causes of Disease

Traditional Chinese medicine analyzes pathological factors based on how symptoms and signs manifest clinically.  Disease-causing factors are triggered by external influences such as variation of weather, irregular food intake, stress, lack of physical activity, and traumatic injuries.  Internal (or emotional) factors can also cause disease.  There are seven main emotions:...

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Drive Down Blood Pressure, Recover from Stroke with Acupuncture

The calming and regenerative effects of Acupuncture have long been known. Now, Acupuncture is becoming more widely recognized as an alternative therapy for curbing high blood pressure as well as aiding those recovering from a stroke. Hypertension, elevated levels of blood pressure, is sometimes referred to as a “Silent Killer.”...

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