Using sterile, disposable needles, the acupuncturist will needle eight to ten points on the patient's body. With modern guide tubes and specially designed rounded points, insertion is painless, though the patient may experience warmth, tingling, or heaviness at the needle site. Generally, needles are left in for 20 minutes. Patients will usually experience immediate symptomatic relief within the treatment, and often there is an increased sensation of well-being.

Tuina is a Chinese form of therapeutic massage where the practitioner vigorously rubs, kneads, and stimulates various acupoints and channels on the body. It strongly invigorates blood flow, lymphatic drainage, and releases active trigger points to reduce pain, and promote health. Included in Tuina is acupressure treatment--  a wonderful alternative to acupuncture.

Moxibustion is a concentrated heat therapy that has been developed for over two thousand years. Burning the herb ai ye, or mugwort produces a special kind of heat that penetrates deep into affected areas. This pain free and pleasant therapy is smokeless and completely safe, and it is unparalleled in its ability to relieve pain.

Chinese herbal medicine is a wonderfully complex system of herbal medicine that has been continuously studied and developed for over two thousand years. Multiple medicinal substances are combined into formulas which treat your individual pattern of symptoms as well as your constitution. Chinese herbs have been studied extensively, and they are both safe and effective.