Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring in Traditional Chinese Medicine is characterized by the rise of Yang energy. The sun warms the earth and nature awakens. It is the start of a new cycle. A similar process takes place in ourselves. New plans are set in motion and our body is waking up. Spring is associated with the Wood element and with the Liver and the Gallbladder meridians. The Liver The Liver stores the Blood… Read more: Spring, the Awakening of Nature

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many people live with pain everyday. Sometimes this pain is present at every moment, making each activity difficult to accomplish, disturbing sleep and mood. Acupuncture can be a good non-addictive alternative to opioids and a good adjunct treatment to massage therapy, chiropractic, and physiotherapy.  How does acupuncture relieve pain? According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a person’s health is influenced by the quantity, quality, and balanced state of vital energy known as… Read more: Pain Management

Reading Time: 2 minutes Acupuncture can help many health conditions, but did you know that it can also be useful at preventing diseases? In China, over a hundred years ago, people only paid their acupuncturists when they were healthy. If you fell ill, the acupuncturist would treat you free of charge until your health returned. For almost three thousand years, Chinese medicine practitioners have been offering their patients a few annual appointments to strengthen… Read more: Seasonal Changes

Reading Time: 3 minutes Acupuncture, an Ancient Wisdom Acupuncture is an alternative medicine that has been around for a long period of time and some say that it is four to five thousand years old. Acupuncture is part of the five branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with Chinese medicinal herbs, Chinese diet, Tui Na massage, and energy exercises such as Qi Gong and Tai Chi. Acupuncture is a holistic approach which means that… Read more: What is Acupuncture?

Reading Time: 3 minutes The AcuGraph is a digital imaging system that allows an in-depth analysis of the state of the acupuncture meridians. The examination is painless and is performed very quickly by touching the skin while using a probe in specific places on the hands and feet. With the AcuGraph, we get a series of graphs that give a detailed picture of the balances and imbalances of Qi (energy) in your meridians. This… Read more: What is the AcuGraph?