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About Oriental Medicine
Heartland Oriental Medicine
How does Chinese Medicine Work?
Chinese Medicine works by reestablishing balance and harmony within the body. This means balance between yin and yang, balance between the five phases, the viscera and bowels, between the qi, and blood and body fluids. This balance is reestablished by supporting the body's healthy energy and attacking any unhealthy energy.
How does the Chinese Medical Practitioner Decide what is out of balance?
Practitioners of Chinese medicine diagnose what is out of balance in a person's body by using four basic examinations. The first is questioning one's signs and symptoms, medical history, and disease progression. The second is visually inspecting one's face, body, tongue and it's coating. The third is listening to one's voice how they are breathing as well as smelling the odors coming from the patient. The fourth is palpating various areas of the body and the pulse at both wrists. Using a combination of one's signs and symptoms, tongue diagnosis and pulse diagnosis, the practitioner can determine the pattern of disharmony which requires rebalance.
How do They Rebalance You?
Chinese medicine "looks" at disease differently than Western Medicine. If something is too hot the practitioner seeks to cool it down. If something is too cool,they try to warm it up. If something is too wet, they try to dry it while if something is too dry they try to moisten it. If something is too much the try to make it less and if something is too little they try to build it up. If something is stuck they try to move it and if something is flowing inappropriately, they try to make it flow in the right direction and amount.
What Methods are used to Reestablish Balance Within One's Body?
A combination of fine sterile needles are used on certain acupoints, while Chinese herbal medicines may be prescribed internally or applied externally. They may also use Chinese massage, prescribe exercises and counsel on diet and lifestyle changes that will be helpful.
What Can Chinese Medicine Treat?
Chinese medicine is a complete medical system which attempts to treat a full range of diseases. They can be acute, chronic, traumatic, infectious, or internally generated. However if a disease is very virulent, or especially advanced (especially if there is extreme tissue changes) Chinese medicine by itself may not be powerful enough or it may work too slowly. This is why Chinese Medicine is excellent at the beginning of a disease process or when used on a disease your Dr. is unable to treat with western medicine. Chinese medicine when combined with Western medicine can speed up the healing process. Chinese medicine Dr.s work hand in hand with Western Medical Dr.s to give you the best treatment.
Is Chinese Medicine Safe for me to use?
Yes, very. When practiced by a qualified professional practitioner both acupuncture and herbal medicine are extremely safe. When used correctly, they have no side effects and no Dr. caused disease. If a herb causes side effects the practitioner adjusts the dosage until there is healing without any side effects. Chinese medicine seeks to rebalance the entire person.
Will it work on everyone?
Chinese medicine has been used effectively for thousands of years on all sorts of ethnic groups. China is very diverse, and there are thousands of practitioners around the world using Chinese medicine effectively at this time.
How do I find a qualified Acupuncturist or Oriental Medicine Practitioner?
Thanks to the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) consumers can locate a board certified practitioner. Please use the link above to visit their website, and choose find a practitioner. Note: individuals certified in "Oriental Medicine" have met requirements for board certification in BOTH Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology.
Chinese Medicine works by reestablishing balance and harmony within the body. This means balance between yin and yang, balance between the five phases, the viscera and bowels, between the qi, and blood and body fluids. This balance is reestablished by supporting the body's healthy energy and attacking any unhealthy energy.
How does the Chinese Medical Practitioner Decide what is out of balance?
Practitioners of Chinese medicine diagnose what is out of balance in a person's body by using four basic examinations. The first is questioning one's signs and symptoms, medical history, and disease progression. The second is visually inspecting one's face, body, tongue and it's coating. The third is listening to one's voice how they are breathing as well as smelling the odors coming from the patient. The fourth is palpating various areas of the body and the pulse at both wrists. Using a combination of one's signs and symptoms, tongue diagnosis and pulse diagnosis, the practitioner can determine the pattern of disharmony which requires rebalance.
How do They Rebalance You?
Chinese medicine "looks" at disease differently than Western Medicine. If something is too hot the practitioner seeks to cool it down. If something is too cool,they try to warm it up. If something is too wet, they try to dry it while if something is too dry they try to moisten it. If something is too much the try to make it less and if something is too little they try to build it up. If something is stuck they try to move it and if something is flowing inappropriately, they try to make it flow in the right direction and amount.
What Methods are used to Reestablish Balance Within One's Body?
A combination of fine sterile needles are used on certain acupoints, while Chinese herbal medicines may be prescribed internally or applied externally. They may also use Chinese massage, prescribe exercises and counsel on diet and lifestyle changes that will be helpful.
What Can Chinese Medicine Treat?
Chinese medicine is a complete medical system which attempts to treat a full range of diseases. They can be acute, chronic, traumatic, infectious, or internally generated. However if a disease is very virulent, or especially advanced (especially if there is extreme tissue changes) Chinese medicine by itself may not be powerful enough or it may work too slowly. This is why Chinese Medicine is excellent at the beginning of a disease process or when used on a disease your Dr. is unable to treat with western medicine. Chinese medicine when combined with Western medicine can speed up the healing process. Chinese medicine Dr.s work hand in hand with Western Medical Dr.s to give you the best treatment.
Is Chinese Medicine Safe for me to use?
Yes, very. When practiced by a qualified professional practitioner both acupuncture and herbal medicine are extremely safe. When used correctly, they have no side effects and no Dr. caused disease. If a herb causes side effects the practitioner adjusts the dosage until there is healing without any side effects. Chinese medicine seeks to rebalance the entire person.
Will it work on everyone?
Chinese medicine has been used effectively for thousands of years on all sorts of ethnic groups. China is very diverse, and there are thousands of practitioners around the world using Chinese medicine effectively at this time.
How do I find a qualified Acupuncturist or Oriental Medicine Practitioner?
Thanks to the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) consumers can locate a board certified practitioner. Please use the link above to visit their website, and choose find a practitioner. Note: individuals certified in "Oriental Medicine" have met requirements for board certification in BOTH Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology.
