CNY Acupuncture treats the body, mind, and spirit as a whole. Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM ) is over 3,000 years old and uses a variety of approaches and techniques to keep a person healthy and treat disease when it occurs. A fundamental belief is that your thoughts can impact how you feel physically and illness or trauma can likewise have an impact on your emotional state. The body and mind are inseparably linked and cannot be compartmentalized when it comes to your general health and the healing process.

Treating each patient involves a comprehensive strategy which includes the Four Principle Examination Methods of TCM : Inspection, Listening and Smelling, Inquiry and Palpation. Once the identification of the disease (illness or trauma) and pattern are made, then a treatment principle and method specific to your circumstance will be formulated.

Your body's natural energy, your Qi , is influenced through acupuncture to flow more smoothly and help restore balance within your body. Acupuncture is an energetic stimulation of your own natural healing potential with the goal of promoting and maintaining health and well being.

How acupuncture works from a western point-of-view involves a variety of different mechanisms:

In order to help restore the balance within your body and stimulate this innate healing potential, CNY Acupuncture is proud to offer the following services:

• Acupuncture
• Moxibustion
• Electrical Stimulation (E-Stim)
• Bodywork-Tui Na
• TCM Food Energetics and Dietary Review

Many conditions may respond to acupuncture including: complaints related to chronic and acute pain, emotional balance, detoxification and stress reduction. The following systems may also benefit:

• Musculo-skeletal
• Neurological
• Respiratory
• Digestive
• Gynecological and Reproductive

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating over 50 common ailments including:

Back pain, morning sickness, sinusitis, migraines, chronic fatigue, eye disorders, headaches, stress, insomnia, allergies, asthma, gynecological conditions, digestive disorders, etc.