New Year, New You

The beginning of a New Year is always a time to reflect on life changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.

If you are intent on improving your health this year, acupuncture may be the very thing you need to "stick" to those resolutions.

Happy New Year!

Lighten Up

How to Lose the Weight and Keep It Off with Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Losing weight is the #1 most common New Years Resolution. Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine are useful tools in the battle with weight loss.

While acupuncture is not a wonder cure in the treatment of weight control, it is effective in making it easier to lose and maintain weight loss if the patient is willing to change their lifestyle.

Acupuncture needles inserted into specific points on the body and in the ear release endorphins which have a calming and relaxing effect that makes it easier to deal with stress, frustration and anxiety that can trigger overeating and bingeing on fattening foods. Also endorphins affect the digestive and hormonal systems so acupuncture can help rebalance the organ systems that are running too fast- or in this case too slow—i.e., the metabolism and the will power.

An acupuncture weight loss program may include acupuncture, breathing and abdominal exercises, Chinese herbal medicine, nutritional counseling and lifestyle changes.

Your acupuncturist will use a combination of ear and body points to help you lose weight.

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Quit Smoking

Acupuncture has turned a growing number of cigarette cravers into permanent ex-smokers. If you are highly motivated and ready to quit, acupuncture can empower you to take control and begin a healthy and smoke-free life!

Your acupuncturist may do an interview to learn about your unique smoking habits and perform a physical examination including blood pressure, taking the pulse and observing the tongue. The emotional and physical symptoms that you are experiencing will help create a clear picture on which your practitioners can create a treatment plan specifically for you.

The acupuncture treatments will focus on the jitters, the cravings, the irritability, and the restlessness that people commonly complain about when they quit. It will also aid in relaxation and detoxification.

Each patient is custom-treated according to his or her specific and unique diagnosis. Usually a combination of body acupuncture points and points on the ear are used that are believed to influence the organs and energetic pathways associated with smoking.

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