What can Traditional Chinese Medicine help me with?
Because Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a comprehensive healthcare system developed over thousands of years, it is able to address many conditions safely and effectively. It is a holistic system that addresses the whole person--body, mind, and spirit--and seeks to understand the unique balance within each individual, leading to greater overall health and wellness. TCM effectively manages a wide range of symptoms because it addresses underlying root imbalances which manifest as a variety of symptoms. A TCM treatment may involve acupuncture and herbal medicine, as well as massage, energetic exercises, nutritional advice, and lifestyle recommendations. TCM is not only for times of illness! It is also effective preventative medicine to maintain on-going, pain-free, vibrant living.
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Conditions Treated
The National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recognize acupuncture to be effective in treating a wide variety of medical problems including:
The complete WHO clinical study can be found here.
- Musculo-skeletal: Back, shoulder, elbow, & joint pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel synd., arthritis
- Respiratory: Common colds, sore throat, tonsilitis, sinusitis, asthma, bronchitis
- Digestive: Indigestion, nausea, vomiting, IBS, colitis, constipation, diarrhea
- Immune system: Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome
- Women's health: Menstrual irregularities, PMS, menopause
- Pregnancy: Morning sickness
- Reproductive problems and fertility
- Urogential: Urinary tract infections, incontinence
- Head/ears/eyes/nose/throat: Headaches, facial palsy/tics, trigeminal neuralgia, dizziness, eye problems, dental pain
- Mental/Emotional: Anxiety, stress, depression, fatigue
- Addiction: Alcohol, drug, smoking
- Sleep disturbances
The complete WHO clinical study can be found here.
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Fertility, Pregnancy, and Pediatrics Care
Pediatrics: Traditional Chinese Medicine provides gentle holistic care for colds, coughs, ear infections, digestive upsets, allergies, and weakened immune system. Serina uses a combination of acupressure, infant massage/tuina, and when appropriate, gentle needling with ultra-thin pediatric needles. Serina carries a line of herbal tinctures formulated especially for pediatrics.
Serina offers Shonishin, or monthly wellness treatments to keep your child healthy. Shoninshin is a gentle, non-needling Japanese technique, similar to massage, which stimulates the child's energy meridians. It is practiced in Japan as preventative therapy, usually done around the full moon.
Fertility and Pregnancy Care: Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used for centuries in assisting women in achieving and maintaining a healthy pregnancy. It offers safe, holistic, non-invasive medicine which complements western obstetrical care. TCM aims to promote optimal health in the mother-to-be and the developing baby. Through the use of gentle needling, herbal medicine, moxabustion, and cupping, Serina can help you relax and rejuvenate during pregnancy.
Serina offers fertility treatments for patients having difficultly conceiving or who are using assisted reproductive technology (ART). She also offers the following services for women suffering from pregnancy-induced health conditions, or simply desiring more ease in their pregnancy and labor process.
For more information on acupuncture and pregnancy research, click here.
Serina offers Shonishin, or monthly wellness treatments to keep your child healthy. Shoninshin is a gentle, non-needling Japanese technique, similar to massage, which stimulates the child's energy meridians. It is practiced in Japan as preventative therapy, usually done around the full moon.
Fertility and Pregnancy Care: Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used for centuries in assisting women in achieving and maintaining a healthy pregnancy. It offers safe, holistic, non-invasive medicine which complements western obstetrical care. TCM aims to promote optimal health in the mother-to-be and the developing baby. Through the use of gentle needling, herbal medicine, moxabustion, and cupping, Serina can help you relax and rejuvenate during pregnancy.
Serina offers fertility treatments for patients having difficultly conceiving or who are using assisted reproductive technology (ART). She also offers the following services for women suffering from pregnancy-induced health conditions, or simply desiring more ease in their pregnancy and labor process.
- Pre-natal care: Prenatal care can include help with morning sickness, fatigue, muscle aches, pelvic and ligament pain, back pain, sciatica, threatened miscarriage, stress/mood swings, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, heartburn, hemorrhoids, and preeclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension).
- Pre-birth 'ripening' treatments: Known as 'ripening' treatments because they help to ripen, or soften the cervix for childbirth. These are weekly treatments beginning in the 36th or 37th week to help a woman relax and to promote an efficient labor. Ripening treatments often help reduce the need for acupuncture induction, but if needed, acupuncture can be used to help promote labor.
- Labor support: Acupuncture or acupressure is helpful during labor for relaxation and pain management, and it helps keeping labor moving forward. Acupressure techniques can be taught to birth partners to help their laboring women.
- Post-natal care: After birth, acupuncture and herbal treatments are aimed at nurturing and fortifying the new mother. Heat therapy (moxabustion) builds energy and helps the new mother regain her strength and form. TCM offers treatments for post-partum depression, persistent uterine bleeding, and breastfeeding problems.
For more information on acupuncture and pregnancy research, click here.
