Defining Chinese Medicine
Most correctly called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this is an integrated system of methodologies encompassing Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Manual Therapy, Energetic Exercises, Nutrition and Counseling. It is a complete system of medicine in its own right, which is to say that it maintains a series of tools designed to treat a vast array of illnesses or imbalances.
In many ways the division of tools or methods allows for a large degree of synergy with western traditional medicine. For example: Chinese Manual Medicine has a direct crossover with osteopathic and massage traditions in the west.
Herbal Medicine is comparable to a natural pharmacological solution to disease. Our energetic exercises correspond closely with solutions found in western Physical therapy and Occupational therapy.
Acupuncture Therapy relates very closely to the nervous system and the endocrine system, both of which are major contributors or systems effected by stress-related diseases.
Life Counseling is a unique perspective brought by the fusion of Taoist Thought and Western Psychology. It allows for the integration of talk therapy with acupuncture, manual medicine, meditation training, and herbal treatment, depending on what is most appropriate. Meditation and Movement Therapy are often crucial in managing stress and psychological dysphoria.
