Patient's Guide to
Acupuncture & Herbs
Your decision to receive Chinese Medicine treatment is an important investment in your health and your life. Chinese medicine has been a time-tested system of medicine of over 3,000 years - proven effective, natural, and safe to help support your health and well-being now and into the future.
In Chinese medicine, we use acupuncture and herbs as two major modalities for treating all health conditions. The synergistic combination of acupuncture and herbs together produces maximum effectiveness for healing as compared to a single modality alone. The combined use of acupuncture and herbs is the standard treatment protocol at our clinic.
Chinese medicine is a very effective method of healing but requires a series of treatment. And for many chronic conditions, continuing maintenance is crucial to sustain and to build on the progress achieved. Many patients have the misconception that a few sessions of acupuncture and herbs is all it takes to forever fix their problems. It is important to understand that acupuncture and herbal therapy are not quick fixes. No form of natural healing is a quick fix.
Our body has its own process and a timeline to grow and develop through life, and this also applies to its innate healing process in times of illness. Acupuncture and herbs function in assisting, not manipulate or control, your body's innate intelligence to repair and rebalance itself. This does not mean that it takes a long time before you experience improvement. On the contrary, acupuncture and herbs can produce very quick effects in the body. Most patients at our clinic experience significant improvement from just a few treatment sessions. However, this is indication that the body has begun the healing process but does not mean that the healing is complete and done. Therefore, patient must maintain continuing therapy over a period of time in order to sustain the progress and to reinforce healing.
When you choose to align with holistic medicine, your consciousness about healing must shift from “instantaneous results” to process resolution and commitment. The period of healing is different for every person and every condition; ranging from 3 months to 1 year, or many years of a person’s life especially in chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, menopause, or constitutional deficiencies. Age is a big factor. For example, someone in the fifties/sixties would require a longer healing and maintenance period than a person in the thirties.
Chinese medicine is more than a treatment for illness; it is a support system for health and life. Many health conditions are produced from the natural process of aging and decline. When you enter the second half of life and choosing Chinese medicine, you should see it as becoming a part of your lifestyle, like consistent exercising, eating well, taking essential supplements, getting regular massages, etc… use Chinese medicine to rectify health when there are definite imbalances and use it as a support system to maintain health and wellness throughout life. Patients that commit to consistent acupuncture and herbal treatment for over one year have enjoyed tremendous increase in energy, vitality, and overall wellness of body, mind, and spirit.
Our goal is to help you achieve the best possible health and happiness.
Thank you for choosing Chinese Medicine, and thank you for choosing St. Teresa clinic as your support for health.
