LI'S ACUPUNCTURE

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At our office, multiple TCM approached are available. we also know that each of our patients has individual needs and will tailed the plan and approach to satisfy your needs.

1. Chinese Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medical technique for unblocking chi (chi or qi] by inserting needles at particular points on the body to balance the opposing forces of yin and yang. Chi is an energy that allegedly permeates all things. It is believed to flow the body along 14 main pathways called meridians. When yin and yang are in Harmony, chi flows freely within the body and a person is healthy. When a person is sick, diseased, or injured, there is an obstruction of chi along ne of the meridians.

2. Tung's Acupuncture

Tung's Acupuncture is one of lineage of classical Chinese medicine and independent of the TCM movement. it is fairly well known in Taiwan, the final home of the last member of the Tung lineage to practice medicine, although it has only recently gained notoriety in the west.  The most prominent feature of Tung's acupuncture is the Tung family's set of points, which Master Tung termed "orthodox channel extra (curious) points". While some of these points lie in approximately the same location as some of the conventional points of 14 channel meridians, the majority of Tung's points are in unique locations, and even when analogous to conventional points have different point groupings and functions.  this approche with its unique Dao ma needle technique is very effective for some pains and other conditions.


3. Auricular Acupuncture Scalp Acupuncture

Also called ear acupuncture, a variation of  traditional acupuncture. It is a method of diagnosis and treatment based on the unsubstantiated belief that the ear is the map of the bodily organs. A problem with an organ such as the liver is to be treated by sticking a needle into a certain point on the ear that is supposed to be the corresponding point for that organ. Another variation of this method is Scalp acupuncture with which acupuncturist puts staples at key points on the ear hoping to do such things as help people stop smoking, losing weight.

4, Acupressure /Chinese Massage

Benefits of acupressure / Chinese Massage: Acupressure / Chinese Massage is not intended to be an pernpering or relaxation. It is a form of deep tissue therapy that conveys the multiple Benefits:  speeding the healing of injuries and clearing bruises, easing emotional distress, increasing flexibility in the joints and improving postures, stimulating blood circulation and regulating the nervous system, relieving chronic pain and relaxing the tension of muscle after acupuncture, improving athletic performance, curing some conditions affecting the internal organs...

5. Cupping Therapy

Have you noticed the circular marks on the backs and shoulders of  Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and many other athletes members of the men’s gymnastic team? If you did ,your question might be what are those circular bruises on them? What's for? Good question ! Those circles are the Benefits of Cupping end product of a healing technique called cupping. Cupping is a form of the traditional Chinese medicine: that have used for thousand years. The benefits of cupping are many. On a general, systemic level, cupping improves the circulation of blood and lymph. It also regulates and improves the functioning of the autonomic nervous system. Locally, the most obvious benefit of cupping is a relief of pain and relaxation and increasing suppleness of the stiff tendons and muscles. For more information, please refer to
cupping page.