A comprehensive system of healthcare with a continuous clinical tradition of over 3,000 years.  It includes acupuncture ad herbal treatment as well as massage, diet, therapy, meditation, and exercise.  These therapies work with the natural vital energies inherent within all living things to promote the body’s ability to heal itself.  This system of health care is used extensively by one-quarter of the World’s population who reside in the Orient and is rapidly growing in popularity in the West.

Oriental medicine is based on an energetic model rather than the biomedical of Western medicine.  The ancient Chinese recognized the vital energy behind all life form and life processes.  They called this energy Qi

(pronounced Chee).  In developing an understanding of the prevention and cure of disease, the ancient physicians discovered a system of cyclic energy flowing in the human body and along specific pathways.  Each pathway is associated with a particular physiological system and internal organ.

Traditional Oriental medicine has also developed methods of determining the flow in the meridian system.  Using an intricate system of pulse and tongue diagnosis.  Findings from these modalities are combined with other signs and symptoms to create a composite diagnosis.  A treatment plan is then formulated to induce the body to a balanced state of health.