True preventative medicine aims to keep you in balance and good health, physically, emotionally and mentally.
In Traditional East Asian Medicine, the model of healing is likened to gardening: you are a garden and your health practitioner is a gardener. In this model, your body-mind is given attention, nutrition, support, love and care; the “weeds” are removed, and a little pruning is done, so that you maintain your balance and good health and prevent serious dis-ease and illness.
Orthodox medicine is more like a garage: you go in for a service – and maybe have a few tests, or when you need a major overhaul – surgery and lifelong pharmaceutical drugs.
Wouldn’t you rather take care of yourself in a holistic and preventative way and avoid serious illness, surgery and drugs?
Nowadays, orthodox medicine can extend our lives and suppress symptoms. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the ability to really support and nourish our body-mind, an essential component for healing. But, natural medicine can and does!
Acupuncture – needling and moxibustion – can support and nourish your vital energy systems and pathways, remove pathogenic qi or energy, and support your body-mind to find its balance again. Diet and lifestyle advice provides you with the tools to empower you to take care of your own health. Supplements and herbs can also provide extra support.
Acupuncture can be effective at treating a wide range of symptoms. If you have any symptoms that are bothering you, whether acute or chronic, affecting your body, mind or emotions, acupuncture may be able to help you.
Reference: Between Heaven and Earth, A Guide to Chinese Medicine
By: Harriet Beinfield, Efrem Korn
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