We decided to create a way to help educate our patients and our community on various ways to help bring about better health from the approach we have learned, through Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). While we do primarily acupuncture at the clinic, TCM encompasses an even broader view. It is a medical theory and practice that has evolved in China over thousands of years. In these emails we’ll be able to dig a bit deeper to help explain some of the concepts of TCM. It uses a very different language and way of explaining how imbalances in the body cause disease. We will do our best here to help make this ancient medical system more understandable and applicable in our daily lives.
Thousands of years ago in China when this medical theory evolved, they didn’t have lab tests and x-ray machines. What they did have was plenty of time to observe the body and the tongue and feel the pulse to better understand the patterns of disease. They noticed how stimulating specific points alleviated pain, how emotions affected the body differently, how certain seasons made underlying patterns improve or worsen, the benefits of the practices to cultivate our energy, and, they believed that food should be the first medicine. Urban Acupuncture Center is set up to allow our patients to receive affordable acupuncture, and with each session we hope to be able to increase your level of understanding of what we do, how acupuncture works, and what else you can do for yourself.
In this issue we’ll be discussing dietary ideas to eat right according to the seasons- and why that is so important. Anne Van Druten has a special interest and education in nutrition, and has shared suggestions for how to adjust your diet for the winter season. Also, Kit Yoon writes about the very foundation of it all, Qi. It’s a big concept to explain and is important to understand, as we use that word so much within the clinic and in our approach to help determine treatments. We will discuss what we sell at the clinic and why we believe these to be useful adjuncts to better health. We will be highlighting an acupressure point that may be helpful during the winter season. UAC now is beginning to offer classes and we will keep you posted on the current schedule. Soaring Crane style Qi Gong will be offered again at the beginning of January. If you have any subject matter you would like to learn more about, we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email, and we will try to touch on it for future issues. We love testimonials, if you have an experience with acupuncture you don’t mind sharing, that is the most powerful way for us to spread the word about how acupuncture can help. Also please forward this to a friend if you know anyone who would be interested in receiving these newsletters. They can also sign up at the bottom of our website to subscribe to the email list.
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