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Psalm 147:3
"He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds."

Modern Professional Acupuncture has its roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine, dating back thousands of years.  Acupuncture is but one aspect of this healing system.  Other components are:  Diet (including nutritional supplements), Exercise, Massage, and Herbal Formulas.

Today acupuncture physicians and doctors of oriental medicine are trained in state approved colleges and sit board exams just like other health care professionals.

What is acupuncture? | Stop Smoking | Vibrational Beauty Therapy
 

What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is energetic medicine.  The vital energy or life force on which acupuncture principles are based is call qi (chee).  Qi is believed to circulate through the body along channels called meridians.  Most acupuncture points are found along these pathways.  Because acupuncture regulates the body's energetic flow, deficiencies or excesses of energy that can adversely affect one's health can be rebalanced by stimulation of the proper acu-points.  This procedure can rechannel and alleviate the energy blockages and allow the body to heal itself.

Modern research has shown acupuncture to increase the body's resistance to disease by stimulating the immunologic, neurologic, hormonal, and metabolic defense activities.  Today this ancient theory has been researched in numerous countries around the world and shown to be based in scientific fact.

According to ancient Chinese principles, the human body is not merely a combination of mechanical and chemical parts, but an integrated, energetic system whose health depends on keeping all its elements in balance.  Unfortunately, there are many factors that can throw the system out of balance, ranging from poor nutrition to pollution, from hereditary factors to trauma.  When imbalance occurs, pain or illness can result.

"The doctor of the future will give no medicines, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the causes and prevention of disease."

-Thomas Edison

History of Acupuncture.

Acupuncture existed in many ancient cultures.  The Egyptians, Phoenicians, Romans, and Galls used acupuncture for the treatment of several ailments.  Today the World Health Organization recognize acupuncture for many different diseases, disorders and syndromes.

The ancient Chinese are credited with the real development of this healing art.  However, the Japanese and Koreans also made significant contributions to both its ancient practice and modern scientific research.  The Europeans, most notably the French, have also been involved in the development of acupuncture during the last 300 years.

Acupuncture has been known in the United States for hundreds of years as well.  Benjamin Franklin, while our ambassador to France, received acupuncture treatments and even did experiments with electro-acupuncture.  Dr. William Osler, the father of Western medicine in America, wrote that acupuncture should be the treatment of choice for lumbago.  However, no schools for teaching this art were ever set up in the United States and so the art died out.

After President Nixon returned from China in 1972, interest in this "strange" healing art was revived.  In 1973 the first acupuncture clinic opened in Washington D.C. and soon thereafter the first U.S. college specializing in Oriental Medicine opened its doors.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

-Benjamin Franklin
 

The World Health Organization
has recognized acupuncture for the following conditions:

Upper Respiratory Tract

Acute rhinitis      Bannerman, R.H. Acupuncture:  The Who View - World Health 27/28, 1979 December

Acute sinusitis

Acute tonsillitis

Common cold

Disorders of the Eye

Acute conjunctivitis

Cataracts

Central Retinitis

Myopia (in children)

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Spasms of Esophagus & Cardia

Hiccough

Gastroptosis

Acute and Chronic Gastritis

Gastric Hyperacidity

Chronic Duodenal Ulcer (pain relief)

Acute Duodenal Ulcer

Acute and Chronic Colitis

Acute Bacillary Dysentery

Constipation

Diarrhea

Paralytic Ileus

Respiratory System

Acute Bronchitis

Bronchial Asthma

Disorders of the Mouth

Acute and Chronic Pharyngitis

Gingivitis

Post-extraction Pain

Toothache

Neurological and Muscle-skeletal Disorders

Headache

Migraine

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Facial Palsy (early stage within 3 to 6 months)

Pareses following a Stroke

Peripheral Neuropathies

Sequelae of Poliomyelitis (early stage…within three months)

Meniere's Disease

Neurogenic Bladder Dysfuntion

Nocturnal Enuresis

Intercostal Neuralgia

Cervicobrachial Syndrome

"Frozen shoulder"

"Tennis Elbow"

Osteoarthritis

Sciatica

Additional conditions commonly treated with acupuncture.

Alcohol, Smoking, Substance Abuse

Acute/Chronic Pain

Acute/Chronic Pharyngitis (sore throat)

Allergies

Candida

Cervicobrachial Syndrome

Colitis

Constipation

Depression

Digestive Problems

Fatigue

Flatulence (gas)

Functional Frigidity

Functional Impotence

Gingivitis

Hemorrhoids

High Blood Pressure

Insomnia

Intercostal Neuralgia

Mastitis

Menstrual Disorders (PMS)

Nocturnal Emission

Osteoarthritis

Osteoporosis

Paralytic Ileus

Prolapsed, Rectal or Uterine

Prostatitis

Sports Injuries

Stress

Tinnitus

Trauma Recovery

Vertigo

What happens during a typical treatment?

An acupuncture treatment usually consists of the insertion of stainless steel needles at specific points on the body.  The needles are extremely thin (so thin that one will fit inside the barrel of a hypodermic needle) and the patient feels only a slight sensation of insertion or even nothing at all.  When the acu-point is reached, a characteristic sensation of heaviness or tingling is commonly felt. The number of needles used varies according to the problem being treated.  The treatment itself may last just several minutes to more than half an hour depending on the patient and the condition being treated.

Acupuncture is extremely safe and remarkably free of negative side effects.  Over 30,000 treatments were done at the UCLA Acupuncture Research Center without one case of infection.  In our offices we use only disposable needles.  They are packaged and sterilized for your one time use and then disposed of.  A perfect marriage of ancient wisdom with modern technology.


STOP SMOKING

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WITHOUT AGONY

You have heard all the ways to stop smoking:  Aversion techniques, group support sessions, scare tactics, or worse yet cold turkey!  They often fail, because of withdrawal misery including nervousness, tension, and irritability.  The symptoms seem worse than the smoking habit itself.

Now even the heaviest smoker can become a non smoker in just two or three days without the withdrawal agony… with  acupuncture.
 

How it works

Habitual smoking is due to a nicotine addiction that results in a chemical imbalance in the brain.  As long as that imbalance exists, so does the need to smoke. 

Acupuncture is one of the only known approaches that can directly treat the addiction centers in the brain.  It simply changes the chemical balance back to normal.  The chemical imbalance can be corrected in as few as two acupuncture treatments within 18 hours of each other. This is accomplished under the care of a professionally trained, Board Certified practitioner, like those at our two locations.
 

Phone Consultations
Are FREE!

Most questions about this treatment can readily be answered over the phone.  A simple call can reassure you about the benefits of this ancient form of health care.  There need not be any mystery.  Acupuncture works by balancing the body's physiological process.  This is a perfect marriage of ancient wisdom and modern technology.  We use only disposable needles.

According to the American Lung Association there are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, including 43 chemicals that are known to cause cancer.    Cancer causing agents include:Nitrosamines, Crysenes, Cadmium, Benzo(a)pyrene, Polonium 210, Nickel, P.A.H.'s, Dibenz Acidine, B-Napthylamine, Urethane, N. Nitrosonornicotine, Toluidine.  Plus the following chemicals:  Acetone (nail polish remover), Ammonia (floor/toilet cleaner), Arsenic (poison), Butane (cigarette lighter fluid), Carbon monoxide (car exhaust fumes), DDT/Dieldrin (insecticides), Ethanol (alcohol), Formaldehyde (preserver-body tissue & fabric).  Hexamine (barbecue lighter), Hydrogen cyanide (gas chamber poison), Methane (swamp gas), Methanol (rocket fuel), Napthalene (mothballs), Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug), Nitrobenzene (gasoline additive), Nitrous Oxide Phenols (disinfectant), Stearic acid (candle wax), Toluene (industrial solvent), Vinyl chloride (makes PVC). 

* During 1990, 15,639 Michigan residents died of smoking attributable illness.  This is about one in five of all Mich deaths. 

Immediate health benefits of stopping smoking according to the American Cancer Society: 1) Within the first 20 minutes, blood pressure and pulse rate drop to normal, and body temperature increases to normal.  2) Within 8 hours, carbon monoxide and oxygen levels in blood become normal.  3)  Within 24 hours, risk of having a heart attack decreases.  4) The longer one goes without smoking, the risk of smoking related death continues to decline…by 10 years after you've stopped smoking, that risk goes back close to zero.
 

 

Vibrational Beauty Therapy


Vibrational Beauty Therapy is a total solution to maintaining optimum, healthy skin tone that is the direct reflection of inner well-being. Looking younger is here to stay-it's not just passing fancy. Understanding this fact, we have invested many years of research, testing and field application in pioneering a procedure and formulating products that not only have positive results as a facial de-aging process, but as a whole body treatment as well.

Vibrational Beauty is unique in that it combines several powerful beautifying and energy balancing modalities into one streamlined system. These include Microcurrent electrical stimulation through acu-points, color and sound therapies, massage and specially formulated facial and skin healant products. The result is beautiful toned skin in a relaxed and energized body. You feel good about yourself and it shows.

Whole body treatment is where Microcurrent facial rejuvenation got started. A physician, utilizing Microcurrent electro-medicine, treated a patient with Bell's Palsy for paralysis. The patient came back shortly after treatment and said she wanted the same treatment for the other side if her face. They noticed that facial lines were much softer, her face was lifted and her eyes were more open on the treated side of her face! She had the other side of her face treated and total effect was predictable...she looked years younger!

This research and development to utilize these techniques for beautification began in earnest. As work on de-aging progresses, we began to see that the physical results of a younger looking face were an outward expression of greater benefits beneath the skin! Patients began feeling better, reducing stress levels, and experiencing greater creativity and a more vibrant sense of general well being. We knew we had stumbled onto something of great benefit to people, as who doesn't want to look and feel better?

Vibrational beauty therapy goes far beyond where other systems stop. Research on application of this powerful, non-invasive technology is on going. Microcurrent stands at the vanguard of a new era of health and well-being.

The system yields superior results...it works.


 

NO NEEDLES, NO HARSH CHEMICALS, NO SURGERY, NO RECOVERY TIME. CAN ATTEND SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS SAME DAY!

1st phase increases circulation and rejuvenation of cellular process.

2nd Phase restores original tone to the muscles.

3rd Phase Mud Masque to remove impurities.

4th Phase opens pores through a process called iontophoresis using Microcurrent and light to prepare for application of nutrients.

5th Phase is a wonderful facial massage with gentle electrical current pulsing through my hands delivering nutrients and Pseudo collagen (derived from plant) into the deeper tissues of the face.

6th Phase closes pores through a reverse but similar process as in the 4th phase.

7th Phase is the final phase where we address the neck and the under jaw with specially designed bar Probes and more nutrients.

All painless and wonderfully relaxing


 

Q: What makes Vibrational Beauty therapy different from other beauty therapy?

A: everything! The most important difference is that Vibrational Beauty Therapy works from the inside as well as the outside to stimulate regeneration of healthy skin tissue. VBT is the key to restore and maintain healthy skin tone through utilizing techniques that work in harmony with the natural processes of the human energy body. Combined with our powerful skin healent products, the system is much more effective and lasting than any other de-aging process available today.

Q: What is Microcurrent facial rejuvenation and is safe?

A: The electro medical techniques employed in VBT have been used for treatment of many medical conditions including Bell's Palsy, sinusitis, tension headaches and much more. Cosmetic enhancement benefits were only discovered after the fact as a side benefit when treating these conditions. Microcurrent is completely safe and non-invasive. It works in harmony with the natural energy system of the human body.

Q: What is light sound therapy?

A: light (color) and sound have a remarkable healing effect on the body. Microcurrent and colored light, selected according to individual body type, are delivered to specific acu-points and muscle areas of the face and body. This, plus harmonious audible tones, yield positive and lasting results.

Q: What makes VBT products different?

A: VBT Skin healant products are in a class of their own, as they were specifically developed to assist in Microcurrent electro-medical facial therapies. Our products utilize only pure and benefit natural ingredients that unlock and release the healing process of the body. They contain top quality, high performance ingredients, along with minerals and the healing benefits of gem blends.

Q: how many sessions are required?

A: Suggested ten to twenty treatments consecutively, depending on age an health condition, two or more times per week if possible.

Q; How soon do you see results?

A: Results may vary, yet generally seen after the first treatment, notable with each additional session. You immediately notice a difference in texture and color of the skin due to increased circulation.

Q: Are there any proven statistics on the improvements to the skin?

A; it has been proven microcurrent stimulation increase ATP( adenosine Triphosphate) production, stimulates collagen and elastin production and increases cellular metabolism. According to 2003 study by Dr. Chi at the University of Washington's Pathlogy Dept-examination of the skin treated with Microcurrent showed:

  • 10% Increase of the collagen thickness in the connective tissue
  • 35% Increase in the number of blood vessels
  • 45% Increase in the number of elastin fibers in the dermis
  • 35% Increase in the blood circulation in the tissue (circulation attributes to health, condition and color of the skin)

For more information:

http://www.aaom.org

http://www.acupuncture.com

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