Acupunctuur Amsterdam
Acupuncture Westerpark Amsterdam
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Herbs
Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde, Chinese Kruiden
De Stichting Complementaire en Alternatieve Zorg (SCAG)
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde
Acupunctuur Amsterdam Westerpark, L.C.C.Lee Acupuncturist Amsterdam
De Stichting Complementaire en Alternatieve Zorg (SCAG)
Treatment
Acupuncture
Treatment is with thin needles. The needles are put into specific acupuncture points in your body. These points are located on the meridians. Meridians are channels in the body through which energy circulates. The acupuncture influences the energy of the meridian and regulates the energy flow in the body causing a better flow of energy occurs; an energy blockage disappears; increases the amount of energy or to be moved to an area that has little energy and improve the quality of the energy.
During treatment you may notice this to a tingling or just a heaviness around the needles. Sometimes the feeling is carried along the meridian. The needles remain about fifteen to twenty minutes in.
Chinese Herbs
Herbal therapy can complement the acupuncture treatment. It can also be used as an independent treatment. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine draws on ancient practices -- herbal medicine is as old as humanity itself. From a collection of herbs, each of which can be modified to fit a patient's individual pattern of disharmony. We are using a traditional classic herbal formula as a foundation and adding other herbs specific to the individual's complaint and constitution.
Moxibustion
Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort, a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing. Moxibustion has been used throughout Asia for thousands of years; in fact, the actual Chinese character for acupuncture, translated literally, means "acupuncture-moxibustion." The purpose of moxibustion, as with most forms of traditional Chinese medicine, is to strengthen the blood, stimulate the flow of qi, and maintain general health.
Cupping
Cupping is the term applied to a technique that uses small glass cups as suction devices that are placed on the skin. Cupping is much like the inverse of massage - rather than applying pressure to muscles, it uses gentle pressure to pull them upward. Once suctioned, the cups are generally left in place for about ten minutes while the patient relaxes.