FAQ

How can acupuncture help hospital emergency rooms, urgent care centers and inter-hospital transfers?

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Acupuncture can reduce the patient's length of stay for emergency rooms, urgent care centers, and inter-hospital transfers.

"Acupuncture has been known in modern and classical medical systems to be beneficial to patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)."

Battlefield acupuncture? Yes, it exists, and the military is using it to fight troops’ pain (militarytimes.com)

One and done?

Yes and no. Let's listen to what Dr. Ornstien, M.D. says, "Acupuncture is a science and deserves the time and patience of any new discipline to be understood and mastered. It is a creative art as well because medicine is indeed a healing art. One cannot learn acupuncture in four or six weeks. It is just this impatience, which is so characteristic of our way of life, which negates a true understanding of this wonderful system and which also negates its full potential. It is and would be a great mistake to shut ourselves off from a healing system which is time proven, non-invasive and eminently in tune with the nature of reality. As was the case in Isiah's day, so it is today, "where there is no vision, the people perish".

We have always had the power to effect change. Hopefully, we will grasp some of these ideas and concepts and move toward a more positive approach to life and medicine-as always, the choice is ours. -Dolph B. Ornstein, M.D.

What are the different levels of acupuncturists?

The Classic text describe three types:

Primitive - meaning, placing a needle only where it hurts.

Channel - meaning, placing a needle along the same channel of pain.

True - meaning, managing the nutritive and the energetics properties of the person seeking relief, using a needle.

How can acupuncture help with dementia?

Acupuncture can engage the physiologic factors that lead to dementia, such as metabolic disease, organ dysfunction, head trauma, infection, depression or cerebrovascular disease.

Yes, sometimes it comes with a back injury sometimes not, is it worth a try?

Can acupuncture really help with Peripheral Neuropathy?

How can acupuncture help motorcyclists?

Get relief from dizziness, aches and pains so you can ride!

Acupuncture and Immunology

Acupuncture and Oriental medicine is a powerfull ally to viral and bacterial infections. Such as "Doc," Hay's workduring one of of the most deadly pandemics of history, the influenza pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish Flu. This influenza pandemic killed over 100 million people worldwide, and Doc Hay worked tirelessly during this time to care for workers in Oregon.

A question for you.

Ask yourself what it would feel like to sleep throughout the entire night or What if you were able to get up experiencing a day free of pain stiffness?

Would you like to do the things which bring you joy. These goals are within reach.

Who can benefit from your treatments?

From infants to the elderly, many can benefit from acupuncture . Whether you are suffering from pain, digestion issues, dizziness, difficulty sleeping, inconsolable crying or simply are looking improve quality of life and overall health, our services can help you accomplish those goals. We welcome all patients, no matter how complicated or hopeless circumstances may appear to be.

What do we do if we're experiencing heavy rain and heavy wind?

In heavy rain or heavy wind, do not puncture (DACH IV, 21v). On these days we instead rely on applying herbal medicine and/or moxibustion. Moxibustion is a heat therapy using the artemisia plant, also known as mugwort.

What research is available about the effectiveness of acupuncture?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8083275/