Why Choose Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine?

Oriental Medicine is a natural method of healing. It has a continuous lineage of scholarship and practice for thousands of years. 5000-year-old mummies with tattoos of acupuncture points have been found! The World Health Organization recommends acupuncture for use with an extensive number of illnesses (see below). The National Institute of Health studies show that it is the most promising of all the complementary methods researched so far. See In The News.

While Western Medicine is certainly effective in many cases, it has its limitations, risks and side effects. Oriental Medicine is safe, health-oriented and often has solutions for conditions that elude modern medicine. When multiple visits to the doctor have not given relief, when your goal is to maintain good health and not simply treat problems, in cases where Western medical protocol is too invasive or ineffective, Oriental Medicine can help. In fact, in traditional China, you paid your doctor to keep you healthy and stopped paying him when you became sick, because clearly he hadn't done his job!

Western medicine approaches health from the direction of symptoms and disease - when you have a symptom or pain that cannot be ignored any longer, a visit to the doctor (or doctors) follows. The doctor treats your problem in the best way he knows how, which is usually to prescribe medicines to try to kill of the germs, reduce the symptoms, or perform surgery. In contrast, Oriental Medicine looks at what aspect of your health was imbalanced enough to allow this illness to occur in the first place. It puts your body's resources to work to heal itself.

Example: A patient who frequently gets sinus infections goes back to his doctor. Each time, the doctor prescribes a course of antibiotics which take care of the current crisis. The doctor may recommend sinus surgery to stop the endless cycle of infections. If the same patient decided to visit an acupuncturist, the story would take a different course. Acupuncture treats the infection (branch symptoms) as well as treating the imbalance that causes these frequent infections (root cause). The patient leaves in a stronger, healthier state. The cycle of sinus infections has ended.

Licensed Acupuncturists in Texas complete a rigorous four-year Masters study program in Oriental Medicine before being licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. They must also be nationally certified in both Acupuncture as well as Chinese Herbology before they can practice in Texas. Such an education insures that your health is in the hands of someone who has a deep understanding of Oriental Medicine and is committed to helping you achieve the best health possible.

The World Health Organization, the medical branch of the United Nations, issued a partial list of diseases helped or cured by acupuncture treatment. This list is by no means complete and if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our goal is to educate the general public about Oriental medicine and we will take whatever time necessary to speak with you.

Upper Respiratory Tract - Acute Sinusitis - Acute Rhinitis - Common Cold - Acute Tonsillitis - Allergies

Respiratory System - Acute Bronchitis - Bronchial Asthma

Disorders of the Eye - Acute Conjunctivitis - Central Retinitis - Myopia - Cataracts (without complications)

Digestive Disorders - Food allergies - Ulcers - Diarrhea - Constipation - Intestinal Weakness - Nausea following surgery or in pregnancy - Anorexia - Gastritis - Hyperacidity - Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Colitis acute and chronic - Paralytic Ileus - Acute Bacillary Dysentery

Emotional and Psychological Disorders - Depression - Anxiety Addictions - Smoking - Drug - Alcohol

Gynecological and Obstetrical Disorders - Menstrual Cramps - Dysmenorrhea (Painful Periods) - PMS - Infertility - Breech Positioned Fetus - Morning Sickness

Circulatory Disorders - Hypertension - Angina Pectoris - Arteriosclerosis - Anemia Neuromuscular Disorders - Arthritis - Neuralgia including Trigeminal - Headache and Migraine - Facial Paralysis - Paralysis following stroke - Peripheral Neuropathy - Nocturnal Enuresis (bedwetting) - Meniere's disease - Insomnia - Dizziness - Chronic and Acute Pain - Cervicobrachial syndrome - Neck Pain - Frozen Shoulder - Tennis Elbow - Sciatica - Low Back Pain - Fibromyalgia - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

And many more things with or without specific diagnoses