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Medical Qigong is the energetic healing branch of East Asian Medicine that focuses on restoring the body’s energy (qi) to proper functioning. Every part of the body has energy fields around and within it down to a cellular level. Physical ailments, disease, and pain, as well as mental and emotional stressors stem from or create imbalances or distortions in our fields. Stressors or traumas can become lodged or stuck, creating an ongoing symptoms and field distortions.
In Medical Qigong, the practitioner uses their hands to assess and treat distortions in the internal and external energetic fields in and around the body with purging, tonifying, and regulating techniques. Treatments utilize movement, breathwork, sound, and intention as well as gentle touch.
Medical Qigong stands alone as a complete system; it stimulates, strengthens, and regulates the immune system and the internal organs. In a balanced state, our energy field supports our physical and psycho-spiritual well-being. It can also be used in a supportive role with other treatment modalities without concern of adverse interactions.
Sessions include coaching for self-guided follow-up care. Medical Qigong can be performed in person or remotely. See FAQs.
Chinese herbal medicine is a sophisticated form of therapy with thousands of years of clinical effectiveness and scientific exploration within the context of Chinese medical theory.
Herbs and formulas in this tradition are prescribed according to their healing properties rather than their chemical constituents. Through the combination of different medicinals, Chinese herbal medicine is able to treat both the root cause and symptoms that are unique to each individual, helping them to harmonize areas of imbalance in their life.
Herbal formulas are a natural way to treat disharmonies of body, mind, and spirit.
Acupuncture works with the meridians and organ systems of the body to promote and regulate body/mind/spirit qi flow through the insertion of hair-thin sterile needles into energetic points on the body. System balance is restored and health follows.
Moxibustion most commonly involves the burning of the herb known as mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) either directly on the skin or indirectly. Direct moxibustion is accomplished by burning a cone of mugwort on specific points. In indirect moxibustion, the practitioner places mugwort in one of several forms at some distance from the patient’s skin. These forms include moxa sticks, moxa on needles, moxa in a warmer, and moxa on top of slices of ginger, garlic, or aconite.
Cupping is a technique used to move qi and fluid stagnation lodged in the muscles, channels, and interstitial spaces, addressing symptoms of pain, cold, or swelling. Stationary cupping targets a specific area while moving cupping addresses larger areas of the body. The suction may leave temporary marks on the body that resolve in a few days.
Guasha is a traditional technique used to treat stagnant qi and blood in which a smooth sided instrument is scraped across the skin that surfaces the stagnation as temporary red petechiae. This redness is a classical indicator of a successful treatment and activation of the body’s healing response.