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15/03/2020

Acupuncture decreases mortality rates, improves interferon levels, and increases phagocytosis for cases of influenza.

04/04/2019

Allergic rhinitis can be caused by three factors:

1. Sensitive constitution. People have sensitive constitution are more sensitive to weather changes or food than others. From TCM’s point of view, sensitive constitution is caused by “heat in liver merdian”. When have “heat in liver merdian”, people will experience itchy eyes, itchy ears and irritating throat.

2. At early age, heat caused by diseases such as cold or pneumonia could not be eliminated completely and still remains in the body, in particular remains in bronchial.

3. When the above conditions are stimulated by external and internal stimulus, such as food, medicine, changes of weather or stress, allergy symptoms will appear easily.

These abovementioned factors are also the causes of Asthma and Allergic skin irritations. Especially when intake of certain food caused allergic skin irritation and the factor in food which caused allergy was not completely eliminated from body during treatment, people will easily experience allergy easily afterwards when the body receives external or internal stimulus.

Treatments

First step: Change sensitive constitution

As mentioned above, allergy is the result of “heat in liver”. Herb formula and acupuncture treatment, which remove heat from liver and decrease sensitive reaction to stimulus, can help to improve and change sensitive constitution. These treatments can also strengthen immune system, so that the body will not react to the stimulus easily.

Second step: Eliminate the remaining heat or toxin by herb formula and acupuncture. This can be called detox. The detox process can help remove heat from lung and bronchus and further prevent the body from exaggerated reaction to external and internal stimulus.

The same mechanism can be used to treat most allergic diseases.

22/02/2019

Glaucoma is an eye disease resulted from damage of Optic nerves.
Optic nerves receive light-generated nerve impulses from the retina and transmits these to the brain, where we recognize those electrical signals as vision. The damage of optic nerves can cause a subtle loss of vision and even progress to loss of vision if it’s not untreated.

Glaucoma is usually linked to the accumulation of pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure). The increase of intraocular pressure will press optic nerves and block blood flow. Intraocular pressure increases when either too much fluid is produced in the eye or the drainage or outflow channels (trabecular meshwork) of the eye become blocked.

Acupuncture treats glaucoma through two approaches: 1. Bring back the intraocular pressure to normal by removing the blockage 2. Improve blood circulation and bring nutrient to optic nerves to prevent the nerves damage.

22/02/2019

According to studies, around 80 percent of women go through menopause and over 40 percent find their symptoms serious enough to seek for help from specialists. Going through menopause, women may experience hot flashes, sweats, insomnia, tiredness, mood swings or joint stiffness. In worst cases, menopause may develop to high blood pressure or tinnitus (ringing in ears).

For decades, hormone therapy has been used to ease menopause symptoms. Estrogen and progesterone are the most commonly used hormones. According to WHI studies, taking estrogen alone or together with progestin is linked to increased breast cancer, ovarian cancer or endometrial cancer.

Menopause is a completely natural biological process that womb stop functioning after completing its tasks. Womb reduces hormone production in order to rest and hormone change causes menopause symptoms. Hormone therapy can relieve menopause symptoms by increasing hormone level to normal. However, this treatment breaks the natural process and forces womb to restart function again. As a result, the whole body wellness will be deteriorated. Instead of taking rest, the womb is continuously stimulated to function, which will result in fibroids, even more, serious diseases.

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) treats menopause symptoms from a different approach.
According to TCM, essence, Qi, blood and body fluid are the basic material to form and sustain life activities of human body. As the human body is getting older, all of them will reduce and become insufficient. We can tell from the change of skin condition.

The inadequacy of blood weakens liver function, which causes people experience palpitation, hot flashes, fatigue, and dryness of mouth and lips. Also due to liver function weakness, people will be more vulnerable to external stimuli, get stressed easily or even experience more serious mental problems. Therefore, TCM treats menopause symptoms by replenishing blood and strengthening liver function.

Acupuncture and herbal medicine can effectively help women experiencing menopause with a natural and healthy approach. Try this alternative treatment and return to your quality life within 5 sessions.

22/02/2019

Acupuncture is the one of the most oldest and most respected alternative medical treatments in the world. It originated in China over 5,000 years ago and has a proven clinical history of effectiveness. More than eight million Americans have used acupuncture to treat a variety of common health conditions. Acupuncture treatments are holistic and preventive, treating the entire person, not just the part that hurts. To strengthen your overall health and vitality, our acupuncturist will offer suggestion for lifestyle improvements in diet, supplementation, exercise, sleep, and stress management.

21/02/2019

Dr. Donghwan Lee is a New York–licensed acupuncturist and is nationally board-certified in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, and Oriental Medicine. Dr. Lee is also a licensed practitioner in China.

He has a five-year bachelor’s degree and a three-year master’s degree in Oriental Medicine from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, the top acupuncture school in China. He practiced at Dongzhimen Hospital and Guoyitang Hospital -- which are both affiliated with the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine -- for more than 11 years. With this comprehensive and classical training, his background sets him apart as one of the area’s most skilled experts in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

He has completed in-depth studies on constitutional medicine and the treatment of chronic disease under the instruction of Professor Wangqi, one of the top "TCM Masters" as nominated by the Chinese government. His master’s thesis, written on the efficacy of Chinese herbs to treat erectile dysfunction, was published in top Chinese journals.

With a wealth of experience in the treatment of allergies, chronic disease, anxiety, menopause, mental health disorders, insomnia, and digestive diseases, he is skilled at creating custom protocols for patients with both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.

He is also highly adept at treating conditions of the spine and back, with a focus on pain relief. He received intensive training in acupuncture for pain treatment from Professor Huang Jianjun, a well-known Chinese acupuncturist, and worldwide lecturer.

Donghwan Lee is committed to understanding and resolving the cause of your issues, not just treating your symptoms. He brings his knowledge of different modalities to create a healing protocol that serves your total body wellness and your healthiest, happiest life.

21/02/2019

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According to studies, around 80 percent of women go through menopause and over 40 percent find their symptoms serious enough to seek for help from specialists.