Traditional Chinese Medicine

This 2,300 year-old medicine defines diseases and conditions differently from Western medicine.

The TCM view of the body is as a whole rather than single and separate systems, and its aim is to restore natural balance to the body to both treat and prevent illness. TCM is integrated into hospitals, government programs such as the VA, research labs and medical systems here in the US.

TCM practitioners are licensed and very well-trained; they must complete nearly 4,000 hours of education in a four year program. In some states, such as California, TCM practitioners are licensed primary care providers.

Techniques

Practitioners of TCM use the following to achieve and maintain good health:

  • acupuncture needles

  • meditation/breathing

  • nutrition and lifestyle consultation

  • several massage techniques using cups and soup spoons (gua sha)

  • moxibustion heat therapy

  • herbal medicine

It is the mission of the TCM doctor to educate and train the patient on how to stay well.

Traditional Glass Cupping

What Does It Do?

In competent hands, acupuncture is considered a safe procedure with few contraindications or complications, according to the World Health Organization. Acupuncture is FDA-approved and quite well studied.

In US studies acupuncture and the therapeutic bruising seen in cupping and gua sha has been shown to :

  • reduce inflammation

  • increase circulation

  • relax muscle tissue

  • alter pain sensations

  • increase the body’s natural opioid production

  • calms the nervous system

Most importantly, TCM can address conditions that have not achieved adequate results in other treatment settings.

For further reading:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7356495/

https://www.britannica.com/science/traditional-Chinese-medicine

Why Choose Rose

Rose has spent 6 years as a Kaiser Permanente contracted provider working closely with physicians in the Primary Care, Physiatry, Pain Management & Rehabilitation departments.

She has extensive training in orthopedics, physical medicine, and sports medicine, and draws from her personal experience as a college athlete. Her specialty is treatment of pain of any type, but her treatments always include a personal and individually-tailored assessment of sleep, digestion and mood.

Her goal is to welcome and treat patients as she would a member of family. You will receive careful, competent and gentle care from her 14 years experience.