What is preventive medicine? The goal of preventive medicine is to promote health and well-being while preventing disease, disability and death. Acupuncture is preventive medicine because it does just that. It promotes your health, enhances well-being, and prevents the onset of disease and disability. Acupuncture empowers your body’s innate healing capacity. How Does Acupuncture Prevent […]
Acupuncture Improves Sperm Quality
Many times, couples struggling with infertility don’t realize that it is the husband’s sperm that is the stumbling block. Acupuncture improves sperm quality safely and naturally, without the need for medications. Acupuncture improves sperm count, motility (speed), and morphology (shape). Improved sperm quality is essential for getting pregnant. Kidneys and Reproduction Chinese medicine recognizes the […]
Quarantine Stress Relief
We have been on quarantine “stay-at-home” orders for a long time, and it is stressing us out. We can’t go to school, drive to work, eat out at restaurants or hang out at our favorite coffee shop. Many have lost their jobs, while others live in fear of losing theirs in the near future. Retirees […]
Chronic Back Pain Resolved
An 84-year-old man called our clinic two years ago complaining of chronic back pain that had been troubling him for several years. He wondered if acupuncture could help reduce his pain. We explained that acupuncture was effective for treating back pain. He then asked if it was safe for someone his age. We reassured him […]
Overcoming Insomnia With Acupuncture
Today’s blog post discusses overcoming insomnia with acupuncture. Patients come to us struggling with poor sleep, either difficulty falling asleep or waking during the night unable to get back to sleep. Acupuncture helps improve both of these problems safely, naturally and with long term relief. The Problem of Insomnia The National Institutes of Health states […]
Making Work Safe After Coronavirus
America needs a national strategy for getting back to work. Some of the principles we are following at Raleigh Acupuncture can easily be adapted to fit other businesses. Making work safe after Coronavirus is critically important. The sooner we figure out how to do it, the sooner Americans can get back to work. Making Work […]
Acupuncture Reduces Postsurgical Pain
Acupuncture reduces postsurgical pain by improving circulation, reducing inflammation and speeding recovery. At Raleigh Acupuncture we treat pain following all types of surgeries including joint replacement (knee, hip, shoulder), cancer surgery (tumor removal, mastectomy), broken bones, back and neck surgery (bulging disc, spinal fusion), and laparoscopies, to name a few. Common Postoperative Pains Muscle pain […]
Bloating Pain Acupuncture Solution
Do you feel bloated throughout the day? The bloating pain acupuncture solution may be just what you need. Acupuncture resolves bloating safely and naturally, with no medications and no side effects. Read on to learn how acupuncture can help. Bottom Line On Bloating Typical symptoms of bloating include pain in the stomach and/or abdomen, distension […]
Raleigh Acupuncture Coronavirus Update
We are living in unusual times. The Coronavirus has turned our lives upside down. It’s a strange kind of crisis. On the one hand we can walk outside in our neighborhood and go to the park without fear. But we can’t send our kids to school or go to a movie without the risk of […]
Case of the Painful Thumbs
Sometimes pain in a small place can cause a big problem. This was the case for a patient of ours last year. She was a cancer survivor, doing well. Her doctor started her on a post-cancer medication to reduce the chances of recurrence. Acupuncture was helping with the side effects of this new drug, which […]
Cancer Support Acupuncture Care
At Raleigh Acupuncture we treat many patients each week going through cancer treatment. Cancer support acupuncture care is beneficial from the first moment of diagnosis, through radiation, chemotherapy, pre, and post-surgery and aftercare. Acupuncture meets you right where you are, to help relieve symptoms, reduce stress and improve quality of life. Cancer Treatment Is A […]
Acupuncture Spring Tune Up
Spring is in the air! Our only snow has fallen (we hope), the grass is greening up, trees are starting to flower, and spring rains are abundant. It’s time to shake the cobwebs off and prepare for Spring – rejuvenation, increased spirit, new hopes, and dreams. An acupuncture spring tune-up gets the qi and blood […]
Acupuncture Relieves Trauma
Many have heard of the beneficial effects of acupuncture for pain. Neck, back, hip, and knee pain all find powerful relief. However, people may not realize that acupuncture relieves trauma as well. A 2019 study investigated this topic and concluded that “acupuncture could be a useful tool for reducing pain and psychological symptoms related to […]
India Recognizes Acupuncture Therapy
Today India recognizes acupuncture therapy as a comprehensive medical form within its healthcare system. This 2019 declaration was made following more than two years of deliberations. An order issued by the Department of Health Research stated: “Acupuncture, which is already recognized to be practiced as a mode of therapy, can be accepted as an independent […]
Fruit Smoothies Damage Digestion
The most important factor in losing weight, from a Chinese medicine perspective, is to have a healthy digestive system. Many of our weight loss patients come for their first visit thinking the frozen smoothy they start their day with is helping them lose weight. They are surprised when we tell them that fruit smoothies damage […]
