My Practice Philosophy
I have fallen in love with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) because it is a time-tested and comprehensive system that truly delivers the promise of Holistic philosophy. My orientation is to treat the Body and the Mind to achieve optimal well-being.  

Body therapies:  Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Somatic Experience Sensory Awareness training.

Mind therapies:  Mindfulness training and my New Pathways Pain Reduction courses

Holistic medicine is a form of health care that emphasizes the integration of all aspects of a person's health, including physical, psychological, social, economic, and cultural factors.  Holistic Medicine presumes that an ill patient has an innate capacity to heal and that these mechanisms have become impaired.  

My focus my work is establishing a cooperative doctor patient relationship with emphasis on patient education.  A Chinese doctor is like a detective; we examine all of the cues (symptoms) in order to build a unique picture of each patient's health status.  I take time to listen deeply to learn about each person's strengths and challenges.  My role is to discover the factors that weaken the healing capacity of the body, and then design an individualized treatment plan to reinstate balanced health.

Where conventional medicine excels at diagnosing and treating severe disease, it does not know how to create health.  Traditional Chinese medicine understands normal anatomy and physiology of Qi, vital energy, the causes of disease and most importantly utilizes non-invasive and natural substances to restore the self-healing capacity of the human body.  

I am committed to Integrated Medicine where the strengths of modern biomedicine is combined with Holistic medicine.   I look forward to the not too distant future, when there will be full collaboration between these two great systems of health care.  Both individuals and the public will benefit from effective, drug-free, non-invasive and low cost health care in addition to life-saving methods of modern medicine.
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