Integrative
Preventive Healthcare 

The skin reflects and reacts to imbalances within the body's internal landscape and the effects of the environment. Internal disharmonies caused by strong emotions, diet, constitution, and environmental influences such as wind, dryness, dampness, and heat can all contribute to developing a skin disorder. To keep your skin healthy and beautiful on the outside, you must also work on the inside of your body. Increasing the flow of energy, blood, and lymph circulation improves the skin's natural, healthy color. 

 

General skin conditions that can be treated with acupuncture and Oriental medicine include acne, dermatitis, eczema, pruritus, psoriasis, rosacea, shingles, and urticaria (hives). Oriental medicine does not recognize skin problems as one particular syndrome. Instead, it takes a holistic approach, aiming to treat the specific symptoms that are unique to each individual using a variety of techniques with acupuncture, such as herbal medicine, bodywork, lifestyle/dietary recommendations and energetic exercises to restore imbalances found in the body. This comprehensive approach reassures patients that their condition is being addressed from all angles. Therefore, if 10 patients are treated with Oriental medicine for eczema, each patient will receive a unique, customized treatment with different lifestyle and dietary recommendations.