5 Element Acupuncture

Acupuncture is among the oldest healing practices in the world. In the United States, where practitioners incorporate healing traditions from China, Japan, Korea, and other countries, acupuncture is considered part of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

Acupuncture has been practiced in China and other Asian countries for thousands of years.

Scientists are studying the efficacy of acupuncture for a wide range of conditions.

Relatively few complications have been reported from the use of acupuncture.

The term “acupuncture” describes a family of procedures involving the stimulation of anatomical points on the body using a variety of techniques. The acupuncture technique that has been most often studied scientifically involves penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles that are manipulated by the hands or by electrical stimulation.



Cupping, an ancient Chinese method uses cups in order to create a partial vacuum onto the skin. By utilizing cupping we can open the energetic pathways in the body. This helps reduce pain by increasing blood flow and enhancing the body’s ability to heal. Cupping has been found to release toxins, relax muscles, activate the lymphatic system, decrease stretch marks, and reduce varicose veins.

Gua sha

Gua sha is a technique used in Traditional Chinese Medicine sometimes called coining, spooning or scraping.



"Modern research shows the transitory therapeutic petechiae produce an anti inflammatory and immune protective effect that persists for days following a single Gua sha treatment accounting for the immediate relief that patients feel from pain, stiffness, fever, chill, cough, wheeze, nausea and vomiting etc, and why Gua sha is effective in acute and chronic internal organ disorders including liver inflammation in hepatitis." -Guasha.com