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Confidentiality
Everything concerning your treatment is kept confidential. Information is released only by your written consent, or if required by certain circumstances, such as a court order or a life-threatening emergency situation. Protection of your privacy is mandated by law, by professional ethics and by my personal integrity. Details of your Patient Privacy Rights are discussed at your first appointment, as required by state and federal laws.
Request to the Patient
Holistic methods are employed, methods that consider the entire you. In order to provide the best possible treatment and to ensure your safety, I request you:
- inform me of all medications, supplements, herbs, drugs, or special foods taken
- inform me of all other treatments you are currently involved with, whether connected to your reason for seeing me or not
- fill out the new patient forms as completely as possible
- inform me of anything new or different at each return visit
- inform me if you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant
Before your treatment, please consider the following:
- eat a light meal or snack prior to your treatment (within a couple of hours) -avoid heavy meals, fasting or long periods since last meal or snack
- use the restroom upon arrival before the treatment; a restroom is located in the hallway off the reception room
- avoid alcohol or recreational drugs prior to the treatment
- wear loose fitting clothing, if possible, especially pant legs and sleeves
Oriental Medicine Treatment Therapies
As with other medical practices, Oriental Medicine begins with the intake of information from the patient, including written and verbal statements, visual observations, palpation of pulse, tender areas, and/or acu-points, and other pertinent details. An Oriental Medical diagnosis with differentiation is determined and a treatment plan devised.
Oriental medical treatments include one or any combination of the following:
- Acupuncture, with or without moxibustion or electro-stimulation
- Acupressure, Asian bodywork, cupping
- Chinese herbal formulations
- Qigong, Tai Chi, energy work and other exercises
- Lifestyle recommendations
Acupuncture,
moxibustion, electro-stimulation
- Acupuncture is an ancient treatment, which uses very thin, solid sterile needles placed into specific points in the body or ear to stimulate and guide the body's innate healing abilities.
- Moxibustion is a therapy that combines the burning of special herbs and specific acupuncture points or along meridians, with or without needles. This can increase the effectiveness of the acupuncture by bringing heat and the therapeutic qualities of the herbs into the body.
- Electro-stimulation uses micro- or milli-amperage to stimulate the acu-points and meridians, with or without needles. Electro-stimulation increases acupuncture's effect on the innate electromagnetic nature of the body and is often used to treat pain and to induce the healing of tissue.
- Both moxibustion and electro-stimulation of points and meridians are used to enhance the acupuncture treatment but are not indicated for every situation.
Acupressure, Asian bodywork, cupping
- Acupressure is the application of pressure on acu-points and along meridians as a means of stimulating the healing process.
- Asian bodywork includes the Oriental massage traditions, such as the popular shiatsu and tuina, and incorporates Oriental Medical principles to work on the superficial meridians.
Cupping
is the use of open-ended glass balls applied with suction to the body.
Cupping creates superficial and deep stimulation to improve circulation
and to encourage healing.
Chinese herbal formulations
- Chinese herbal formulations are commonly used and are widely accepted as a medical therapy for restoring health and vitality. Chinese herbs are combined according to each patient's unique needs. A duly trained practitioner takes into account a variety of factors about the patient, the herbal composition and safety.
- Herbs can be taken as a pill or capsule, a dissolvable powder, a tincture, or a boiled decoction ("tea"). There are also liniments, creams and other applications for the skin.
Exercise, Qigong, Tai Chi
- Improvement of health and quality of life depend on many factors, amongst which exercise is an important element. Exercise can be classified as external or internal. Although external exercise, such as running or biking, is certainly conducive to health, excessive exercise may exhaust qi and injure the yin fluids.
- Qigong and Tai Chi are forms of internal exercise and often called internal martial arts or forms of moving meditation. Internal exercise provides many benefits including boosting qi and improving circulation when done properly and regularly. Qigong is also a medical therapy that works with both the practitioner's and the patient's energy systems.
Lifestyle
- Treatment is not restricted to the clinic or treatment session. The patient will learn to recognize where shifts can be made in daily living to improve health and vitality.
- Areas of consideration include nutrition, supplementation, and substance use. Specific quieting techniques include habits of sleep, exercise, and meditation.
Referrals
- According to Texas State law, rules and regulations, patients should be evaluated by a physician, nurse, or dentist within the 12 months prior to the acupuncture being performed for the condition being treated, or referred by a chiropractor within the past 30 days. After referral by a chiropractor, if improvement in the condition does not occur after 120 days or 30 treatments, whichever comes first, the acupuncturist is required to refer the patient to a physician. It is the responsibility and choice of the patient whether to follow this advice.
- In addition, patients may be referred to physicians, nurse practitioners,
dentists, chiropractors, psycho-social therapists or counselors, massage
therapists or body workers, other acupuncturist/herbalists, nutritionists
or other health care practitioners from whom the patient may benefit.