Wellness and Preventative Care
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Self-Care Starts Now
In one of the oldest, most foundational classic texts of Chinese medicine, it was said that “The superior doctor prevents disease.” The number one goal of Chinese medicine is to keep healthy patients from getting sick. If you feel a little “off,” or just know you aren’t experiencing as much health and vitality in mind, body, and spirit as you’d like–acupuncture and herbal medicine can nudge your body back towards balance, before you find yourself at a Western doctor or hospital with a more serious diagnosis.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine play a powerful preventative role in part by supporting your immune system. Many studies have demonstrated acupuncture’s beneficial immunomodulatory effects. Combined with acupuncture’s ability to reduce pain and to shift the body out of sympathetic “fight or flight” mode, these effects give powerful support to your immune system.
Chinese medicine diagnostics, like when we take your pulse on both wrists and look at your tongue, can point out subtle imbalances in the body that we can treat before you’ve got a full-fledged illness. At Griffin Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine, we will often supercharge our diagnostics by assessing your lab work through a Chinese medicine lens. By looking to see if your lab results are in the “optimal range”–versus the “average” range relied on by most Western providers–we may be able to address issues relating to blood glucose, cholesterol, thyroid hormones, and many other key lab values before intervention with Western pharmaceutical drugs is required.
Let your self-care–for the long run–start today.
“I find Lisa's treatments to be well rounded and each appointment caters to the individual needs of that visit. As a kind, gentle, knowledgeable practitioner, she has created in person programs and personalized herbal formulas to take at home that continue to support the health of my entire being. The clinic is clean, relaxing and being on a quiet street in Oakland, it's easy to access. Every time I see Lisa for an acupuncture treatment, I leave feeling well balanced and wholly rejuvenated.”
- Esther B.