About Us
What is Traditional Chinese/East Asian Medicine (TCM)?
Chinese medicine is a method of holistic healing that developed over 2,500 years of academic study and clinical practice. It effectively treats disease by restoring the body's natural balance. TCM includes acupuncture, herbs, massage, and Chinese nutrition.
MCOM collaborates with our sister school in China to bring the best clinical practices of TCM to patients in our College clinics.
Your Consultation
In the 1st consultation your practitioner takes a medical history and asks about medications and treatments from your doctor. The practitioners continue with careful questioning and observation to determine the nature of the energetic disharmony. This detailed analysis includes physical symptoms, lifestyle, diet, sleep patterns, and emotional feelings. Diagnosis includes examination of the tongue and pulse. The overall pattern provides a total pictures of your constitution.
From there acupoints, herbs, and other methods of treatment are selected to give relief and treat the underlying cause of the problem.
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture began with the discovery that stimulating specific areas on the skin affect the physiological functioning of the body's processes. It has evolved into a scientific system of healing that restores and maintains health by the insertion of fine needles into acupuncture points. These acupoints are in very specific locations and lie on channels of energy called meridians.
What is an Acupuncture Treatment Like?
When needles are inserted, patients may experience a quick, light sensation followed by a tingling or heavy sensation in the limbs. During treatment, needles are left in place for about 15-30 minutes. Many patients report a pleasant feeling of relaxation. Other methods may be used, including moxibustion, cupping, guasha, tuina massage, acupressure, and electro or laser stimulation.
Treatment with acupuncture can produce rapid results, but more often it requires a number of treatments over a period of time. They are usually once or twice a week, but may be less frequent. Older problems may require treatment for several months.
What Can Acupuncture Help?
An acupuncturist may be consulted by people with troublesome problems such as stress, anxiety, nagging pain, or fatigue.
Many conditions respond well to TCM treatment, including arthritis, allergies, asthma, migraine, high blood pressure, menstrual disorders, and digestive problems.
Acupuncture does more than simply relieve symptoms. The aim of acupuncture is to treat the whole person, restoring a sense of vitality, peace, and well-being.
Herbs and Nutrition in TCM
Chinese herbal formulas and nutritional supplements, developed from natural sources, fill an important need in modern healthcare. They assist and stimulate the inner healing capacity of the body to effectively treat a range of common diseases. Traditional herbal formulas have proven safe and effective over many years of clinical experience and research both in China and the USA.
If you are recommended herbs at the MCOM clinic, you can make a traditional tea, or choose tablets or liquid tinctures.