<![CDATA[NC Acupuncture & Wellness Clinic - MY BLOG]]>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:24:44 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Case: frozen shoulder]]>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:18:50 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/case-frozen-shoulderFrozen shoulder is usually happen around 50yrs old, so people called it " Fifty yrs shoulder" , very common to meet in our clinic. patient has more pain at night time and ROM of arm limited day by day.  last month have a patient, she has this issue for over 5 yrs, tried everything but not really one works, when I saw her, her arm cannot raise up and extension back, about 50% of limited ROM , at end of the treatment, she raise her arm back to normal and her mouth opened wild, she said unbelievable!
]]><![CDATA[Case: Immune system issue caused body hair lost]]>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:44:56 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/case-immune-system-issue-caused-body-hair-lostPatient is over 50yrs old, she has immune system issue and come to me for treatment. After 3 treatments, her breathing improved and has not wheezing sound,  she also told me her body hair like eye brow, eye lash, hair and ... grow back, she is very excited. this is what we usually talk about the "holistic", when our body start to bring Qi and Xue balance back, we all know it and see it. very happy to make the change together!
]]><![CDATA[治疗案例-----姿势不佳的小姑娘                      Treatment case-- little girl with postural issues]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:15:22 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/-treatment-case-little-girl-with-postural-issues今天治疗了一个很可爱的10岁小姑娘的体态问题。这个小姑娘练了5年芭蕾， 现在主要问题是双腿不等长，走路生硬，臀部被动的拉紧，两个肩膀后倾，但是颈前探，头后仰， 而且情绪容易波动，整个腹肌和胸肌都有严重的损伤。小小年纪不舍得跟她针很多，主要用手法来还原她的力线，做了1个小时，起来时候，小姑娘笑了，告诉我很舒服，而且长短脚，臀部和颈部全部都还原了。祝你快乐长大PIper！

Deep seek helps！
Today， I treated a cute 10-yrs-old girl for postural issues. she having practiced ballet for 5 yrs., presented with the following concerns: one leg  longer than other, stiff waling, super tight hips, shoulders pulled back weirdly, and her neck jutted forward with her head tilting up. and emotional up and down.
Since she is so young, I kept it gentle-barely used needles, just hands-on adjustments to help her body realign. After one hour, she hopped up grinning and said everything felt better; her legs evened out, hips loosened up, and her neck and shoulder finally relaxed.
Piper, wishing you all the happy , healthy growing years ahead! Nice to meet you!

]]><![CDATA[抑郁症的治疗---The Treatment of Depression]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:41:30 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/-the-treatment-of-depression
为什么西医药物以及心理疏导对于抑郁症的治疗效果并不显著？首先西医对于此病的治疗机制主流认知势建立在“单胺假说”上的。这也是西医解释抑郁症发病机制的经典理论.
5-羟色胺， 多巴胺这些使人快乐，情绪稳定的激素产量和功能为什么不足？是什么原因导致的呢？为什么我可以运用中医针灸治疗了很多这类病人呢？想起我师傅说的一句话：治疗的时候你更要用心清明感知的是你的针下面做了什么？改变了什么？

Why do western Medications, Psychological counseling often yield sub-optimal therapeutic outcomes? The mainstream WM approach to treating this disease is primarily based on the "Mono-amine Hypothesis" as its theoretical foundation for therapeutic mechanisms. This is also represents the classic theoretical framework in WM for explaining parthenogenesis of depression.
Why are the production and function of mood-regulating neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine insufficient? what underling factors lead to their deficient secretion or impaired functionality? Why have I successfully treated numerous such cases using TCM Acupuncture? 
This evokes my ShiFu's teaching: "during treatment, more important is you maintain a clear mind of both your needles leading and changes you made."
（translated from DEEP SEEK)
]]><![CDATA[Spring time for liver]]>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:13:26 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/spring-time-for-liverTraditional Chinese Medicine says that we should nourish the liver in spring time. The liver is the main regulator in the human body. Many of the irritability, fatigue, digestive problems, insomnia, and skin problems we feel in spring are related to abnormal liver function. Seize the opportunity and get twice the result with half the effort.

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]]><![CDATA[Acupuncture treatment for thyroid disorders]]>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:32:15 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/acupuncture-treatment-for-thyroid-disordersThyroid disorders are considered in two different categories. Hyperthyroidism is caused by an overactive thyroid gland that produces excess thyroid hormone. Common symptoms of hyperthyroidism include high blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, excess sweating, tremors and nervousness, excess appetite with weight loss, diarrhea, and frequent bowel movements. Hypothyroidism, on the other hand, is the result of an under-active thyroid gland. Usual symptoms are hoarse voice, slowed speech, puffy face, drooping eyelids, cold sensitivity, constipation, weight gain, dry hair or skin, and depression.
TCM considers both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism as Yin or Yang imbalances. When treating either condition in order to re-balance the Yin and Yang.
Traditional Chinese Acupuncture treatment is a great way to help with hormonal balance and boosting energy levels while managing emotions, helping sleep, and treating menstrual problems， help to treat both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
Also suggest patient avoid foods such as soy, cruciferous vegetables, gluten, fats, sugar, processed foods, coffee, and alcohol. Soy has plant based phytoestrogens and estrogen can interfere with hormone usage. Cruciferous vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, kale, turnips, and cabbage impact thyroid hormone production because they prevent iodine absorption.
Get plenty of sunshine, keep good mode, properly exercise, plenty sleep help the recovery of thyroid issue faster.
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]]><![CDATA[Ancient treasure----- Traditional Chinese Medicine  diagnosis system]]>Sun, 14 May 2023 20:07:23 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/ancient-treasure-traditional-chinese-medicine-diagnosis-systemTo a lot of Western people, ancient culture include thousands years created Traditional Chinese Medicine(down below will write as TCM) is difficult to understand and form our outside appearance the doctor can tell you what's going on inside feels so unbelievable. This is 4 way diagnosis we all learned as TCM doctor.
"all emotional going to your face, voice, performance...all these will left something on your body, over time, these become the base of your health issue. So the TCM doctor according what's they can see, smell, hear, question and touch to get all the information they need, then depend your main complains to get a map, a route and a solution, this will happens every time you meet your acupuncturist like me,  is a routine before every treatment.
So my suggestion: don't makeup, don't scraping tongue coat, don't use strong perfume, were relaxed coat to meet your TCM doctor, like meeting a close friend, and enjoying the treatment.
]]><![CDATA[New Year Plan]]>Sat, 31 Dec 2022 16:31:52 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/new-year-planPicture
 
Happy New Year!

What's caused High Blood pressure? Headache is only something wrong with head? or heel pain back pain only because you have arthritis, bone spurt or joint issue? As an Acupuncturist I want let you know all these is caused by lacking of inner balance, Qi and Blood (energy and  nutrition ) flow issue. All these syndrome are our body try to tell us something went wrong, if you just simply take medicine or ignore it, the thing could be more serious  and massed up your health in future.

That's why in my clinic, I am not only help relief the issue, also explain what's caused it and let my patient has idea how to prevent and care about their health.

In 2023, I will work more at my channel on YouTube, let more people not only my patients to know more about TCM, hands on to help their or their family own health issue. You are welcome to send me your health concern at YouTube, so I can help more.( You can find my YouTube channel at our home page)

All the best!


]]><![CDATA[Oh, slow down...]]>Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:28:45 GMThttp://ncacupunctureclinic.com/my-blog/oh-slow-downI always hear this，“I am so tired, I have no time...” then slow down people. there is not a thing if we left it for tomorrow will slow down the earth's movement. We always have so many things on our plate, it's hard to give up any but our own time or our health. So try be kind to yourself , ask what you should do, what can wait. I hope everyone has time to enjoy the summer outside, to have some time sit back. Happy Summer!
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Tomorrow is the first day of spring in the Lunar calendar. What does that mean to us from our TCM field? We live between sky and earth, all their changes can easily affect us. For example, in this season, more and more people may wake up in  the early morning, say 2-3am for not reason; We may see more patients come in because joint pain or body aching, more than this like bleeding nose, headache, eyes redness ...
Why this happened, simply way to explain is: because Qi and "Blood" function on these people are not smoothly or balanced well, so when the season change, they cannot change themselves and follow, the weakness according the season will show up. What you can do?  Ask you acupuncturist, they will help you for sure.
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