Our Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Services

Acupuncture

Are you in a life transition? Hormones got you in a tizzy? Suffered a recent loss of a loved one? Acupuncture and Chinese herbs can help.

Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most commonly used forms of medicine in the world. Originating in China more than 2,500 years ago, acupuncture is currently one of the most thoroughly researched, practiced, and respected forms of complementary medicine available anywhere.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, your overall health is determined by the quality of the Qi (energy) flow through the natural pathways of your body (meridians). Acupuncture uses a variety of techniques, including placing very thin sterile needles into specific points on the body, to stimulate and improve your Qi flow. The many benefits of acupuncture include:

• Pain reduction.
• Pain management.
• Helps with migraines, headaches, back pain, neck pain, digestive distress, women’s and men’s health issues, lyme disease management, and more!
• Stress and tension relief.
• Increased energy levels.
• Stronger digestion.
• Relief from bad habits and addictions.
• May lessen chemotherapy side effects.
• Reduce insomnia.
• Greater sense of overall health and well-being.

Moxibustion

Moxibustion is a Traditional Chinese Medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort, a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing and health. Moxibustion has been used for healing purposes throughout Asia for thousands of years. The purpose of moxibustion, as with most forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is to strengthen the blood, stimulate the flow of Qi (energy), and enhance your overall vitality and health.

Among other benefits, a landmark study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998 found that 75.4% of women suffering from breech presentations before childbirth had fetuses that rotated to the normal position after receiving moxibustion at an acupuncture point on the bladder meridian.

Gua Sha

Although Gua Sha is an ancient healing technique used by Chinese Medicine practitioners for thousands of years, it is relatively unknown in the West. It is recognized throughout Asia as a highly effective treatment for chronic pain conditions, stress, fatigue, and a host of other ailments.

First, Gua Sha oil is applied to a specific meridian (energy pathway) on your body. Sang then uses a smooth round-edged object (such as a spoon) to apply short brisk strokes to that area. This creates red patches of skin (called “Sha”), detoxifying your blood and restoring the healthy flow if Qi (energy) to the area. There is no pain involved, and the Sha will fade in 2 to 3 days. But the sense of health and vitality you experience from it will last much longer.

Cupping

Cupping has been a part of Chinese Medicine for over 2,500 years. It relieves aches and pains, improves circulation, and also helps with respiratory and digestive issues. Sang simply places a specialized “cup” onto specific points on your body, and then use suction to draw your skin up into the cups. It doesn’t hurt — it simply draws fresh blood to that area of your body, which facilitates the cleansing and strengthening of your Qi (energy). The end result is a greater overall sense of health and well-being.

Chinese Herbology

Chinese herbal medicine is a 2,000 year old tradition using naturally occurring substances — including herbs — to enhance one’s health and vitality. As opposed to Western medicine, the foundation of this approach is to support the body’s natural self-healing mechanisms and abilities.

Since each patient has different needs, Sang carefully selects and combines a variety of herbs that will synergistically blend together to achieve optimal results for your unique situation. Sang prescribes high-quality, professional-grade herbal medicines that are available only to qualified licensed professionals.

Pulse Diagnosis

One of the most common questions that patients ask about Chinese Medicine is: “Why does my practitioner check my pulse?” Pulse diagnosis is actually one of the most complex and important diagnostic techniques we use in Chinese Medicine. Through feeling and evaluating your pulse, the practitioner will then obtain an accurate diagnosis of your overall constitution, Qi (energy) flow, and internal organ health, among other things. They in turn, will synthesize all of this information into a highly effective and individualized treatment plan for your specific needs.

Sang has studied extensively with the masters of the Shen/Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis system. This is one of the most in depth and powerful pulse system that is available to Chinese Medicine practitioners today.

Electro-Acupuncture

Electro-acupuncture is a highly effective holistic treatment for pain, nausea, and chronic ailments. In practice, it is actually very similar to traditional acupuncture. Using the exact same system of Chinese Medicine, Sang inserts very thin and sterile needles into specific points along the meridians of your body. She then attaches the needles to a device that delivers gentle electrical pulses between two points. This helps restore the healthy flow of Qi (energy) through your body, removing any blockages and clearing out stagnant areas, thus creating a stronger and clearer experience of health and well-being.

Microneedling

Want better looking skin?

Feeling down about your fine lines? Age spots appearing suddenly? Want to eradicate your wrinkles?

Microneedling and Nanoneedling services are now available at Montage Oriental Medicine!

Microneedling can help improve the appearance and texture of your skin. It can minimize age spots, acne scars, wrinkles, fine lines, along with minimizing your pores.

Microneedling is a type of cosmetic procedure that helps rejuvenate your skin by boosting collagen production. Doing so reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. During a session, a device will be used to make small pricks on the skin with short, sterilized needles to promote your body’s natural healing response. The result is more plumped, youthful, and glowing skin.

Sang utilizes carefully crafted facial serums. during, and after each treatment with all natural, vegan apple stem cells.

Specific serums are specifically formulated to address age spots, puffiness under the eyes and acne scars.

Microneedling doesn’t carry the risk of skin discoloration, unlike some facial rejuvenation procedures that use heat, light or lasers. This makes microneedling ideal for people with darker skin tones.

Please be aware that microneedling can’t be performed on people with certain conditions. Make sure to disclose if you:

• Have active acne
• Have active skin infection/s such as HSV1
• Have keloid scarring
• Have an unstable skin type
• Are currently pregnant

You may want to try nanoneedling for the time being, or wait for your conditions to get better before booking a microneedling session.

Nanoneedling—a procedure relatively newer than microneedling.

Microneedling treatments take about 30-40 minutes to complete, depending on how many parts of the body are being treated. After the treatment is done, we put Swiss vegan apple stem cells serum on your skin to further maximize the effects of the stimulation and rejuvenation created by the microneedling.

Nanoneedling

Nano-needling is a non-invasive transdermal serum delivery system. A stylus is used to tap nano-cartridges to the skin—thousands of microscopic pyramid-like tips that penetrate the skin’s epidermis. These cartridges are thinner than human hair, and, when they touch the skin, form as much as 200,000 nano-channels.

It’s through these channels that serums that can address different skin issues are delivered. The result? A significantly higher absorption rate of up to a whopping 97% for these serums, which target specific skin issues, all while the skin’s collagen production is stimulated.

The boost in collagen production, coupled with the specially formulated serums work their magic on your skin, effectively treating your skin’s issues. You’ll find a reduction in scarring and hyperpigmentation, and even lessen the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles! This is how nano-needling renews the skin.

Let’s delve deeper into the wonders that nano-needling can do for you.

Benefits of Nano-Needling

Nano-needling is used to work on different target issues. This treatment is most commonly used to address the following concerns:

• Aging skin
• Fine lines
• Hyperpigmentation
• Large pores
• Scars
• Puffy eyes

Apart from this, though, nano-needling can also be used to target crow’s feet and lip lines. As a minimally invasive procedure, it can also be used in sensitive spots or areas where chemical peels or microdermabrasion, and microneedling can’t be performed on!

There are tons of benefits you can derive from nano-needling. Aside from being able to effectively tackle the issues outlined above, you get added benefits for your skin, to boot!

Nano-needling works by enhancing the skin’s ability to absorb serums that are beneficial for the skin. Aside from this, though, the procedure also triggers the skin’s natural regenerative processes—it boosts collagen and elastin production, which allows the skin to heal and address different target issues.

But wait—there’s more!

Apart from those major benefits, nano-needling can also do the following:

• Increase skin smoothness and hydration
• Exfoliate the skin
• Improve microcirculation in treated skin
• Even out skin tone
• Improve skin texture and acne scarring
• Make lines and wrinkles less noticeable
• Make the skin healthier and firmer

Nanoneedling sessions can be performed twice a week. Best results are obtained when Microneedling sessions are utilized once every four weeks, between your nannoneedling sessions.

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