Digestion

Many people seek acupuncture treatments for poor digestion. They have been to see their doctor or a GI Specialist, which is exactly what you are supposed to do. We like to rule things out and make sure there is nothing more serious going on, the more information and people assessing a patient the better! But often times, when all of that is said and done, so many patients are diagnosed with IBS, which is basically a umbrella diagnosis for digestive upset. Many patients are left with very little explanation as to why their digestion is not 100%, and perhaps a prescription that they do not want to take.There are many different symptoms associated with poor digestion. From Constipation, to loose stools, gas and bloating, pain, acid reflux, fatigue after eating. Any of these sound familiar? What causes these symptoms? That is where Chinese medicine comes in. Our job as practitioners is to get to the root of the problem. We play detective and figure out how your body is out of balance. Chinese medicine is a system that works to figure out how your constitution is off and then we create a plan to regain balance. The healing happens through acupuncture, herbs, and possibly supplements. Many patients just get acupuncture treatments and get a lot better. We also think about food allergies. We might consider the elimination diet (http://www.everydiet.org/diet/elimination-diet) (the link is just an example, we would give you our clinic guidelines and walk you through the whole thing) We also might refer you across the hall to Doctor Levine (http://docerenaturopathicwellness.com/) for a food allergy test. When we know what a patient is allergic to we can treat the allergy with NAET (http://www.naet.com/) to completely eliminate the allergy!Stress can be another huge contributing factor in digestion. The most common diagnosis in US is, liver overacting spleen. Which basically means that your stress level is causing your digestion to be weak and vulnerable and manifest symptoms. The good news is we can treat it! Very effectively. Patients get great results. There are so many ways to address your digestion and if any of this sounds like you, we should. Poor digestion is something that you can live with but have too!