ACUPUNCTURE SESSIONS WITH DR. BROWNE
January 5th, 2008
An acupuncture session can be utilized for health maintenance, to boost the immune system and to increase energy. Your acupuncture session can aid in smoking cessation, weight loss, and migraine treatment as well as many other ailments and conditions. During the acupuncture session, your acupuncture physician will inquire about medical history, lifestyle, sleeping and dietary habits, work and exercise habits, emotional state, and sensitivity to temperature and climate (heat, cold, wind).
The initial acupuncture session will be utilized to assess general health to ensure you receive the most effective therapy. Distinct to an acupuncture session length is a tongue diagnosis and palpation of wrist pulses. During an acupuncture session, your practitioner looks at the tongue color to determine the state of energy (qi), blood flow in the body, condition of bodily fluids, and digestive processes. In taking the pulse during the acupuncture session length, your acupuncture physician will determine information about the metabolic state of the body (health excesses and deficiencies) and yin-yang energy status.
The tongue and pulse diagnoses taken during the acupuncture session length, as well as questioning and observation of the patient, aid the acupuncture physician in deciding on the course of treatment and what additional modalities may be necessary. An acupuncture session is a component of a course of treatment planned specifically for each patient. An acupuncture session length can relieve acute symptoms, decrease intensity of chronic ailments, and increase energy.
During an acupuncture session, if it has been determined that there is a metabolic health deficiency; your acupuncture physician may utilize moxibustion, a preparation of a medicinal herb which is heated over certain areas of the body to tonify and increase energy movement. The number of acupuncture session required will depend on the individual’s rate of health improvement. Some people may improve very quickly over a few acupuncture sessio, while others may require several acupuncture treatments over several months. A series of acupuncture is typically followed by regular health maintenance treatments.
For a free initial 30 minute consultation, call Dr. Richard Browne, Acupuncture Physician and Homeopath at (305) 595-9500.
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