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The first visit includes a health history and acupuncture treatment.  Appropriate herbal supplements and /or essential oils are chosen.  Four followup treatments are scheduled.  The sixth treatment is an aromatherapy massage, followed by four additional acupuncture  treatments.   Price includes all treatment and herbal supplements.

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RESTORE YOUR GLOW with a CHAMOMILE FLOWER BODY SCRUB followed by a MASSAGE with chamomile and melissa oil to moisturize, soften, and calm. ($75.00)

Add a BOTANICAL FACIAL TREATMENT  ($35.00 as add on/$45.00 as single

SUMMON YOUR DRAGON with Asian Inspired Body Treatments

ASIAN FOOT AND HAND TREATMENT: First, relax with a lemongrass foot soak followed by ginger foot compresses and a refreshing foot massage.  Hands enjoy a pink tea hand scrub and massage with jasmine hand cream   ($75.00)

ALGAE AND GREEN TEA BODY WRAP

Nothing nourishes dry skin like mineral rich algae.  The green tea provides an anti-oxidizing boost for cellular repair.

($80.00 includes 30 min massage)

GREEN TEA AND LIME MASSAGE

($65.00 for 60 minutes)

RELAX AND PURIFY FACIAL TREATMENT with oriental spices

($35.00 as add on/45.00 as single service)

DRAGON COMPLETE: Foot and Hand Therapies, Body wrap, facial treatment and 30 minute massage ($160.00)

Victoria Taylor, Lic. Ac

www.yellowsulphursprings.com

540 953 2977

AiYe – Mugwort Moxabustion

The herb: most commonly Artemis vulgaris or artemisia argyi.

Can be used internally (moves energy downward)  or externally (moves energy upwards).

The energetics

-warms and scatters cold evils

-warms the channels and frees the vessels

-disperses stasis and sctters bindings

-quickens blood and stops pain

-eliminates dampness and scatters cold

-warms yang and supplements vacuity

-up bears yang and lifts the fallen

-supplements the center and boosts the chi

-regulates the center and boosts qi

-regulates the conception vessel

Benefits (see sheet)

Methods – direct

-on substances

indirect – cigar

-burner

-bowl

-tiger/lion warmer

Uses

Pain (Ashi)

Fatigue (BL 23/St 36)

“Cold”  (Lu 1, Lu9)

Digestion (CV 12, St 36)

Turn a fetus (BL 67)

Safety:

FIRST DO NO HARM

Do not touch the skin.

Cease when the skin reddens

Always extinguish in sand, never water.

THE BENEFITS OF MOXIBUSTION

Moxibustion in general has more or less the same efficacy as acupuncture. However, medical experiments have shown that moxibustion exerts much wider and stronger effect on overall biochemical changes in the body than acupuncture. For example:

(1) It increases the production of white blood cells. The white blood cell count begins to increase immediately after direct moxibustion, and reaches a peak 8 hours later. This peak is maintained for 24 hours. The number remains elevated for four or five days after treatment. The white blood cell count almost doubles with moxibustion, but when applied continuously for six weeks, the increase is sustained for up to even three months after moxibustion is discontinued.

(2) It increases the production of red blood cells and haemoglobin. For subjects who had an average haemoglobin ratio of 78% just before direct moxibustion, the ratio increased steadily to reach a peak of 90% in eight weeks. Applying direct moxibustion continuously for 15 weeks, it takes 22 weeks for the red blood cell count to return to what it used to be before moxibustion. It also shows a substantial increase in the following blood components: the sedimentation rate of red blood cells, platelet count, the speed of blood coagulation, blood calcium, blood glucose count and the capacity to produce antibodies.

(3) It improves the overall blood and lymph circulations. Due to rather intense heat of burning moxa on acupoints, impulses from nerve endings of the skin cause the dilation of capillaries
( the smallest vessels) to increase the blood and lymph circulations in the entire body. In fact it is well known that the patient feels very warm, relaxed and sleepy from this effect after moxibustion treatment. People who suffer from constant circulation or “cold feeling” in the hands and feet can greatly benefit from moxibustion.

(4) It is more effective for internal chronic ailments than acupuncture. Because of stronger effects on the overall biochemical changes, especially in blood components and immune system, moxibustion is much more effective for various chronic diseases of internal organs. From my clinical experiences of over 25 years, I can say that acupuncture can be a better choice for the treatment of rather acute cases or when the ailment is still in early stage.

(5) It is a safer treatment than acupuncture and can be used as a home therapy.

Both acupuncture and moxibustion must be practiced by licensed medical professionals. However, since moxibustion is a much safer method than acupuncture, it has been widely used as a very handy and effective folk remedy for centuries in Asia. Especially in Japan, various new types of moxa for home treatment are available on the market now. You can use moxa not only for the treatment of specific ailments but also for continuously maintaining good health.

(jcrows.com 09/12/2011)

ACUPOINT LOCATIONS AND INDICATIONS

QiHai/ Ren 6/ C (Conception) V (Vessel) 6/ Sea of Qi

Chinese Name: Qihai (English translation: Sea of Qi)

Location:  On the anterior median line of the lower abdomen, 1.5 cun below the umbilicus.

Indications:

• Abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation
• Enuresis
• Hernia
• Spermatorrhea, impotence
• Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea
• Emaciation due to consumptive disease

Functions: Strengthens Kidney Qi and Yang, regulates Qi, benefits Original Qi, treats prolapse.

Notes: Ren 6 has the function to tonify, as well as maintain health.

ZuSanLi/Stomach 36/ Leg Three Miles

Chinese Name: Zusanli (English translation: Leg Three Miles)

Location:  On the anterior aspect of the lower leg, 3 cun below ST 35, one finger-breadth (middle finger) from the anterior crest of the tibia.

: Indications:

• Gastric pain, vomiting, dysphagia, abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, indigestion, dysentery, constipation, abdominal pain, acute mastitis
• Emaciation due to general deficiency, palpitation, shortness of breath, poor appetite, lassitude, dizziness, insomnia
• Cough and asthma
• Pain in the knee joint, apoplexy, hemiplegia, beriberi, edema
• Depressive psychosis and madness

Functions: Tonifies Qi and Blood, harmonizes and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, strengthens the body and Wei qi, raises Yang, calms the Shen, activates the meridian, stops pain.

Notes: ST 36 is known as one of the most important points to tonify Qi and Blood and promote general wellness.

BLADDER 23/ KIDNEY CORRESPONDENCE

Chinese Name: Shenshu (English translation: Kidney Shu)

Location:  On the back, 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.

Classification: Back-Shu point of the Kidney

Indications:

• Enuresis, dysuria, edema
• Spermatorrhea, impotence, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea
• Deafness, tinnitus, cough, asthma
• Hemiplegia, lumbar pain, bone disease

Functions: Strengthens the Kidneys, tonifies Kidney Yang, nourishes Kidney Yin and Essence, strengthens Kidney’s ability to grasp qi, benefits the ears and bones, strengthens the low back, resolves Dampness.

Notes: UB 23 is one of the most effective points to tonify the Kidneys.Back-Shu points are corresponding points on the back where the Qi of the respective Zang-Fu organ is infused. If the Five Zang organs are diseased, abnormal reactions appear on the Back-Shu points. Back-Shu points have a direct therapeutic effect on the diseases of the Five Zang organs.

LUNG 9/ Tai Yuan/ Greatest Hole

Chinese Name: Taiyuan (English translation: Great Abyss)

Location: On the radial end of the transverse crease of the wrist, where the radial artery pulsates.

Classification: Yuan-Source point of the Lung Meridian
Shu-Stream point of the Lung Meridian
Converging point of Vessels

Indications:

• Cough with a large amount of phlegm, asthma with weakness
• Vascular problems: acrotism (absence or imperceptibility of the pulse); headache; hemiplegia; cold, pain and weakness of the lower extremities
• Wrist pain
• Hiccups

Functions: Tonifies Lung Qi and Yin, resolves phlegm, descends Lung Qi, tonifies Gathering Qi, influences the pulse.

LUNG 1/Zhong Fu/ Middle Palace

Chinese Name: Zhongfu (English translation: Central Palace)

Location: On the upper lateral chest, 1 cun below LU 2, level in the first intercostal space, 6 cun from the midline of the chest.

Classification: Front-Mu point of the Lung Meridian; the Crossing point of the Lung and Spleen Meridian.

Indications:

• Cough, asthma, wheezing, chest pain (mainly for Excess conditions)
• Shoulder and back pain
• Abdominal distention

Functions: Disperses heat from the chest and stops cough, regulates and descends Lung Qi.

Treatments are designed to address the whole you.  The diagnostic/treatment system includes connections in seeming un-related areas: such as ligaments and tendons and vision or grief and breathing.  Sessions leave one feeling integrated, more able to participate in your chosen life, and empowered to make more healthful choices. Energy medicine simultaneously recognizes our uniqueness and our connectedness.

#2 Deep Relaxation

#3 Pain Relief

#4 Enhanced Organ Function

#5 Mental Clarity

#6  Synergy:  Acupuncture complements and facilitates other therapies.

Since acupuncture works with the body’s own energy, rather than adding something else,

it amplifies and benefits the results from other therapies.  Medications work more

effectively, physical therapy becomes more facile, cognitive therapy is more concise.

A balanced body is more receptive to subtleties of  healing.  It is common to think that acupuncture will interfere with with other modalities but I disagree.  Want to get a massage and acupuncutre GREAT!  Use  herbs and acupuncture  GREAT!  Taking thyroid medication?  Mood stabilizers?allergy medicine?  NO PROBLEM!    Taking medications does not prohibit you from receiving acupuncture.

Furthermore, as you become stronger and more balanced the need for additional therapies may diminish.

#2 Relaxation

#3 Pain Relief

#4 Enhanced Organ Function

#5  FOCUS/Mental clarity     By aligning electrical energy and clearing the circuits acupuncture treatments not only enhance organ function, but also mental function.  Symptoms of distraction, confusion, and anxiety disappear.  Ambition, memory, and willpower increase.   Patients report better focus, improved study habits, enhanced self esteem, empowered decision making.

Think smart: schedule some acupuncture!