Complementary
Health Practioners
Q & A Session
Practioners
in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, were asked a series of questions
about their particular practice or therapy. The following are
all of the answers provided by Daniel Schulman, acupuncturist.
Acupuncture
is part of Traditional Oriental Medicine (TOM). TOM is one of
the oldest continually practiced medical systems in the world,
a system that includes Chinese Herbal Medicine, Traditional Massage
and Chinese Dietary Therapy. TOM has its own understandings of
the human body/mind/spirit, the origins of illness, diagnosis
and treatment. Many think Acupuncture is just a technique for
pain control. This is a false assumption. Traditional Oriental
Medicine can offer effective treatment for a wide range of women's,
children's and men's health concerns. In TOM, all symptoms are
interpreted as signs of imbalance in the body. Therapy is always
directed at assisting your body in its natural drive back to balance.
A Classical Acupuncturist will assess and treat you using the
principles of Traditional Oriental Medicine. Classical Acupuncture
works with the many meridians in your body (channels of flow identified
by the Chinese over 2000 years ago). Imbalances in the ebbs and
flows of these channels can be adjusted at specific acupoints
by using needles, moxibustion (the burning of herbs on points),
polarity agents and other therapies. The TOM system is truly holistic.
Your symptoms are not viewed or treated in isolation, but rather
as part of your whole picture.
Daniel
Schulman is trained in Traditional Oriental Medicine and works
with both Japanese and Chinese styles of acupuncture. He operates
out of his clinic in Charlottetown, PEI.
Answers
from Acupuncturist Daniel Schulman
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