Idaho Acupuncture Physicians
Acupuncture has been practiced in China for more than 3000 years. The World Health Organization has cited acupuncture as a form of treatment for over 100 health conditions. The FDA reclassified acupuncture needles as medical devices in March 1996. In November 1977, the National Institute of Health endorsed acupuncture as "real" field of medicine in the United States. It is high time to integrate acupuncture and oriental medicine into traditional western medicine.
222 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 111
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Phone: (847) 615-1516
Acumed Inc.
Acumed Inc. is a family practice clinic in Lisle, IL serving the greater Chicagoland area. We specialize in acupuncture and herbal medicine: integral parts of Traditional Oriental medicine. Traditional Oriental medicine works with your own vital energy to facilitate your healing in a natural way. While efforts are made to relieve your symptoms, an equal or greater emphasis is placed on rebuilding your body's innate ability to maintain health and vitality by bringing all of the body's systems into balance.
6040 S. Route 53 Suite C
Lisle, IL 60532
Phone: 630-969-8200
Acupuncture & Chiropractic Center
Oriental medicine is based on an energetic model rather than the bio-chemical model of Western medicine.The ancient Chinese recognized a vital energy behind all life forms and life processes. They called this energy Qi (pronounced “chee”). In developing an understanding of the prevention and cure of disease, these healing practitioners discovered that this energy flows along specific pathways called “meridians”. Each pathway is associated with a particular physiological system and internal organ. Disease is considered to arise due to a deficiency or imbalance of energy in the meridians and their associated physiological systems.Acupuncture points are specific locations along the meridians. Each point has a predictable effect upon the vital energy passing through it. Modern science has been able to measure the electrical charge at these points, thus corroborating the locations of the meridians mapped by the ancients.Traditional Oriental medicine uses an intricate system of pulse and tongue diagnosis, palpation of points and meridians, medical history and other signs and symptoms to create a composite Oriental medical diagnosis.
716 South Second Street
Springfield, IL 62704
Phone: 217-544-8118
Fax: 217-544-8008
Holistic Health Management
In addition to Qi, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine recognize a subtle energy system by which Qi is circulated through the body. This transportation system is referred to as the channels or meridians. To better visualize the concept of Qi, and the meridians, think of the meridians as a river-bed, over which water flows and irrigates the land; feeding, nourishing and sustaining the substance through which it flows. (In Western medicine, the concept would be likened to the blood flowing through the circulatory system.) If a dam were placed at any point along the river, the nourishing effect that the water had on the whole river would stop at the point the dam was placed.
The same is true in relation to Qi and the meridians. When the qi becomes blocked, the rest of the body that was being nourished by the continuous flow, now suffers. Illness and disease can result if the flow is not restored.Acupuncture is one tool used to restore the flow of Qi, by inserting needles into the acupuncture points (located on the meridians). These insertions are said to clear any residing blockages, or dams, thus freeing the river to better feed the body in its entirety.
3000 N. Halsted Avenue, Suite 507
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: (773) 827-6440
Mercy Acupuncture and Massage Center.
Mercy Acupuncture and Massage Center is founded by Dr. Hua Zhen Wang. Dr. Wang is a Licensed Acupuncturist who has been practicing oriental medicine for 20 years.In her 20 years of therapeutic acupuncture practices, Dr. Wang has been treating patients all the way from China to New York City and now in Chicago.Therapeutic Acupuncture is a form of therapy where the acupuncturist uses special techniques to carefully insert acupunctural needles into specific acupoints on the body based on the type of treatment.
At Mercy Acupuncture Center, Dr. Wang’s mission is to help her patients to relieve physical body pain and to relieve them from stroke, allergy, fatigue, rheumatism, spasm, weight control, insomnia and others.Part of the team, we have Dr. Sam Leng who received his MD in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Leng is also an attending doctor at Tongji Hospital.
208 West Cermak Road, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60616
Tel: (312) 225 - 4822
Fax: (312) 949 – 0626
Birdsell Chiropractic & Acupuncture Clinic
Acupuncture is one of the oldest healing arts in the world, practiced centuries ago by ancient Chinese as a method of curing a host of ailments. Acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine have been in existence for over 4,000 years.Acupuncture involves the application of extremely fine needles into one or more of the 2,000 acupuncture points on the human body. These points are said to link 12 main and eight secondary pathways. These channels, or pathways, are called "meridians." The meridians are believed to conduct energy between the body's skin and internal organs. Part of the controversy surrounding acupuncture stems from the fact that scientists cannot correlate the 20 pathways, or meridians, with the human body's blood circulation and nerve paths. Nevertheless, acupuncture theory holds that energy conducted by meridians, also called qi (pronounced "chee"), is known to coordinate the balance between one's spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical state. Acupuncture is believed to help in balancing the opposing forces called yin and yang.
1201 5th Ave.
Moline, IL 61265
Phone: (309) 764-8821
Fax: (309) 757-4773