Classical Acupuncture utilizes a comprehensive channel system. It is rarely taught and rarely practiced.

One of the extraordinary things that distinguishes Chinese medicine from Western medicine is that Chinese medicine has strategies--acupuncture points, herbs, essential oils--that can strengthen the organs of the body; they can augment the fluids of the body--the blood and hormones.  Chinese medicine seeks to understand how the entire PHYSIOLOGY of the body has gone astray so we can bring it back into balance--we are trained to look at the big picture and to work preventatively. 

There is a bias (even among some Chinese medical practitioners) that acupuncture can help with external conditions such as pain—but for more serious conditions, you need herbs. If you need to augment fluids or blood—you need herbs. Classical acupuncture debunks this myth by using a system of acupuncture channels that have been largely forgotten about and under-utilized in modern times.

Classical Acupuncture is like Alchemy: Because of the Complex Channel System…

  • Primary meridians connect to the internal organs and usually a sensory orifice like the ears/eyses/nose/mouth

    Because the primary channels connect to the internal organs—the body can shuttle pathology away from these channels into the channels that are accessed in classical acupuncture.

Classical Acupuncturists Use Primary Channels and…

  • Divergent Channels—excellent for autoimmune conditions

  • Luo Channels—great for emotional issues

  • Eight Extraordinary Vessels—good for long-standing problems, hereditary issues

  • Sinew Channels—for any kind of pain

“Diseases occurring in the five viscera are likened to a thorn in the flesh, to a stain, to a knot or to an obstruction”

A thorn, though stuck for a long time, may be pulled out.
A stain, though left for a long time, may be cleaned.
A knot, though retained for a long time, may be untied.

For one who is skilled in the use of the needles, the cure of a disease is like pulling out a thorn, cleaning a stain, untying a knot, or breaking an obstruction.

However long it may have persisted, 
the disease will yield to treatment.  
To say something may not be treated 
reflects a lack of attainment in this art."
—Huang Fu-Mi (214-282 AD)

Conditions I have successfully treated with Classical Acupuncture:

  • TMJ Disorder

  • Pain of all kind: neck, back, knees, hips

  • Frozen Shoulder

  • Digestive problems: Reflux, Constipation,

  • Autoimmune Disorders: example— Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Tachycardia, Congestive Heart Failure

  • Lyme Disease

  • Spastic Bladder syndrome

  • Paratid gland inflammation

  • Kidney failure

  • Testicular Varicocele, Uterine Fibroids, Ovarian Cysts