Salt Lake City, Utah: Acupuncture and Headaches

One of the most common complaints among patients is headaches. Headaches affect people’s health in many different ways. There are many different kinds of headaches and causes for headaches. One form of medicine that has been treating headaches for over two thousand years is Acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

Tai Chi is an ancient form of Chinese exercise and martial art. It is practiced widely throughout the world especially where the Asian communities live. In Chinese culture, exercise is an important part of daily living. Chinese people in China, Taiwan, and other areas will wake up early in the morning to exercise whether it is Tai Chi or some other form of exercise. Tai Chi in western countries is still pretty foreign. There are still many questions about Tai Chi and what it is.

Many people that we see in our clinic in Salt Lake City will always ask the question what is acupuncture and how does it work? This is the one of the most common questions asked to a Chinese medicine doctor. Chinese medicine is a complete medical system of diagnosing and treating disease. It has its own methods of diagnosing and treating disease that have been practiced for over 3,000 years. Much of Chinese medicine was developed through observation and clinical practice. Now especially in China and more in the United States, there is more clinical research being done on the efficacy of Chinese medicine.  Chinese medicine includes acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Chinese medical massage (tui na), food therapy, and exercise. In the West, acupuncture is more widely known, but Chinese medical doctors in the West will also practice Chinese herbal medicine and Chinese medical massage.