Martha Eden L.Ac.

Chinese Herbs • Acupuncture •Elemental Plant Medicine

Awakening your body’s natural healing ability for long lasting relief.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a Modality in Chinese medicine in which hair thin needles are inserted into key areas of the body for therapeutic benefits ranging from pain relief to treating various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.

Benefits- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has acknowledged acupuncture as an effective therapy for a wide range of health conditions. Hundreds of clinical studies on the benefits of acupuncture show that it successfully treats conditions ranging from musculoskeletal problems (back pain, neck pain, and others) to nausea, migraine headache, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and infertility.

Acupuncture is near pain-free and can produce sensations of relaxation, relief, and even euphoria.

Craniosacral therapy

Cranial sacral therapy (also known as craniosacral therapy or CST) is a gentle, noninvasive form of bodywork that addresses the bones of the head, spinal column and sacrum. It was pioneered and developed by Osteopathic Doctor John Upledger in the 1970’s.

CST techniques are used to increase resistance to disease and is effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction, including: Migraine Headaches. Chronic Neck and Back Pain. The goal is to release compression in shoulders, head, and neck which alleviates stress and pain.

Chinese herbal medicine

Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) is an ancient system of health care that has undergone continual development over the centuries. The tools used by traditional herbalists have expanded to include herbs from all over Asia and even North America. Chinese herbs are a potent tool in the treatment of a wide spectrum of illness.

The materia medica of Chinese herbal medicine consists primarily of plants but also includes some animal and mineral products. All herbal medicines used as Peterborough Acupuncture have been screened for both potency and toxicity to ensure the most pure and high quality product available.

Chinese herbs can be prescribed in different forms. We primarily use concentrated herbal granules. This method makes for ease in storage, distribution, and consumption. When you take your herbs you simply add hot water and drink.

Herbal prescriptions are carefully tailored to the individual. This allows for flexibility in composition and dosage of the formulas prescribed which allows for all signs and symptoms of illness to be taken into account.

Fire cupping

Fire Cupping therapy is a technique that uses small glass cups or bamboo jars as suction devices that are placed on the skin. Suction is created by placing an inverted cup over a small flame before placing the cup on the skin. Once placed, the cups can be left in place, or gently moved across the skin.

Fire Cupping is much like the inverse of massage – rather than applying pressure to muscles, it uses gentle pressure to pull them upward. Cupping can be combined with acupuncture or Shiatsu massage in one treatment; but it can also be used alone.

Cupping massage benefits uses negative pressure to loosen muscles, encourage blood flow, and sedate the nervous system (which makes it an excellent treatment for high blood pressure). Massage cupping is used to relieve back and neck pains, stiff muscles, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, rheumatism, and even things like colds and breathing problems.

Qi gong

Qigong is a type of Chinese healing art related to Tai Chi using a holistic system of slow exercise movements, concentration, controlled breathing, and meditation to promote health and spirituality.

Comparable to yoga, the importance of relaxation to reduce stress and promote healing. Is becoming more and more understood. The benefits of Qigong are calming the mind and body then focus the energy on self-healing. Strengthening the muscles with low impact exercises prevent falls and gives balance to the body. The concentration of Qi gong therapy achieves a relaxed state of mind reducing stress.