Blue Ginkgo Blog » Chinese Medicine http://blueginkgomedicine.com Total body wellness with Acupuncture, Herbs and Chinese Medicine Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What’s Special About Chinese Medicine? http://blueginkgomedicine.com/blog/chinese-medicine/what%e2%80%99s-special-about-chinese-medicine/ http://blueginkgomedicine.com/blog/chinese-medicine/what%e2%80%99s-special-about-chinese-medicine/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:34:47 +0000 admin http://blueginkgomedicine.com/?p=113 Chinese Medicine is built on the observation that man is a microcosm of the universe.  All that is outside us, also exists within us.  This medicine contains so much wisdom regarding how we relate to our natural world, as well as how we relate to others and ourselves.  We are in a dynamic interplay with all of these aspects, therefore, disease manifests when we are no longer aligned with the natural rhythm of our environment, our hearts, or our intended life purpose.  If we want change in the world, then we must begin by working on ourselves. Suffering, unhappiness and disease have the same root.   So it is that a medicine of the highest degree works on reconnecting the human spirit with the greater whole.  This is the natural way of things.  The expressed dissatisfaction with conventional medicine is a symptom of a philosophical view that is only partial.  While allopathic care gives us wonderful gifts, it operates incompletely.  If we continue to operate with an incomplete picture of disease etiology, we will continue to search for a cause for disease that cannot be found.  Chinese Medicine is a wonderful and unique treatment method revealing wisdom that has been foundational in its 3,000 years of documented evolution.   By its nature, it continues to evolve and has found success working alongside other healthcare systems to improve patient care and therapeutic outcomes.  We seek to apply this wisdom to treat the person in all our many facets of being.  Balance is the theme and in order to create health in our lives we must understand those aspects of ourselves that bring us out of our natural states.

Chinese medicine has proven to be an effective vehicle for reestablishing this lost connection.  We rely on natural principles to regain health because we are a part of an intricate dynamic with nature that is often ignored and forgotten.  My greatest hope is that you find health and well-being in a way that creates real change and value in the quality of your life.

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