Health Insurance for Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs Treatments Some acupuncture treatments are covered by insurance and the Fifth Avenue Acupuncture & Herbs Center accepts insurance for acupuncture treatments from many major insurance companies. 1199 Aetna (Commercial plan) Aetna Medicare plan Anthem (Commercial plan) Anthem Medicare plan Blue Cross Blue Shield Health First Medicare plan. All…
Ovarian Cysts, Overview and Treatment Using Traditional Chinese Medicine What Are Ovarian Cysts? Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form on or inside the ovaries. They are common in women who ovulate. There are two common types of ovarian cysts: Follicle Cysts: During a typical menstrual cycle, the ovaries release an egg each month. This…
Cancer Rehabilitation: Recover Your Health After Treatment For over two decades, many cancer and post-cancer patients have been seeking a safe and effective method to help them to recover from the treatments they received for their cancer. Some have sought a combination of conventional Western medicine with alternative treatments that have been researched and proven…
Endometriosis is Effectively Treated Using Traditional Chinese Medicine Endometriosis is a severe and painful condition that affects women’s lives. It can cause chronic pelvic pain, pain during bowel movements and/or urination, pain during sexual intercourse, abdominal bloating, nausea, fatigue, and sometimes anxiety, depression, and lead to infertility. In endometriosis, pieces of tissue from the lining…
Tradtional Chinese Medicine for Lichen Sclerosus Lichen Sclerosus (LS) is a skin condition that causes skin to thin out and produces white patches on affected areas, usually around genital or perianal regions. Occasionally it can be found in the torso or limbs. Lichen sclerosus is an inflammatory dermatosis that is developed by an autoimmune process…
Tradtional Chinese Medicine for Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the immune system. It attacks the central nervous system via the brain and spinal cord. This results in damage to the nerve sheath (the cover of the nerve fiber) and causes communication issues between the brain and the rest of the…
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How Does Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, and Herbal Medicine Work? Chinese Medicine has been practiced for over five thousand years. Twenty-three hundred years ago, the first book on the subject, The Yellow Emperor”s Canon of Internal Medicine was printed to guide more Chinese people to study and practice Chinese medicine. Over the years, Chinese doctors developed…
Autoimmune disease is viewed and treated very differently by Chinese medicine and doctors as compared to Western medicine and doctors. In this blog, I will explain these differences and how I treat these diseases.
A little more than ten years ago, I first visited Dr. Feng Liang, of the Fifth Avenue Acupuncture & Herbs Center, who treated me with acupuncture for shoulder pain. The pain was caused by a combination of a very awkward style of tennis serve and sleeping with my shoulder jammed up against a hard pillow. Before seeing Dr. Liang, I had an appointment with an Orthopedic Surgeon. I could no longer take the pain I was having in my shoulder and needed relief. The Orthopedic Surgeon gave me an X-Ray and MRI. After not seeing anything noticeable in both results, he gave me a Cortisone shot. For those who have never had a Cortisone shot, you get immediate relief from the shot. However, within approximately 45 minutes, the pain that you first had returns, and it returns with twice as much intensity. The Orthopedic Surgeon then referred me to a physical therapist and told me that I would probably need six months of physical therapy. I was not happy to hear this!