Your Family’s Health is Important

As your responsibility grows to include children, you encounter more reasons why looking to Traditional Chinese Medicine as the first intervention makes sense.

Older children and adults typically get acupuncture treatments with needles, young children (or anyone) who might be afraid of needles can use other methods of treatment such as acupressure, gua sha, and tuina.

Today’s busy parents can use herbal formulas to reduce the severity of symptoms from such common symptoms as cold or flu, and prevent the symptoms from passing back and forth between family members. Eastern herbal tinctures strengthen the immune system so that in times of fatigue you are still able to resist bacterial and viral invasions. Homeopathic remedies using Eastern herbs effectively reduce the emotional edge that exists in so many households as a result of being too busy. Herb infused creams and ointments are equally effective against the baby’s diaper rash and the teenagers acne.

Text: Kathe Ana 2005.05.05
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