Acupuncture and Yoga Holistic Retreat

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a medical system from China over two thousands years ago. TCM theory is based on Qi (energy) and teaches that health is the result of the internal balance of Yin and Yang. The differences between TCM and Western biomedicine are rooted in how medical conditions are represented. TCM often represents a medical condition with a metaphor. For example, Western biomedicine represents the condition of a headache in terms of overactive pain receptors or vasoconstriction of cerebral blood vessels, but in TCM, a headache is represented as a syndrome such as Wind-Cold or Hyperactivity of Liver Yang.

TCM diagnosis is the most important step in its treatment process. An accurate TCM diagnosis requires an in-depth consultation with an observation of the tongue and pulse palpations. Its principle is to identify the root cause of the symptoms and represent it in TCM syndrome differentiation. A TCM treatment plan may include acupuncture, Chinese herbs, diet, exercise, tuina or lifestyle recommendations.

Professional acupuncture is usually safe.  The insertion of micro-fine needles into your body is to elicit a physiological response.  There are many theories of how acupuncture works. For examples, acupuncture may raise the levels of specific hormones and certain neurotransmitter, constrict or dilate blood vessels to affect blood circulations, and generate competing stimulus to interrupt the neurotransmission of the pain signals to the brain.

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Clinical studies conducted by the World Health Organization have shown TCM to be effective for the following conditions:

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• Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy

• Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)

• Biliary colic

• Depression

• Dysentery

• Dysmenorrhea

• Epigastralgia

• Facial pain

• Headache

• Hypertension

• Hypotension

• Induction of labour

• Knee pain

• Leukopenia

• Low back pain

• Malposition of fetus

• Morning sickness

• Nausea and vomiting

• Neck pain

• Pain in dentistry

• Periarthritis of shoulder

• Postoperative pain

• Renal colic

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Sciatica

• Sprain

• Stroke

• Tennis elbow

• Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy

• Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)

• Biliary colic

• Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)

• Dysentery, acute bacillary

• Dysmenorrhea, primary

• Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastro spasm)

• Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)

• Headache •Hypertension, essential

• Hypotension, primary

• Induction of labour

• Knee pain

• Leukopenia

• Low back pain

• Malposition of fetus, correction of Morning sickness

• Nausea and vomiting

• Neck pain

• Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)

• Periarthritis of shoulder

• Postoperative pain

• Renal colic

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Sciatica

• Sprain

• Stroke

• Tennis elbow

​​​Registered Acupuncturist (CTCMPAO) and Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments plan include:

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• TCM Acupuncture

• TCM Health Assessment

• TCM Food guides

• Electro Acupuncture

• Needleless Acu-Point treatments

• Detox Acupuncture

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About RAC

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Acupuncture practitioner`s professional objective is to conduct safe, personalized therapeutic treatments according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), focusing on patients' best interest. Acupuncture practice is regulated healthcare in Ontario and all TCM practitioners have to be registered members of the college CTCMPAO.​​​