Garden Acupuncture Blog
Posted on February 1st, 2012
We are happy to announce that a patient of ours gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week. This patient conceived using a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and IUI.
TCM has always been known to boost fertility but now there is a current research to that proves it. The recent article from Tel Aviv University shows the chances of conceiving and giving birth to a healthy baby increase dramatically when using a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and contemporary Western medicine. According to American Friends of Tel Aviv University (aftau.org), “When combining IUI with TCM treatments, 65.5 percent of the test group were able to conceive, compared with 39.4 percent of the control group, who received no herbal or acupuncture therapy.” It is the first study measuring the effectiveness of both acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas when used with IUI.
For some, the road to becoming a parent can be a long one. Using TCM to prepare your body for conception, you are giving yourself the best chance at giving birth to a health baby.
One of our practitioners here at Garden Acupuncture, Alex Goldberg, trained with Dr. Randine Lewis, one of the nation’s top fertility specialists and author of the books “The Infertility Cure” and “The Way of the Fertile Soul”. He is the only acupuncturist in Brooklyn to have this specialized training.
-Photo compliments of Stephanie's Creations Photography.
Posted on January 22nd, 2012
Acupuncture is well known to effectively treat pain, insomnia and allergies but did you know it can also be used for weight loss?
Our own practitioner, Alex Goldberg, is a testament to this. He lost 110 lbs by using acupuncture, Chinese herbal formulas and changing his diet.
In 1999, feeling fed up with being overweight and struggling with daily bouts of fatigue, exhaustion, and insomnia, Alex began the journey of weight loss. He began getting acupuncture, taking Chinese herbal formulas, and became a vegetarian. In one year he lost 60 pounds. Since then he has lost another 50 pounds. And guess what…not one pound was ever lost by working out, going to the gym or doing any other form of exercise. He lost over 100 pounds by simply eating right and incorporating Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
We not only uses acupuncture for our own benefit, we successfully help patients achieve their weight loss goals. Recently, our 53 year old patient has lost 45 lbs and is now eligible for a necessary hip surgery.
Don’t believe there are weight loss protocols from China? Our other practitioner, Lisa Metzger, LAc completed an internship at the weight loss clinic in Guang An Men teaching hospital in Beijing, China. Click the link to find out more.
Posted on December 12th, 2011
Acupuncture is well know for treating pain but most people probably don’t think to visit their acupuncturist for a heel spur. Now there is a fast and easy answer. Here at Garden Acupuncture we have an unusual protocol that treats heel spur pain in just 5 minutes! With only 5 needles and 5 minutes of your time, we are having great success resolving one of the most common problems affecting our very active, urban community.
For nine months, 66 year old Brooklyn resident, John C., has had severe pain in his heel due to a heel spur. He was unable to stand or walk for extended periods of time and his quality of life was deteriorating. He sought out many different types of treatment for relief before finally coming to our office two weeks ago. After only one, five minute acupuncture treatment John had a 50% reduction in his heel pain. Currently John has had three treatments and has a 90% reduction in pain. He has very little pain even after standing and walking all day and is now able to comfortably volunteer at his 5 hour shift at the local soup kitchen again.
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We are happy to announce that a patient of ours gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week. This patient conceived using a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and IUI.
