Acupuncture

As one of the most advanced and gentle techniques natural medicine has to offer, acupuncture works by calming and balancing your nervous and endocrine systems. When this happens, your immune, hormonal, digestive, and circulatory systems are also calmed and balanced. This means better blood flow, faster tissue healing, greater organ support, and more optimal functioning of the body, overall.

Gentle acupuncture applied regularly for several weeks provides the body more positive and sustained effects than drugs or surgery, which are often introduced more suddenly and drastically. The body tends to respond more favorably to gentle shifts rather than those that are more abrupt.

Acupuncture finds new pathways for your body to start telling a different and better story.

IVF Acupuncture for Embryo Transfers

Research has shown that there is a measurable increase in pregnancy success rates when IVF is used in conjunction with acupuncture vs without (Fertility and Sterility).

Dr. Mitchell has privilege rights to perform acupuncture for patients at Audubon Surgery Center on the day of their embryo transfers. This is an offering available to current patients of Pearl Grace who are being treated throughout the entire IVF process or out of town patients who are needing acupuncture just for the day of their transfer.

Chinese Herbal Medicine

One of the most powerful systems of natural healing also happens to be the most extensively used forms of medicine on the planet. Like acupuncture, herbal medicine is incredibly safe and gentle, yet also powerful. Herbs are nature’s healing compounds and when used appropriately, they have the ability to nourish and detox the body’s organs and tissues. This means a reduction in inflammation, hormonal balance, better circulation and better nutrient absorption. By introducing nature’s wisdom into your system, herbs bring about the dual effect of both healing and strengthening the body.

Accessory Therapies | Cupping, Gua Sha, Tui Na, Moxibustion

Chinese medicine is not limited to just acupuncture and herbs. Cupping, gua sha, and tui na are gentle manual therapies that soothe the nervous system and evoke an anti-inflammatory response in the body. This means they are effective at increasing the flow of blood and lymph, reduce pain, and promote relaxation. Moxibustion is a form of heat therapy that also promotes blood circulation, releases tension, and reduces pain.

Chinese Food Therapy

In addition to the offerings above, a significant part of our treatment protocols are making lifestyle recommendations that include dietary modifications. Chinese food therapy prioritizes eating with the seasons and using flavor theory to address the root cause of your condition. In fact, back in ancient China, food therapy was the first choice of treatment for the sick before introducing other interventions. Hippocrates had it right when he said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

Complementary Medical Devices

Other tools we incorporate into treatments at Pearl Grace include:

Alpha-Stim, an FDA-cleared microcurrent device that is used to treat anxiety, depression, insomnia, and chronic pain. It works by electrically stimulating the nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitters associated with mood. Over time, this improves sleep, decreases anxiety, and lifts mood.

Binaural Beat Therapy, a form of sound wave therapy used for the treatment of anxiety, stress, and related disorders. It makes use of the fact that the right and left ear each receive a slightly different frequency tone, yet the brain perceives these as a single tone. The binaural beat that a person perceives is the frequency difference between the waves entering the left and right ear. Different brain frequencies induce different states of wellbeing.

BioMat, a unique FDA-approved medical device that combines Far Infrared Rays (FIR), Negative Ions and Amethyst Crystals to produce deep penetrating light energy and heat for a maximum healing experience. By producing deep-penetrating, far infrared rays along with negative ions that activate the body at the molecular level, the BioMat is capable of administering deep stimulation and healing.

Percussion Massage, a breakthrough treatment for soft tissue pain and soreness through the use of a tool that provides rapid, short duration pulses deep into the soft tissues of the body. This innovative tool accelerates the growth and repair of tissues by heavily increasing blood flow to the area.

TDP Lamps, infrared lamps that have gained worldwide renown for relief of pain, and helping stimulate blood flow in the area exposed, relieving muscle and joint stiffness, muscle spasms, sprains and strains. Chinese medical doctors have used the far infrared mineral TDP lamp successfully for various medical conditions and it has been used in many hospitals all over China for several decades.