Inova Traditional Chinese Medicine Center

Inova is pleased to offer our patients Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments in Northern Virginia. Our offices are conveniently located at the new Inova campus across from Inova Fairfax Hospital, and in Lansdowne on the Inova Loudoun Hospital campus. FREE Parking/Valet is also available for all patients.

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) means a complementary health approach informed by modern medicine but built on a foundation of more than 3,000 years of Chinese medical practice. TCM treatments can include acupuncture, cupping, tui-na (traditional Chinese therapeutic massage, akin to acupressure), qi gong, traditional Chinese herbal supplements, and traditional Chinese dietary principles. It is primarily used as a integrative medicine approach.

TCM is widely used in China and is becoming increasingly available in Europe and North America.

Meet our team of doctors and providers

Benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine

• Release pain naturally
• Safe and almost no side effects
• Cost effective – lower cost compared to other treatment options
• Effective for a variety of conditions
• Can treat multiple conditions at the same time; no need to schedule appointments with multiple specialists (for example, it is common practice to treat a patient's knee pain and low back pain during the same treatment)
• A Centers for Disease Control study in 2008 showed that approximately 40% of the U.S. population has used some form of alternative medicine, with 629 million visits to those providers annually

How does Traditional Chinese Medicine work?

Instead of placing emphasis on anatomical structures, TCM is mainly concerned with the identification of functional entities (which regulate such processes as digestion, breathing, or aging). If "good health" is perceived as the harmonious interaction between these entities and the outside world, disease is perceived as a person's natural processes being in disharmony with their environment. When making a diagnosis, a TCM doctor's goal is to trace the patient's symptoms to patterns of an underlying disharmony. This will be done by measuring your pulse, discussing your eating and sleeping habits in detail, and inspecting your tongue, skin, and eyes, in addition to other diagnostic modalities.

Services we provide

Inova's Traditional Chinese Medicine office provides the following major services:

• Acupuncture – Insertion of needles into superficial structures of the body (skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles); usually at acupuncture points (acupoints) and their subsequent manipulation; aiming at influencing the flow of qi. Including e-stim.
   
• Cupping – A type of Chinese massage, consisting of placing several glass "cups" (open spheres) on the body.
  
  

 

Conditions treated by acupuncture

Acupuncture is recognized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to have a role in the treatment of a wide variety of medical problems. The NIH-recognized list of conditions treated include:

• Addictions: Tobacco / cigarette smoking, narcotics, alcohol
• Arthritis and Orthopedics: Muscle, bone and nerve pain and diseases
• Digestive: Disorders including reflux, hyperacidity, diarrhea, constipation, nausea and vomiting, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Heart and Vascular: Diseases of the heart and blood vessels including angina and hypertension
• Nervous system: Stroke, neuralgia, stress, anxiety, depression and other nervous disorders
• Obesity and Weight Gain
• Obstetrics and Gynecology: Menstrual pain and cramping, PMS, menopausal symptoms, infertility, and fetal malposition
• Respiratory: Allergies, asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis
• Other conditions: Headaches / migraines, sexual dysfunction, asthma, allergies, tinnitus, high blood pressure and more
• Pain management: Our clinic specializes in pain management for cancer patients