Healthy Living

Healthy Living

Are You Suffering with Stuffy Nose, Runny Eyes, or Itchiness During Allergy Season? Are you or Do You Know of Someone Who is Dealing with Addiction? Are You Experiencing Cold Hands and Feet or Distended Veins in Your Legs? Are You Tired Easily and Experiencing Low Stamina?

Hello, this is Dr. Andrew Lee, your acupuncturist and physical therapy of Frisco..

In Oriental Medicine, there are “6 Evils” in our environment which affects our health. They are wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire.

• Wind – Symptoms include sneezing, headache, and congestion. It also acts as transport for other “evils” as wind can travel in all directions.
• Cold – Symptoms include chills, shivering, cold limbs, pallor, and cramps. It stagnates and slows down your blood and qi (energy).
• Heat – Symptoms include thirst, fever, dark urine, irritability, and sweating. Excess heat can damage your fluids and disturbs your mind.
• Dampness – Symptoms include feeling of heaviness, edema, sluggishness, and phlegm. It disturbs your fluids and slows everything down.
• Dryness – Symptoms include dry mouth, dry cough, chapped lips, and constipation. It relates to heat and usually attacks your lungs.
• Fire – Symptoms include excessive sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness, and delirium. It is very similar to characteristics of sun stroke.

6 “evils” work alone or in combination of two or more and can influence each other to change their characteristics and alter how they enter our body. Each individual will be affected differently depending on their current health status.

For your reference, I have summarized below some of the important information on diagnosis I treat with acupuncture, herbs, moxibustion, and cupping. I will be more than happy to talk to you over the phone or see you in person for our free discovery visit to help answer any of questions you might have in regards to your health, acupuncture, physical therapy, and acutherapy. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please continue to read to find out who New Life Wellness Center can help with Acupuncture, Physical Therapy, and Acutherapy.

• Do you have to stay indoors and close all your windows due to pollens and dusts in the air? Do you suffer from allergies and related symptoms each year? With proper treatment, acupuncture and herbs can be an effective option to help alleviate your allergies.
• Are you able to tell the weather by aches and swelling of your joints? Is your body affected by the changes in the season or the weather? As I have briefly explained above, external pathogens can cause all sorts of issues for our health. It is important to prepare your body to be able to fight them off.
• Are your hands and feet always cold? Do you hate to look at all the distended veins in your legs? Are you unable to keep up your stamina during romantic moments? These issues are all related to your circulation of blood and energy.

What is Allergy?

It is abnormal reaction by your immune system to external pathogens. It can be causes by dust, pollens, food, seasonal changes, and many other factors. There are many medications and shots that are used to alleviate your allergy symptoms. And at times, these methods are necessary. But how does natural prevention sound to you? With proper diagnosis and discovery of your body type in addition to acupuncture and herbal medicine, your allergy symptoms can be alleviated by strengthening of your immune system.

What are Circulatory Disorders?

As we age, circulation of blood slows down and your heart has hard time pumping blood to rest of your body especially the extremities. Also, your blood vessels are worn and possibly clogged. Generally, we think of circulatory as just blood. But, it is important to account for our energy circulation in addition to your blood circulation. They can’t be separated. “Qi” or energy and blood need each other to properly move around and to bring nutrients to each organs and body parts. Are you interested in learning more about your energy? Please feel free to contact us by email or phone to ask any questions you might have.

What is NADA?

It stands for National Acupuncture Detoxification Association. Specific protocol was developed to treat common drug addictions including cravings and smoking. 5 points in the outer ear are used with complementary acupuncture points in the body. Are you ready to quit smoking? Or do you know anyone with addiction? Call now to ask more about how NADA program can help you or your loved ones.

At New Life Wellness Center of Frisco, we will be able to provide you with proper evaluation to improve your immune system and your circulation in order to enhance your ability to defend yourself against external pathogens. Dr. Andrew Lee uses an innovative evaluation system to locate the origin of your symptoms using the knowledge of Acupuncture Meridian System, Myofascial Body Lines, and Trigger Point Referred System to target your treatment and have clear understanding where, why, and how to best take care of you.