TDP Light and Heat Therapy:

 

    Herbal Medicine:

 



TDP: The mineral Infrared Therapeutic Device lamp heated by an electric heating element, then mineral plate emits a special band of electromagnetic waves in the infrared range of 2 to 25 microns in wavelength and 28 to 34 mw/sq.cm in intensity.

Light Therapy can treat:

    Arthritis & join pain
    Carpal Tunnel syndrome
    Headaches & migraine
    Tennis elbow & tendonitis
    Back & neck pain
    Plantar fasciitis
    Temporomandibular (TMJ) pain
    Pain Relief with Light Therapy

For more than 20 years, Light Therapy has been used extensively throughout the world to effectively treat a number of soft-tissue injuries, pain and inflammatory conditions.
Recently, this exciting technology was approved by the FDA for the treatment of pain and stiffness associated with arthritis. This is particularly important and timely in light of recent published concerns regarding the safety of traditional arthritis medications.
Light Therapy is backed by extensive research with hundreds of published studies covering a wide range of conditions including arthritis.

What is Herbal Medicine?

Herbal medicine is one of the main treatment methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Traditional Chinese Medicine is the oldest, continually practiced, professional medicine in the world. Its written history stretches back over 2,500 years. Although acupuncture was the first treatment method to gain wide acceptance in the West, Chinese herbal medicine is quickly establishing itself as one the most popular and effective alternative therapies. Because all herbal medicine's ingredients are natural products, such as, plant leaves and flowers, herbal medicine has very little or no side effects.


What is Chinese herbal medicine good for?

Chinese herbal medicine treats the full range of conditions, ranging from acute diseases, such as, intestinal flu and common cold, to chronic diseases, such as, allergies, gynecological disorders, autoimmune diseases, chronic viral infection and degenerative diseases. In particular, Chinese herbal medicine is very effective in promoting and stimulating the body's own ability to heal and recuperate.


How long does it take to see results with Chinese herbal medicine?

For acute conditions, results can be expected in a matter of minutes. In chronic conditions, some results should be seen within two weeks. Although chronic conditions may require taking Chinese herbal medicine for a long time, signs indicating that the medicine is working should be apparent to patient and practitioner almost from the start.


Are all the "herbs" vegetable in origin?

Although called "Chinese Herbal Medicine", Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners use ingredients from vegetable as well as animal and mineral. The majority of the herbal ingredients are from vegetable sources. Leaves, flowers, twigs, stems, roots, tubers, rhizomes and barks are common vegetable parts used.


How are Chinese herbs taken?

The most common method of taking Chinese herbal medicine is as a decoction. This means that the herbs are cooked at a low boil for an hour or more, then strained and drunk 2-3 times per day. However, there are also herbal pills, tinctures, and powdered extracts for those who do not have the time to make traditional decoctions or can't tolerate the taste.