East Asian Medicine & Therapies
East Asian medicine treats the body as an interconnected system, using diagnostic tools like pulse, tongue, and facial reading alongside acupuncture, herbal medicine, and modalities like moxibustion to address the root of a condition rather than just its symptoms. Here at True to Life Wellness in Freeport, Maine, these posts explore the philosophy and history behind the practice, what to expect from treatment, and how centuries of clinical use are increasingly supported by modern research.
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What is pain?
We call it a warning system, a malfunction, an enemy to silence. Chinese medicine calls it something else: what happens when flow meets an…
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What Chinese medicine actually means, and where my practice fits
People say acupuncture. People say Chinese medicine. Most don’t know they’re naming one small piece of something much bigger.
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What your face reveals
The face has been a diagnostic tool in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. What practitioners actually read, the five element color system, and…
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Heat as medicine: the clinical logic of moxibustion
Moxa gets far less attention than acupuncture. It deserves more. Here’s the clinical reasoning behind when heat is the medicine, and what current research…