Best acupuncture clinic in San Luis Obispo

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Increase Health Through a Holistic Approach

Acupuncture is widely known as a practice that involves inserting very thin needles into specific places on the body to relieve pain and a variety of other conditions, but it is actually so much more.

Here, at Intuitive Acupuncture, we take an integrative, holistic approach to your health and well-being. One of the basic principles of acupuncture and Chinese medicine is that when one part of our body is injured or diseased, the entire being is affected. It’s important to treat the entire self for a return to health and well-being and each individual’s circumstances are unique.

Our goal is to help everyone who comes to us live a healthier, more balanced life.

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Best Acupuncture Clinic In San Luis Obispo

Reduce Pain and Increase Overall Health

Anyone experiencing any, or more, of the following conditions, can benefit from treatments at the Intuitive Acupuncture clinic:

Chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia, fatigue, back pain, musculoskeletal pain, arthritis, migraines, and other headaches

Gastrointestinal issues
Stress and anxiety
Women’s health issues
Men’s health issues
Allergies and asthma
Addictions, including smoking

We offer a wide range of healing services to help people of all ages improve their lives and wellbeing. Our services include:

Acupuncture: the insertion of very fine, wire-like, sterile, single-use needles into specific points on the body. Intuitive Acupuncture provides the full range of acupuncture treatments including electroacupuncture and orthopedic acupuncture. A healing method with ancient roots, the discovery that inserting needles into specific places on the body could alleviate pain, influence the functioning of internal organs, and improve overall well-being was one of the first steps towards developing acupuncture to the holistic healing practice that it is today.

Cupping during which glass or plastic cups are used to create suction on the skin, increasing blood flow to the targeted area and releasing muscular tension. Cupping can be helpful for relieving: chronic pain conditions, stress and anxiety, sports and exercise injuries as well as recovering from auto accident injuries and releasing scar tissue after surgery.

Gua Sha using a metal or ceramic tool is rubbed across the surface of the skin to free adhesions (layers of tissue that are fused together causing pain and dysfunction) and to increase blood flow.

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Herbal Therapy uses formulas, tinctures, liniments, and pain patches composed of a variety of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs are prescribed according to each patient’s unique needs. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an ancient medicinal practice based on the concept that imbalances in Qi, a vital life force in the body, can cause disease and illness. The practice of TCM is an integrated approach to health and wellbeing that brings balance between the body, mind/spirit, and the environment. The integrated approach includes herbal and natural medicines, acupuncture, Tuina/acupressure, Gua-Sha, and other complementary therapies.

Tuina/Acupressure soft tissue manipulation and bodywork are believed to be the oldest system of bodywork. It originated in ancient China and along with acupuncture, qi-gong, and Chinese herbal medicine is one of the four main branches of traditional Chinese medicine. Tuina is similar to acupuncture but instead of needles, practitioners use their fingertips to apply gentle pressure to stimulate the energetic meridians and acupoints. It originated in ancient China and along with acupuncture, qi-gong, and Chinese herbal medicine is one of the four main branches of traditional Chinese medicine. Tuina can help achieve balance and harmony by removing blockages to the flow of qi.

Moxibustion during which heat is applied to specific points on the body by burning the herb, mugwort(Artemisia vulgaris) close to the surface of the skin. Mugwort is in a family of herbs, Artemisia, that grow worldwide and have important ceremonial and medicinal uses among many indigenous people.

Acupuncture Clinic San Luis Obispo, CA

At Intuitive Acupuncture we empower our patients to heal themselves by providing effective and compassionate care that emphasizes patient education and holistic wellness.

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