Conditions | Center for Integrative Medicine, Aventura, Miami, Fl

CONDITIONS

Chinese Medicine or Western Medicine

 

Have you ever struggled on whether to visit a MD or an acupuncturist/Chinese Medicine doctor for your condition?

Do you know that Western medicine doesn't have any cures for certain types of disease?
 

Here is a quick reference table to show the various types of disease with its corresponding Western and Chinese treatment.

 

 

WESTERN Medicine

CHINESE Medicine

 

Sports Injury

Months with pain medication, casting,
and/ or physical therapy

8-12 treatments

Headache

Forever with pain medication

1 treatment will stop headache

Back Pain

Neck Pain

Months/years with pain medication include epidural shots, muscle relaxation, and/ or surgery

8-12 treatments, up to 20-25 treatments for long standing cases

Arthritis

Forever with pain medication and arthritis medication

3 treatments will decrease the pain up to 50%, 10-15 treatments to resolve

Stroke

1 year or more with physical therapy and medications

20-28 treatmentswithin 6 months from the date of stroke

Bell's Palsy

Months with prednisone therapy

8-12 treatment within 3 month from the date of outbreak

Meniere's Disease

Months/years with atropine, epinephrine, dimenhydrinate, and/or surgery

8-12 treatments to take dizziness under control 20-25 to resolve

Anxiety

Years/forever with prescribed medication and psychotherapy

3 months of treatments

Insomnia

Forever with sleeping pills

6-10 treatments

Allergy

Forever with prescribed medication

6-10 treatments

Depression

Years/forever with medication and
psychotherapy

2-3 months of treatments, may require future periodic treatments to maintain results

Migraines

Prescription medications, pain medication forever

1 treatment to stop pain, 12-15 treatments to resolve

 

With all chronic long standing problems it may require future periodic
treatments to support the results.

 

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