Acupuncture for Men’s Health

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How can Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) + Acupuncture help with all aspects of men’s health?

Acupuncture and Oriental medicine have been used to treat men’s health for thousands of years. Our goal is to prevent chronic dis-eases by keeping all systems working optimally thus preventing deterioration of your health.

Just like the guy riding his unicycle, he is really never balanced,
he is either leaning forward or leaning back to achieve balance.

This is what we call “adapting” to your life, Chinese Medicine
has amazing tools to help you “adapt” and stay balanced

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5.000 years ago Chinese population had very different goals in life. The main goal in life was to live longer and have more sons. They also were warriors and had to defend and fight to survive, no weakness in men was allowed. Chinese medicine practitioners have access to the wisdom of these ancient teachings of TCM.

Additionally, in order for a man to continue to procreate, be virile, vital, active and strong, Chinese medicine developed specific treatment protocols as well as herbal formulas to insure healthy aging in men.

Chinese medicine addresses chronic and degenerative conditions very effectively by preventative means.

Although western medicine excels in treating acute cases as well as trauma extremely well; our model has a more holistic approach. Our job in Chinese medicine is to PREVENT dis-ease by keeping all body systems working optimally.

At East Winds we sit down with you and look at all aspects of your lifestyle, activity, food choices and stressors in your life and how you ARE or NOT adapting to these stressors.

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ANDROPAUSE “man-o-pause”

Hormone balance in men is just as important for a healthy, happy life as it is for women….

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Just like women go through menopause, men have a similar hormonal shift during middle age. Around the age of 40, testosterone levels begin to drop about 1% per year. As well dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) declines. Think of this as one of the “youth” hormones. This is a very real phenomenon affecting millions of men even though it is not yet recognized by the World Health Organization. The medical profession and public’s awareness of Andropause is not being recolonized, yet it is a very real issue.

Symptoms can be but not limited to:

  • Diminished sex drive/
    performance
  • Reduced muscle bulk/
    strength
  • Night sweats
  • Swollen breasts (estrogen)
  • Loss of body hair
  • Shrunken testes
  • Height loss
  • Fatigue
  • Irritability
  • Memory loss
  • Sleep problems
  • Fewer morning erections
  • Irritability
  • Low libido
  • Sleep apnea
  • Depression
  • Weight gain (belly)
  • Osteoporosis
  • Poor concentration

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PROSTATE HEALTH

How can Traditional Chinese Medicine help with prostate health?

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Acupuncture and Oriental medicine have been used to keep healthy prostate gland working optimally, by circulation of Qi and Blood to the pelvis it enhances the blood flow. Like women men need to have adequate circulation to the pelvis, erections work with blood flow! Viagra has nothing on chinese medicine. As well in TCM we often see poor digestion as one of the contributing factors to enlarged prostate. When digestion is not optimal food sits around and creates a watery fluid, (edema at time is caused by poor digestion Spleen function. After a while our body heat “cooks” this water stagnated fluid and becomes a mucous like substance. Because of gravity, the damp stagnation will drain down into the pelvis and cause inflammation and enlarged prostate.

The prostate gland has gained a lot of attention in the past few decades. More and more men are struggling with one form of prostate irregularity. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is also known as enlarge prostate gland. Your chance for BPH increases with age.

Prostate Symptoms:

  • Frequent urination day and night
  • Painful/difficult urination
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Urinary stream that is weak and starts and stops

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PROSTATITIS 

This is an inflammation or and infection of the prostate, It occurs more often in youth and middle aged men. This can greatly affect fertility as well as quality of life.

 

PROSTATE CANCER 

This is the most common cancer in men, about on man is six will develop prostate cancer.

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Typically it is slow growing and initially remains confined to the prostate gland. By using preventative measures we hope to prevent this serious disease.

In fact studies have been conducted looking at Male Infertility and what they have discovered is that it is a “flag” for serious prostate diseases like cancer.

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Link to Dr Paul Turek’s web site for further male health here

 

LINKS AND RESOURCES 

Dr Paul Turek specializes in Men’s General Health as well as Male Infertility and

http://theturekclinic.com/

http://theturekclinic.com/blog/