Range of Treatment Methods

A TCM practitioner can select from a number of treatment modalities to either use with the patient in the clinic or to instruct the patient to use at home. Acupuncture is perhaps the most well known of the clinical treatment modalities, but there are others.

Treatment modalities may be used individually or in combination, but they are always chosen on the basis of the diagnosis and treatment strategy. No one treatment modality is appropriate in all circumstances.

Some of the TCM treatment modalities most commonly used in the United States today include: acupuncture and acupressure; moxibustion; dermal friction (gua sha); cupping; therapeutic massage (tui na); dietary therapies; herbal therapies; and Qi gong. We will discuss each in the following screens.