“East Meets West: Oriental Medicine and the Future of Healthcare in America” is a documentary film created by Jennifer Buys, a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist. This is a great way to introduce the concepts of acupuncture and oriental medicine to friends, family and other health care practitioners so they can get a more in depth view of how this powerful approach can impact our lives.

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Lisa Hanfileti, LAc
Licensed Acupuncturist
www.PointsOfOrigin.com

Healing comes in many forms, shapes, colors and sounds.

We hope this brings you much peace.

Peter Hanfileti, MD & Lisa Hanfileti, LAc
Points of Origin, PLLC

We think it is important to be aware of the many diverse subjects and techniques because you never know which one or group of methods will work for you. It there is anything we have learned over the years, it is that all people are different and unique. There is never only one way to do things, and the more you know about yourself and your own preferences, the better you will be able to match the most relevant and acceptable forms of treatment with your current condition, challenge or healthcare goals.

While we are familiar with the modalities we use in our practice on a daily basis, we also want to give you information about other strategies you might be interested in trying or using for your own health and wellbeing. Therefore, we will investigate and report on other techniques as appropriate to give you all the details for your own decision-making for you and your family.

If you have any questions, suggestions, comments or responses to what we post on this blog or the companion website called Alternative Medicine Works, please feel free to fill out our contact form or simply post a comment.

Of course, there is a whole industry surrounding this one topic and we will do our best to give you the best information as we see it, both from our own clinical perspective as well as based on the information we find and have access to.

We will delve into food choices, even recipes we think are good. Subtopics which we will address here will include the broad category of herbs and supplements and these will be further categorized for your convenience.

Stay tuned for more information from us in this section…

We often spend a good amount of time in our clinical practice discussing such things as stress management techniques or ways of communicating to help out in your relationships and the like. These are very important topics for you to focus on and develop skills in, as the efficiency or our combined efforts working with you are always enhanced when we are on the same page.

Just a quick note about home care measures. It is common for people to think about products like herbs and supplements when we mention self care measures, but we are also including such things as a positive mental attitude, family support and encouraging relationships, family pets, decreasing or minimizing environmental stressors, etc. We believe it only makes sense to try and diminish stresses, detoxify your body, and provide yourself with top notch food, water, and supplements when necessary.

Using daily efforts at home to enhance the effects of treatments provided to you in our office seems to be the most beneficial win win strategy.