TCM stands for Traditional Chinese Medicine.  TCM has been practiced in China for thousands and thousands of years.  The entire scope of TCM includes many types of treatments but the main areas are Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Formulas, Tui Na (massage), cupping and Diet and Nutrition recommendations. 

The TCM approach to disease is very different from that from western type medicine.  TCM recognizes diseases as patterns of imbalance within the body.  Once we have identified the type of imbalance that has occurred we are able to give an appropriate treatment which will bring balance back to your body. 

The types of imbalance will often relate to a disorder with ones yin and yang and Qi.  In basic TCM theory when Yin and Yang are in balance and Qi is plentiful and circulating smoothly, we are in perfect harmony.  Whenever harmony is disturbed by deficiency, excess or obstruction of circulation, dis-ease occurs.