Acupuncture and herbal medicine treat a variety of digestion disorders including ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, gastric acid reflux, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Herbal medicine and acupuncture can effectively treat abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and rectal bleeding. The acupuncture often alleviates abdominal pain while the herbal medicine reduce the toxicity and dysfunction of the digestion disturbances. This allows patients to heal, regain normal energy levels, and enjoy improved digestion. In many cases, the herbal medicine can eliminate blood and pus from the stool and heal chronically inflamed pockets of the colon.

Common ailments in the clinic

Crohn's disease is a nonspecific chronic transmural inflammatory disease usually of the distal ileum and colon. However, it can occur in other areas of the GI tract. It is more prevalent in those of Eastern European descent and is exacerbated by low fiber diets and industrial chemicals. Ulcerative colitis typically presents with bloody diarrhea attacks with asymptomatic intervals. At its worst, it can involve profound toxemia. In both cases, acupuncture and herbal medicine are effective in controlling these disorders.