Acupuncture is a complete medical system that has been used for thousands of years on a large segment of the world's population making acupuncture the most widely practiced and thoroughly tested medicine in history with recorded clinical results. Dr. Harounian uses acupuncture, flower essences, and homeopathy to treat the underlying cause of a symptom and improve the quality of life.  Acupuncture is a process which involves the insertion of pre-sterilized, nontoxic, and disposable fine needles into points that are strategic conductors of electromagnetic signals.

The World Health Organization
estimates that more people worldwide use acupuncture more often than any other form of health care, and has found that one of the advantages of acupuncture is that the incidence of adverse side effects are substantially lower than that of many drugs or other accepted medical procedures used for the same condition and the benefits of acupuncture are very high. Dr. Harounian believes there is a new, more aware consciousness today, which is not based on the use of drugs that are made to suppress the signs and symptoms of a disease, which only pushes the disease farther into the body. The highest level of healing is to address health issues by taking responsibility for one’s health and consciousness. Using hair-fine needles to stimulate certain points, acupuncture has been proven to create physiological and biochemical changes in the nervous system and brain. Specific points can strengthen the immune system, reduce stress, relieve pain, strengthen internal organs, increase metabolism for weight loss, improve detoxification and release endorphins – the body’s natural ‘feel good’ hormone. You will be pleasantly surprised in how relaxed you are as you begin the natural healing process. If you're still fearful of needles, Dr. Harounian uses nutripuncture which is needle-less acupuncture, she also believes many people suffer from food sensitivities and is a very big advocate of the  Food Sensitivity Test.

Yasmin also believes eastern medicine can work concurrently with western medicine and can have synergistic effects that produce an even greater benefit than the sum of their individual parts. Major benefits of acupuncture include: drug-free pain relief, weight loss and detoxification, disease prevention, and treating the cause as well as the symptoms. Acupuncture offers a holistic approach to illness which links the body/mind/emotions, and effectively treats many common ailments. The World Health Organization recommends acupuncture as an effective treatment for over 150 medical ailments, including allergies, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, gynecological problems, nervous conditions and disorders of the eyes, nose and throat.

Acupuncture has been used in the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse and has proven effective and cost-efficient in remedying headaches and chronic back or arthritic pain. Eastern medicine represents the cumulative clinical experience and time-tested theories of five millennia of continuous practice by acupuncturists. It remains the world’s oldest, safest, and most comprehensive system of medical care, developing as dynamically today as it has throughout its long history. If you are committed to taking control of your health, schedule a consultation and learn how a 5,000 year old, time-tested medicine can work for you. We will happily verify acupuncture benefits through your insurance.  

In a recent publication of the Asco Post, the magazine of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO, there is and article entitled: "Integrative Oncology: Essential to Cancer Care". They define Integrative oncology as the synthesis of main stream cancer treatments and complementary therapies like acupuncture, meditation, self-hypnosis, fitness and nutrition. The article also says that in the '60 and '70 the concept of an expanded approach to cancer treatment "encompassing body, mind, and soul", was adopted by many cancer patients.

Herbs

Herbal formulas and flower essences stimulate the body's own natural healing process to relieve symptoms. The advantage of using herbs vs. drugs is that it is able to do two major things at the same time. An herbal formula may strengthen the immune, circulatory, and energetic systems and also, at the same time, release the excess conditions which manifest as symptoms. Depending on a patient's condition, Dr. Harounian will choose different properties of herbs and flower essences to create a formula to address patients' particular needs. Western medications often control the symptoms of an illness but do not alter the disease process. In contrast, herbology and flower essences, when used properly, can treat the underlying conditions that cause the illness or health condition.

Flower Essence

Flower Essence supports the individual by stimulating greater awareness of our inner life, and building a vital bridge between the realms of the body, soul, and spirit. The theory of flower essence is that diseases that people experience are the result of imbalances. By rectifying imbalances, healing would result on every level. Flower remedies act to balance emotional and spiritual well-being. Essences work on an energetic level. It is essential to find the proper essences that resonate with one's energy field.

Cleansing and Detoxification

Killing parasites, removing pollutants, clearing gallstones and kidney stones is an effective way of empowering your body to clean and heal itself. Most individuals would benefit from detoxifying themselves of the pollutants associated with everyday living. Dr. Harounian uses the food sensitivity test, the infrared sauna, clay baths, acupuncture detox, flower essences, homeopathic formulas, herbal and clay products, and ear conning as a part of her complete detox treatment.

Cupping

Cupping is a treatment technique that involves the application of glass cups with heat to create suction, thereby pulling toxins out of the body and stimulating local blood circulations. By recruiting red and white blood cells and stimulating blood flow to an area, allowing metabolism of nitrogenous wastes and reducing and eliminating pain and inflammation. It is effective for body aches, muscle pain, and relieving colds.

Moxibustion

Moxibustion is a procedure of burning the herb mugwort over specific acupuncture points. Moxibustion is used to strengthen the entire energy system and increase circulation. It is an effective therapy for chronic fatigue, infertility, prolapsed uterus, diarrhea, cramps, and the turning of a breech fetus before labor.

Ear Coning

Aromatic herbal hollow cones are gently placed inside the opening of the ear canal as smoke fills the cone. It acts like a vacuum, removing ear wax debris, and sinus congestion. This technique also works on the subtle body by reactivating and spinning the chakras. Your head will feel lighter and your senses heightened.

Hot Stone Therapy

The warm stones expand the blood vessels, pushing blood and unwanted waste materials through the body and increasing lymph flow. This has a sedative effect on the nervous system. The heat from the stones helps to regulate the blood flow. It also helps to rid the muscles of toxic waste products which build up from stress and bad lifestyle habits. Hot Stone Therapy may be beneficial for: muscular aches, pains, sprains, and strains, back pain and stiff joint, stress, anxiety, and tension.

How Acupuncture Can Help You

In general, acupuncture can

• Relieve pain
• Increase energy level 
• Improve quality of sleep 
• Increase ability to relax 
• Increase ability to focus and concentrate 
• Improve memory 
• Boost immune system / illness prevention 
   

Dr. Yasmin Harounian L.Ac. (RI) specializes in bringing balance, alignment, and well being back to her patients.

Emotional Imbalances Include:

• Anxiety 
• Depression 
• Insomnia 
• Nervousness 
• Neurosis 
• Stress Reduction
• Fatigue

Other Benefits

• IBS
• Crones
• Colitis
• Chronic Fatigue
• Prolapsed Uterus
• Fibroids
• Cysts
• Insufficient lactation
• Palpitations
• Fibromyalgia
• Shingles
• Frozen Shoulder
• Sciatica
• Carpal Tunnel

The following information has been compiled by the World Health Organization

1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment:

Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
Biliary colic
Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
Dysentery, acute bacillary
Dysmenorrhoea, primary
Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Headache
Hypertension, essential
Hypotension, primary
Induction of labour
Knee pain
Leukopenia
Low back pain
Malposition of fetus, correction of
Morning sickness
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
Periarthritis of shoulder
Postoperative pain
Renal colic
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sciatica
Sprain
Stroke
Tennis elbow

2. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:

Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm)
Acne vulgaris
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
Bell’s palsy
Bronchial asthma
Cancer pain
Cardiac neurosis
Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation
Cholelithiasis
Competition stress syndrome
Craniocerebral injury, closed
Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
Earache
Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)
Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection
Female infertility
Facial spasm
Female urethral syndrome
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Gastrokinetic disturbance
Gouty arthritis
Hepatitis B virus carrier status
Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)
Hyperlipaemia
Hypo-ovarianism
Insomnia
Labour pain
Lactation, deficiency
Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic
Ménière disease
Neuralgia, post-herpetic
Neurodermatitis
Obesity
Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
Osteoarthritis
Pain due to endoscopic examination
Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome)
Postextubation in children
Postoperative convalescence
Premenstrual syndrome
Prostatitis, chronic
Pruritus
Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
Raynaud syndrome, primary
Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Retention of urine, traumatic
Schizophrenia
Sialism, drug-induced
Sjögren syndrome
Sore throat (including tonsillitis)
Spine pain, acute
Stiff neck
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Tietze syndrome
Tobacco dependence
Tourette syndrome
Ulcerative colitis, chronic
Urolithiasis
Vascular dementia
Whooping cough (pertussis)

3. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which there are only individual controlled trials reporting some therapeutic effects, but for which acupuncture is worth trying because treatment by conventional and other therapies is difficult:

Chloasma
Choroidopathy, central serous
Colour blindness
Deafness
Hypophrenia
Irritable colon syndrome
Neuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury
Pulmonary heart disease, chronic
Small airway obstruction

4. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture may be tried provided the practitioner has special modern medical knowledge and adequate monitoring equipment:

Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Coma
Convulsions in infants
Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris)
Diarrhoea in infants and young children
Encephalitis, viral, in children, late stage
Paralysis, progressive bulbar and pseudobulbar