Portland Five Element Acupuncture & Wellness Blog

For many people, acupuncture offers a safe and effective path toward pain reduction and restoring balance in the body, mind, and spirit. By identifying your core energetic imbalances, we can design a customized acupuncture therapy plan to restore the flow of energy and encourage healing.

Physical therapy, counseling, and acupuncture offer a more natural approach to stroke recovery. Acupuncture can support your physical, emotional, mental, and neurological recovery in a more integrated and holistic way.

Although Western medicine tends to treat goiters and swollen thyroid nodules with pharmaceutical medications or surgeries, recent evidence suggests that acupuncture, traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and nutritional therapy may also provide effective adjunctive or alternative treatment.

Hyperthyroidism can stress the body and cause symptoms such as irritability, racing heart, hand tremors, insomnia, and other concerning issues. While more comprehensive studies are needed to understand the effects of acupuncture on hyperthyroidism, existing research shows great promise.