When you think about intestinal health, you might think about diet, hydration, pre- and probiotic supplements, and the deep cleansing of colon hydrotherapy. However, a commonly overlooked factor in intestinal health is the proper flow of your body’s internal energy.

While colon hydrotherapy is highly effective in clearing physical blockages inside the gut, Asian medicine and acupuncture work from a different angle – reducing stress, regulating the nervous system, and moving stagnant energy. Together, they create a powerful, full-circle approach to health and regulation.

Conversations about Asian medicine can be tricky because the Asian and Western viewpoints are different. The Asian idea of the internal organs and the roles they play are a bit different from the Western biomedical perspective. There is some overlap, but there are many areas that are quite different. These different perspectives are why combining Eastern and Western integrative healthcare is so powerful.

Asian medicine sees digestive health and effective waste elimination to be essential aspects of your overall health and wellness. Food is a primary source of nutrition and energy for your body, and both medical systems agree that the stomach’s job of macerating food and preparing it for absorption is critical. The small intestine and the large intestine are partnered with the stomach in receiving the food, extracting the nutrition, and eliminating the waste material.

Clearly, if there are issues with your digestion, absorption, and elimination of waste, your health and sense of well-being will be compromised. Serious health problems can arise if these functions are not working properly.

Asian medicine also sees that other organ functions affect your body’s ability to properly digest, assimilate, and excrete. Your body system is deeply interconnected, with each part and function affecting all of the others. In fact, your body is also interconnected with and affected by your mind, emotions, energies, and spirit. “Dis-ease” and functional dysregulation often come from inside – your stress, thoughts, emotions, activity levels, and lifestyle. For example, sleep quality and quantity are important for the proper functioning of your body and mind, and biomedical research continues to show that poor sleep has a significant impact on cardiovascular, hormonal, and cognitive health.

Because of this interconnected, holistic perspective, Asian medicine works with you as a whole person – body, mind, emotions, energy, spirit, lifestyle, diet, etc. Asian medicine also works with the innate wisdom of your body that knows how to heal and regulate itself. The body simply gets blocked in some way, needs some help in clearing the issue, and then a bit of support in getting back to its natural state of health and wellness.

So how does Asian Medicine provide this help and support?

– Acupuncture: Helps your body to regulate, reduce stress, and restore balance.

– Herbal Formulations: Provides daily, continuous support to your body’s internal healing processes.

– Bodywork: Balances and regulates energy, calms the mind and nervous system, resolves tension, stress, and constraint.

– Qigong (Gentle movement and breathing exercises): Calms your nervous system, improves your mental clarity, and shifts your stagnant energy.

– Food as Medicine: Dietary support for your body’s ongoing healing and regulation.

Asian medicine prioritizes preventative health and wellness. It is better to avoid “dis-ease” by engaging in healthy diet and lifestyle choices than to spend time, energy, and money repairing and healing after symptoms occur. My goal as a practitioner is to help you find your radiant health and wellness, and live your best life.

By combining colon hydrotherapy and acupuncture, we are addressing gut health from multiple angles. While hydrotherapy focuses on the physical clearing and hydration of the large intestine, acupuncture clears energetic stagnation in the whole body. It is a beautiful synergy: one modality clears the physical elimination pathway, while the other holistically balances, regulates, and restores, providing the opportunity for optimal health.

If a holistic approach to healing, preventative health, and wellness appeals to you, please schedule an appointment. I’d be honored to partner with you in your health and wellness journey.

You can learn more about Dr. Linder’s background on his website.

Dr. Daniel Linder DAIM, CMQ, L.Ac.
Soma Therapeutics
925.272.9109 | Dan@soma-therapy.com