Dr. Mehdy Ghaeminia and Dr. Sogand Zarei
Basics of Acupuncture
Acupuncture is one of the main branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine used for thousands of years. Its efficacy and safety has made this therapeutic method one of the most used medical techniques worldwide. Acupuncture is based on Traditional Chinese Medical
Acupuncture and related techniques
Acupuncture is one of the main branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine used for millennia to treat patients. Based on traditional Chinese philosophy, our body – as a part of the world – has to be in the balance to work
Hakim Medical Clinic
Shiraz Acupuncture Clinic is a private section in the Hakim Medical Clinic which is placed in Farhang Shahr one of the most prestigious neighbourhoods of Shiraz, the ancient capital of Iran. Since its establishment, it has been one of the
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Thread embedding
Thread embedding is used to refer to a group of medical practices which are characterized by inserting small absorbable surgical threads into specific acupoints or body parts to produce a long gradual therapeutic effect during a couple of weeks to
Moxibustion
Moxibustion is one of the most traditional and most commonly used supplementary techniques used by acupuncturist over the time. Moxibustion includes the ignition of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) to be kept burning near the body. It will warm the special points
Electroacupuncture
In the traditional form of acupuncture practice, the physician sits beside the patient and stimulates the needles to produce and enhance the therapeutic effects. Nowadays, the modern situation of clinics does not allow such a long physician-patient relationship. Electrical stimulation
Blood-letting
Blood-letting is one of common medical practices in different traditional medical disciplines. It is called Hijama in Traditional Iranian/Islamic Medicine. Blood-letting is good to facilitate blood and qi flow in different organs and can be used in the treatment of
Cupping
Cupping is one of the common less invasive methods in different practices of traditional and complementary medicine. It can be categorized to warm and cold cupping. In warm cupping, glass cups are attached to specific body points using the vacuum
Guasha or Chinese therapeutic massage
Guasha means “to scratch the skin red” and is a kind of therapeutic massage in which oil treated skin is rubbed by a special comb to produce the desired effects. In this method, the skin on the region of interest