Aahom Dr Li Jie

read moreJOHN AND LI JIE McGIMSEY, Licensed Acupuncturists, Providing Traditional Chinese Medicine and Complementary Care to Davidson, Morganton and Charlotte North Carolina.

read moreLi Jie McGimsey & John McGimsey have CAOM National Board Exam Certificates and are NC State Licensed Acupuncturists. Li Jie is also a Medical Masseuse doing real authentic Acupressure or Chinese Tui Na, Japanese Shiatsu. She trained inBeijing, China with over 10 years experience in a major hospital in Beijing, China in an Acupuncture Dept. She was an assistant for 10 years to Professors of the Beijing Acupuncture University working in her hospital and provided training to visiting American, Austrian, French, Spanish, Syrian, Greek, etc. Acupuncturists studying in Beijing, China.

read moreAcupuncture is a medical therapy developed over 2000 years ago in Asia. Acupuncture stimulates specific points beneath the skin by the insertion of acupuncture needles. This process restores the balance of the body's energy, also knows as "Qi" (pronounced chi). Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Moxibustion are some of the essential elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture needles are extremely thin made from silver alloy typically stainless steel. You may feel little or no discomfort as the needles are inserted as the process is typically painless.

read moreIn fact, the odds are high that a patient will come to see you with a complaint of migraines. The latest epidemiologic data estimates 28 million Americans (approximately one in 10) suffer from migraines. Furthermore, almost half of those migraine cases are undiagnosed. Fortunately, as research suggests, Chinese medicine may help stop migraines in their tracks. Patients were evaluated three and six months after starting treatment. For patients receiving true acupuncture, each syndrome was treated with a specific acupoint selection according to TCM.

read moreIn one of the largest trials of its kind published to date, researchers in Maryland have found that acupuncture applied to specific points on the leg can provide significant pain relief and improve function in patients who have osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the United States. It is associated with a breakdown of cartilage in the joints and can occur in almost any joint in the body. According to the American College of Rheumatology, approximately 21 million Americans are afflicted with some form of osteoarthritis.