Alternative Health Grou

read moreCommunity Acupuncture at Chicago's Alternative Health Group offers highly effective acupuncture at an affordable price. Acupuncture treatments are given in a community room alongside others in comfortable zero gravity chairs. You will receive a thorough consultation followed by plenty of time for rest, relaxation and healing. Soothing music and white noise machines offer a semi-private environment. Needles are placed in points along the arms and legs and if indicated, the head and abdomen.

read moreSince 2005, Alternative Health Group (AHG) has been working to provide its patients with the highest quality in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. We have become the most trusted acupuncturists in the city of Chicago by the medical community. In 2005, Dr. Timothy Suh and his colleagues opened Alternative Health Group with the goal of giving access to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine to patients at the onset of their disease and not at the end stages. They began with one clinic that encompassed all aspects of Oriental medicine that included acupuncture, herbal medicine, tai chi, tuina (Chinese manual therapy), massage therapy and yoga.

read moreWe follow what the Huang Di Nei Jing (The Yellow Emperor's Classic on Medicine) states from its first chapter. Sages of the past used to live well to 100 years because they followed the Way. Eating and drinking was moderate. Rising and resting had regularity. They did not tax themselves with meaningless work. We have helped many patients use food and fasting as medicine. Not only do they lose weight, they have more energy, less pain and better overall sense of well being.

read moreChinese or Oriental Medicine is a 3,000 year old art form that treats imbalances of the body and mind. It is an art and science. Where conventional medicine divides, reduces and categorizes, Oriental Medicine treats patterns and establishes harmony. Oriental Medicine is a professional system of health care with specific systems of diagnosis and treatment. These time proven methods are based on thousands of years of clinical experience. Oriental Medicine deals with energetic properties of your body that at their most fundamental and abstract are called Yin and Yang.

read moreCupping is a therapy designed to stimulate the flow of blood and Qi within the superficial muscle layers. It is used for sore muscles, tension, neck pain and the common cold. In this therapy, your acupuncturist will place small glass or plastic "cups" over specific areas on your body. A vacuum is created under the cup using heat or suction. They may be moved over an affected area or left in place. You may leave the office looking as though a large octopus gave you a big hug. There is no need for alarm.