​Acupuncture, known in Chinese as zhenjiu, is one of the oldest continuously practiced medicines on earth. In the West it is best known for relieving acute and chronic pain, and many people are surprised to learn it has been used to address hundreds of conditions. During a treatment, very thin, hairlike needles are placed at precise locations on the body. The classical texts call these points jie, neural nodes, and their stimulation creates therapeutic effects in both the central and peripheral nervous systems, prompting the release of the body's own pain-relieving chemistry while helping it regulate and restore proper function.

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Most modern schools train acupuncturists in a standardized system of 365 points. The human body holds well over several thousand, and learning to use them properly requires thousands of hours of additional study. That is the training this practice is built on. Dr. Carter draws on multiple classical lineages, including the Wang Le Ting Golden Needle system, the Master Tung and Master Tan traditions, Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion, and advanced Classical Chinese Medicine protocols, to deliver treatments that are precise, deeply individualized, and clinically sophisticated. This style of practice carries within it a complete map of how illness develops, from minor ailments to the most serious conditions, and an equally clear understanding of what true health looks like.

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Unfortunately, much of the acupuncture offered today is designed to fit the constraints of insurance reimbursement, with standardized protocols and time limits that simply cannot accommodate what this medicine is capable of at its highest level. This is why we practice outside the health insurance model. As doing so because doing so would require us to limit what we can offer you. We are not willing to do that.

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The result is care that addresses root causes rather than managing symptoms: thousands of years of refined clinical wisdom, applied with the full attention and time your condition deserves, including unhurried space to rest and integrate during your treatment.

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Because this medicine works at the level of the whole system rather than isolated symptoms, it can support a remarkable range of conditions. People commonly come to Luna for chronic pain, orthopedic injuries, neuropathy and other neurological conditions, post-stroke recovery, autoimmune issues, migraines and headaches, digestive and hormonal imbalances, sleep and stress disorders, and the lingering effects of injury, illness, or long-term medication use.

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If your condition isn't named here, or nothing you've tried has helped, that is exactly what the complimentary 15-minute consultation is for. Call 503-853-2866 and we will determine together whether this approach is right for you.