Integrative Acupuncture Center

LYMES DISESASE SUFFERERS FINDING NEW HOPE WITH ANCIENT TECHNIQUES

Chronic Lymes disease is difficult to treat and hard to eradicate with conventional antibiotic therapy. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal compounds have been recently extracted and used to treat where antibiotics have failed.

Living with chronic Lyme’s disease is debilitating both physically and emotionally. For many this disease its suffers as they see the life that they once had slip away.  One of the areas hardest hit with the epidemic includes the Northeast United States, where the condition was named Lymes after the fist reports occurred in Lyme, Connecticut.  It is possibly the fastest-growing infectious disease in the U.S. Nationally reported cases have more than doubled in a decade-23,963 in 2003 from fewer than 9,000 in 1993. In the state of New Jersey, according to the CDC, the cases have almost tripled since 1999 where the incidence has sky rocketed from 1,179 cases to 3,214 cases[1].

Chronic Lyme’s disease is an extremely complex and recurrent illness that is still poorly understood. Common symptoms are primarily neurological and musculoskeletal, fever, fatigue, mental fog, cognitive problems, arthritis, fibromyalgia, cardiovascular problems and malaise.

What makes the disease difficult to treat are the following factors:

1- Problems with diagnosing the disease:

Disagreement over the definition of Lyme’s disease makes it difficult to detect and treat. The CDC states that Elisa and Western Blot tests should be sufficient to diagnose Lyme’s disease, but many of these tests can show false negatives.

Furthermore, the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) does not recognize that Lyme’s disease can be chronic, dismisses the existence of Lyme’s disease being “chronic” and provides clinicians with a virtual “four weeks cures all” protocol[2]. The difficulty in diagnosing the condition, delays giving the suffer crucial treatment during the initial stages which cause the condition to take root

2- Conventional Antibiotic therapy does not prove effective treatment for Chronic Lyme’s Disease:

1- Lyme’s Disease needs a long term anti-infection treatment. However,  antibiotics are not meant to be used for long term use.

2-Lyme’s disease carries multiple cross-infections (Babesia, Erhlichia, Bartonella, Mycoplasma, Rocky Mountain Fever), however, antibiotics are only good for suppressing bacteria and not helpful in treating these other infections.

3-Lyme’s Disease affects the central nervous system causing “brain fog”, confusion, difficulty in concentrating, memory loss, headaches, difficulty in reading, writing, speech and thinking, forgetfulness and mood swings.  Antibiotics have difficulty penetrating the Blood Brain Barrier to reach the Central Nervous System and do not effectively treat these symptoms.

4- Antibiotics suppress bacteria but also encourage fungal overgrowth.

5- Antibiotics have been too extensively used and so antibiotic resistant strains of germs have emerged that are difficult to eliminate.

Benefits of Chinese Medicine Treatments

1) Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments including acupuncture and Chinese herb extracts  can be used for long-term use.

2) Chinese herbs have a wide anti-microbial spectrum. They are able to address the other infections that are commonly seen along with the Borrelia burgdorferi .

3) Chinese herbs can pass through the blood brain barrier to treat central nervous system conditions.

4) There are no resistant germs to Chinese herbs.

Fu Zheng Therapy  “Support the Righteous”

Chinese Medicine has always maintained that it’s approach to treating immunological conditions is to  Support the Righteous”, that is to regulate the immune system. This theory states that if the body’s immune system is kept strong the body will be able to fight off and overcome  infection. It is the body’s “internal factors” (or lack thereof) that decides whether the disease occurs or not, and if it doe, how severe the disease course will be. Internal factors play a major role additionally in fighting the infection and restoring health. This theory is more suited for regulating the immune response and promoting the repair of damaged tissue and suitable for long term use.

In direct contract, is the conventional medicine model. Conventional medicine is focused on eradicating the infectious agent by antibiotics.  Therapies based on this model are usually effective in acute critical diseases and traumas in which external factors are so overwhelming that internal factors need a great deal of assistance. For Chronic infections and long-term illnesses, however, the side effects of the extremely powerful treatment agents usually render diseases management difficult for most patients. The slower, but gentler process that is better suited for chronic and debilitating illnesses is Chinese medicine strategies.

Benefits of acupuncture:

Reduce joint aching.

Improves energy.

Reduces pain.

Increased blood flow to the brain reduces the symptoms of “brain fog”, confusion, difficulty in concentrating, memory loss, headaches, difficulty in reading and writing.

Benefits of Chinese herbs:

Chinese herbal extracts are used to treat the infections associated with Lyme’s disease. The herbs are safe, and excellent for long term use.

We have chosen to use the treatment protocols of Qing Cai Zhong, a medical researcher and practitioner of Chinese Medicine,  who has been using his treatment protocols to give hope and relief for hundreds of Lyme’s disease suffers

Treatment periods may vary. The course of treatment is gradual and incremental. The results are longer lasting.  Treatment period is between 6 and 12 months.

No one is turned away if there is financial burdens as we have very affordable financing options so that anyone can receive the care they need at a price that they can afford.

Call us today for your free consultation and evaluation to determine if we can help you. Cal us today at 201-444-7150,  just reference this offer when calling us. We look forward to providing you with the best care and showing you how a three thousand year old medicine is the newest hope for those suffering from Lyme’s disease.