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| Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac.
The Colorado Center of
Traditional Medicine
1331 Vine St., Denver, CO
(303) 947-6224 |
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| Acupuncture |
Treatment in Traditional Chinese medicine is centered on the person rather than the disease. Signs and symptoms are pieced together and synthesized until a picture of the whole person appears. This piecing together is the very heart of the Chinese diagnostic process. Specialties: Pulse Diagnosis, Anti-Aging Cosmetic Acupuncture, Auto and Sports Injuries, Women's Issues, Chronic Pain, and Allergies. Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine is the basis of all specialties of Chinese medicine. |
| Herbal Prescriptions |
The art of prescribing formulas comprised of medicinal substances the particular configuration of which is dictated by the organizing principles of the treatment strategy. Chinese medicinal formulas are complex recipes of interrelated substances each of which affects the actions of the others in the formula. Prescriptions come in the form of raw herbs which the patient cooks, powders, and pills. |
| Auricular Ear Acupuncture |
| Auricular Ear Acupuncture treats and prevents diseases by stimulating certain points on the ear with needles or ear seeds. Auricular (ear) Acupuncture is especially effective for weight loss, smoking cessation, anxiety reduction, and other addictive behavior reduction. |
| Cupping |
| Is a therapy in which a jar is attached to the skin surface by creating a partial vacuum. This therapy is used to warm and promote the free flow of Qi and blood in the meridians (channels), to treat asthma and coughing, to reduce swelling, to reduce pain, and to treat spasms. A practitioner may use a single cup, multiple cups, moving cups, and cupping may be combined with acupuncture. |
| QiGong |
| QiGong is a healing art which has been demonstrated to improve many chronic conditions. It can help keep us young and healthy. In China, there are what are called "QiGong hospitals" where only QiGong is practiced on patients and hundreds of articles have been published in Chinese literature about the hundreds of medical applications for this ancient healing art. Dr. Lucas trained with Master/Dr. Zhengao Yao who has been treating patients in the U.S. since 1993. |
| Tuina (Chinese Medical Massage) |
| Specialized massage techniques that move Qi and Blood |
| Lifestyle Counseling |
| How diet, overstrain, stress, and lack of physical exercise are to disease development, disease prevention, and improving longevity. |
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