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Areas of Care

Care that considers the whole.

Chinese medicine understands health through relationship: between systems, symptoms, emotions, environment, and the individual as a whole.

Rather than looking at a symptom in isolation, we seek to understand the patterns beneath it. Care at Teru House is thoughtful and individualized, drawing from acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and frequency-based therapies to support regulation, restoration, and a deeper relationship with the body.

These are some of the areas we commonly work with at Teru House, alongside selected clinical research exploring the evolving evidence behind acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

Understanding the Medicine

ACUPUNCTURE

An ancient East Asian medicine using fine needles placed at specific points to support balance throughout the body. Acupuncture works with the nervous system and the movement of Qi and blood to encourage regulation, circulation, and restoration.

QI

Often translated as vital energy or life force, Qi describes the movement that sustains life throughout the body. Chinese medicine seeks to restore the free flow of Qi and blood, supporting greater balance, vitality, and wellbeing.

CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE

Chinese herbal medicine offers deeper, ongoing support alongside acupuncture. Individualized formulas are created for each person's unique patterns and may support hormonal health, digestion, sleep, skin, energy, and overall vitality.

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Women’s Health

Care through cycles, change & transition.

From menstruation and fertility to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause, Chinese medicine offers a whole-person approach to women's health.

Treatment is shaped around the individual, supporting hormonal rhythms, menstural cramps, nervous system regulation, circulation, sleep, digestion, and the physical and emotional transitions that accompany each stage of life.

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Skin + Dermatology

Understanding the skin from within.

Within Chinese medicine, the skin is not considered separate from the rest of the body.

Changes in the skin may be understood in relationship to inflammation, digestion, hormones, circulation, immune function, stress, and other internal patterns.

Chinese herbal dermatology takes this wider view, approaching eczema creating individualized treatment strategies for both the skin itself and the patterns that may be contributing beneath the surface.

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Stress + Emotional Wellbeing

Creating space for the nervous system to settle.

Stress is not experienced only in the mind. It can move through sleep, digestion, hormones, muscle tension, energy, mood, and our capacity to recover.

Chinese medicine considers these systems interconnected. Treatment may support people experiencing ongoing stress, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, depression, nervous system dysregulation, or periods when the body simply feels unable to settle.

    • Stress and overwhelm

    • Anxiety

    • Sleep disturbances

    • Emotional transitions

    • Tension and restlessness

    • Burnout and exhaustion

    • Nervous system regulation

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Chronic + Complex Conditions

Looking beyond isolated symptoms.

Living with a chronic or complex condition can mean navigating symptoms that overlap, change, and affect many systems at once. Chinese medicine offers a whole-person approach, looking beyond individual symptoms to understand the patterns and relationships that may be influencing health.

Care may support people navigating autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, persistent fatigue, chronic pain, post-viral illness, digestive concerns, and the effects of ongoing medical treatment. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine may also be used alongside conventional cancer care to help manage some of the symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and its treatment.

Treatment is always individualized, with the intention of supporting regulation, resilience, comfort, and quality of life alongside appropriate medical care.

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Allergy + Respiratory Health

Supporting breath, immunity & resilience.

Seasonal and recurring respiratory symptoms can be approached by considering both what is happening now and the underlying patterns that may contribute to their recurrence.

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Men’s Health

Whole-person care through every season.

Men’s health extends far beyond a single symptom. Treatment considers energy, stress, sleep, digestion, reproductive health, pain, and the wider patterns influencing how you feel day to day.

Not sure where you fit?

You may be experiencing digestive changes alongside anxiety. Skin concerns alongside hormonal shifts. Fatigue that appeared after illness, childbirth, or a prolonged period of stress.

That is precisely why care at TERU begins with listening.

Bring what you are experiencing. We’ll begin there.

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