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Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a safe, natural, effective, and drug-free way to treat pain, reduce stress, and restore health and balance. It involves the insertion of ultra-fine, single-use, sterile needles at carefully selected points along the body's energetic pathways to remove blockages, rectify the flow of qi and blood, and stimulate the body's natural pain control and healing mechanisms. From a Wes... Read More

Acupuncture is a safe, natural, effective, and drug-free way to treat pain, reduce stress, and restore health and balance. It involves the insertion of ultra-fine, single-use, sterile needles at carefully selected points along the body's energetic pathways to remove blockages, rectify the flow of qi and blood, and stimulate the body's natural pain control and healing mechanisms.

From a Western medicine perspective, acupuncture points are located at the sites of bundles of sensory neurons that, when stimulated, send signals to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) to release endorphins (the body's natural pain killers), anti-inflammatory agents, hormones, increase blood flow and boost immunity.

Acupuncture treats a wide variety of conditions, including:

Allergies/Asthma, Anxiety/Depression, Arthritis/Joint Problems, Back Pain,
Bladder/Kidney Problems, Constipation/Diarrhea, Colds/Influenza, Cough/Bronchitis, Dizziness, Drug/Alcohol/Smoking/Addiction, Fatigue, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gynecological Disorders, Headache/Migraine, Heart Problems/Palpitations, High Blood Pressure,
Immune System Deficiency, Knee Pain, Menopausal Discomfort, Musculoskeletal Injuries,
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome, Paralysis/Numbness, Rhinitis, Sciatica, Sexual Dysfunction,
Side Effects of Chemotherapy, Sinusitis, Skin Problems, Stress/Tension, Stroke Rehabilitation, Tendonitis.

Chinese Medicine

Chinese Medicine is a complete, holistic healing system used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness for thousands of years. It views the human being as a microcosm of the larger natural world and health as a relative harmony of the energies (qi) that animate it. Rooted in the wisdom of ancient Daoist and Buddhist practices, Chinese Medicine recognizes that all the body's functions are inte... Read More

Chinese Medicine is a complete, holistic healing system used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness for thousands of years. It views the human being as a microcosm of the larger natural world and health as a relative harmony of the energies (qi) that animate it.

Rooted in the wisdom of ancient Daoist and Buddhist practices, Chinese Medicine recognizes that all the body's functions are interconnected and considers our entire being. When qi flows naturally through the body's energetic pathways, we are energized, nourished, and balanced. When this natural flow is disrupted or blocked, stagnation, pain, and illness arise.

Traditional Chinese Medicine offers a wide range of health interventions and complementary healing modalities that treat illness's root (cause) and branch (symptoms). It provides a means of diagnosing patterns of disharmony to address mental, physical, and spiritual imbalances before they become diseases and offers us guidance into living well.

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Acupuncture
Community Acupuncture
Acudetox
Cupping
Moxibustion
Qigong
Bodywork (Shiatsu)
Herbal Medicine
Nutrition, Exercise & Lifestyle recommendations

Mai Cao
(She/Her/Hers) R.TCMP, R.Ac

Mai Cao R.Ac, R.TCMP Founder of Living Well Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Mai is a lifelong Eastern philosophy, medicine, and martial arts student. She is a licensed acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner, registered with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario. She holds a diploma from the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is a graduate of Kokoro Dojo’s Zen Shiatsu Program. She is also the first female to be promoted to the rank of Sifu through Golden Harmony Kung Fu and the Tai Shan Praying Mantis Association.

Mai developed a curiosity for Chinese Medicine over decades of teaching and practice in Kung Fu and Qigong. Experiencing the profound and transformative effect the training has on people’s lives, she retraced their roots, which led her to Shiatsu and then Chinese Medicine, which shares the same foundation.

Her passion for Kung Fu and Qigong as healing arts, coupled with her background as a street outreach and harm reduction worker, brought an invitation to teach at the Butterfly Peace Garden in war-torn Sri Lanka in 2004. Since then, she has returned twice to expand on those teachings. She has worked with children, youth and adults affected by war, the tsunami, displacement and homelessness, ex-child-soldiers, youth detainees, families of the disappeared, people suffering from addiction and mental health issues and survivors of violence in Toronto and throughout Sri Lanka.

Over the years, her studies have pivoted toward holistic Medicine. Mai takes a heart-centred approach to her practice, bringing compassion and intuitive touch to her treatments.

She treats various conditions, including muscular-skeletal pain, digestive issues, menstrual disorders, fatigue, and ailments that are difficult to pin down to a specific cause. She is particularly interested in mental and emotional well-being, addressing acute and chronic stress, trauma-related conditions, sleep problems, anxiety, and depression.

A lover of nature, adventure, animals, good food and drink, Mai’s “happy place” is sitting by a fire out in the woods, sharing a laugh with friends and family.

Mai Cao R.Ac, R.TCMP Founder of Living Well Traditional Chinese Medicine. Mai is a lifelong East... Read More

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