Beauty - Health - Wellness

Glossary

Acai Berry Moisturizer: With Aloe Vera. Great anti-aging moisturizer to support skin health, as well as hydrating and healing to the skin

Acid Reflux: The upflow of acid from the stomach into the mouth, that may be ejected or swallowed before it can be ejected. In TCM we call this Liver invading the Spleen, or Liver fire invading the Stomach, Acid regurgitation, acid upflow

Acne: Moderate acne is characterized by consistent, often daily breakouts and inflamed, congested skin. Acne is a disorder of the hair follicle sebaceous glands, consisting of non-inflammatory lesions (papules, pustules and nodules)

Acne Products:

Blemish Control Cleanser with 2% Salicylic and 2% Glycolic, with Tea Tree, increases cellular turnover bringing oil and debris to the surface of the skin: Salicylic dries the uplifted oil, Tea Tree calms and sooths the skin

Blemish Control Toner with 2% Salicylic and 2% Glycolic with Tea Tree: Assists the cleanser in cellular turnover bringing oil and debris to the surface of the skin, removes excess dirt, oil and makeup left after the cleansing process

Blemish Spot Treatment: Rapidly dries each blemish and encourages healing

Light Aloe Moisturizer: Hydrates and protects oily and blemished skin

Acupressure: A method of treatment involving the application of finger pressure at acupuncture points

Acupuncture: The practice of puncturing the body with metal needles at specific points in order to regulate construction, defense, qi, and the blood

Areola Tattooing: The art of creating an areola "3 D Tattoing" to cosmetically enhance the breast tissue after a breast reduction, nipple or breast reconstruction, breast augmentation or mastectomy.

Ageless Skin Hydrating Serum with Hyaluronic Acid for fine lines. Use to firm and plump fine lines. Attracts and binds moisture around cells for extra hydration

Ageless Skin Moisturizer: With Aloe and Co-Q10, hydrates and protects the skin while stimulating collagen and tightening elastin in the skin

Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA): Naturally occuring molecules found in fruit and milk. They have been used for centuries to soften and exfoliate the skin. Alpha Hydroxy acids, along with their close counterparts beta hydroxy acids, work by loosening the bonds that hold dead cells together, allowing them to slough away more effectively

Arrival of Qi: You may feel numbness, aching, tingling, or heaviness in the area. This is known as the arrival of the Qi.

Bikini Waxing: The area waxed just outside the panty line.

Blemish Control Cleanser: 2% Salicylic and 2% Glycolic, with Tea Tree, increases cellular turnover bringing oil and debris to the surface of the skin: Salicylic dries the uplifted oil, Tea Tree calms and sooths the skin

Blemish Control Toner: 2% Salicylic and 2% Glycolic with Tea Tree: Assists the cleanser in cellular turnover bringing oil and debris to the surface of the skin, removes excess dirt, oil and makeup left after the cleansing process

Blemish Spot Treatment: Rapidly dries each blemish and encourages healing

Brazilian Waxing (for men and women): Hair is removed with a hard wax, which is delicate to the sensitive areas of the body. Hair is removed from the front to the back.

Brow Waxing: The art of applying warm wax to remove unwanted hair from the eye brow area. This technique is provided by a Licensed Aesthetician, and the purpose is to create a visually appealing eye brow

Brow Shaping: The art of removing unwanted hair from the eye brow area in order to creatively create an beautiful eye appealing eye brow through the art of warm wax hair removal.

Brow Tattooing: Micropigmentation of colored appied into the dermal layer of the skin in the eye brow, to visual enhance the eye brow shape and color. Hair line strokes can also be applied to create a natural hair like appearance

Chronic Pain: Whether it's caused by arthritis, migranes, fibromyalgia, back pain, neck pain, chronic pain hangs on for weeks, months, or years...can change your life. Never ignore pain. Whatever the intensity: mild, moderate or severe, treatment can help.Pain results from signals sent from your nerves to your brain. It serves as an alarm or warning. Sometimes the signals keep firing, and the pain continues. That's when it becomes chronic. Acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, myofascial release therapies can help to reduce the signs and symptoms you are currently experiencing.

Cucumber Hydration Toner: With Hyaluronic and Omega 6. This toner stays on the skin to hydrate, plump and deliver deep moisture to the skin as Omega 6 essential fatty acids calm the skin

Cupping Therapies: Fire cupping is used to reduced painful areas in the tissue of the back, shoulders, thighs, and abdomen. Cupping has the ability to move stagnation from the tissues, thus alleiviating pain.

Dermis: Tough layer of connective tissue supporting the epidermis structurally and nutritionally

Dowsing: best known for locating water, gold, oil and other minerals. Pendulum dowsing has also been called "divining" for its ability to provide information and perdice the future.

Eye Brow Waxing (for men and women): Removes unwanted hair in the brow line leaving the skin soft, smooth and free of unwanted hair.

Eye Brow Microblading: The art of adding semi-permanent color to the eye brows one hair at a time. adding individual hair strokes to the brow line enhances the eye brow shape, texture and over all color. Treatment or color last approximately one year at which time a touch up is needed.

Fibormyalgia: a disorder charcterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Researchs states that fibromyalgia amplifies painfull sensations by affecting the way your brain processes pain signals. Symptoms sometimes show up after a physical trauma, surgery, infecton or significan psychological stressors.

TCM & Fibromyalgia: Acupuncture and Moxibustion is an excellent modality to help those who are experiencing pain, fatigue, depression and joint pain. Treatments are specific to meet your specific needs

Fire Cupping: Fire cupping is used to reduced painful areas in the tissue of the back, shoulders, thighs, and abdomen. Cupping has the ability to move stagnation from the tissues, thus alleiviating pain and stagnation from the muscles and tissue. Enhancing healing and movement within the tissues and muscles.

Glycolic Cleansers: The antioxidants encourage rapid cellular turnover to reveal fresh healthy skin.

Glycolic and Retinol Pads: With Kojic, breaks up surface cells to reveal fresh, healthy skin. Lightens sun spots and scars left from blemishes

Glycolic Acid: A natural ingredient derived from sugar cane, and it is often made synthetically. It falls into the set of ingredients called AHAs, or alpha hydroxy acids. Glycolic Acid is an exfoliator. It safely removes the outer layer of dead skin cells on the surface of your skin, brings fresh new skin to the surface, and is an excellent anti-aging ingredient. Glycolic Acid can also help lighten discoloration of the skin, such as sun spots or age spots and help those with acne prone and blackhead prone skin

Gua Sha: A healing technique used in Asia by practitoners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Gua Sha involves palpation and cutaneous stimulation where the skin is pressured, in strokes, by a round edged instrument; which results in the appearance of small red petechiae called "sha" that will fade within 2 to 3 days. Raising sha removes blood stagnation, promoting normal circulation and metabolic processes. Gua Sha moves Qi, blood and fluids, releases the exterior pathogens and resolves pain.

Green Tea Citrus Cleanser: With grapefruit, lemon and yucca, nourishes and hydrates the skin while antioxidants provide a healthy, radiant glow.

Hair Pulling aka Trichotillomani: Pulling out ones own hair

Hair Removal: Waxing to revome unwanted body hair from the face, neck, chest, back, bikini line, legs, nose, mouth or lip area

Hot Wax:Professional waxing service provided by a licensed Aesthetician. Heated wax is used to remove unwanted hair from the body of men and women

Hydrating Moisturizer: With Shea Butter, Aloe and Seaweed, Heavier moisturizer that intensely hydrates and binds moisture within the skin

Hyperpigmentation/Melasma: Pigmentation/dark spots or patches on the skin can be caused by many things from UV exposure to the after effects of a breakout or blemish or hormones.

HydraSonic Dermal Cleansing Unit: 14x better than manual cleaning. Improves skin texture, reduces oil and large pores and is gentle enough to use twice a day on the face.

Insomnia: Inability to obtain sufficient sleep, difficulty falling asleep or being unable to stay asleep throughout the night. Leading to fatigue, low energy, diminished mental alertness and concentration during the daytime.

TCM Insomnia: is a manifestation of a shen (spirit) disorder which various internal disharmoinies make the spirit restless and thus creates sleeping problems. Acupuncture and Massage can be of great benefit to those who suffer.

Light Aloe Moisturizer: Hydrates and protects oily and blemished skin

Lip waxing: Removes all unwanted hair above the upper lip. Hard wax is used to remove this unwanted hair. This type of wax ensures a soft, smooth hair removal. Without the pain and redness caused by other waxes.

Macular Degeneration (aka Age Related Macular Degeneration): Eye condition and a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older. Damage to the macula, a small spot near the center of the retina and the part of the eye needed for sharp, central vision, which allows us to see objects that are straight ahead.Vision loss can occur slowly over a long period of time, vision can be lost in one or both eyes, with progression of AMD, a blurred area near the center of vision is common, over time the blurred area may grow larger or your may develop black spots in your central vision. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Optical Atrophy is due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency.

Massage Therapy: the manipulaton of the soft tissue of the body, consisting primaryily of manual (hands-on) techniques such as applying fixed or moveable pressure, holding, and moving muscles and body tissue.

Mastectomy: is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.

Melasma (aka hyperpigmentation): Dark spots or patches on the skin caused by many things from UV exposure to the after effects of a breakout, blemish, or hormones.

Micro-pigmentation: The art of placing pigment into the Dermal layer on the face to enhance one's facial features, such as the eye brows, eye liner, full lips, or areolas

Micro Blading: Eyebrows can be enhanced with individual hair strokes into the brow line. Hair strokes allows male or females the opprotunity to enhance their eye brows with little down time and great visual results

Moxibustion: Artemisia Vulgaris (aka Mugwart) is the most common material used for moxibustion. Moxibustion is a "method of applying a heat stimulus to the body by burning the dried and sifted leaf particles on or close to the skin, to free qi and blood, coursing qi, dispersing cold, eliminating dampness and warming yang." Because of its acrid and strong qi and flavor, it is able to pass through all the channels and regulate qi and blood. The acrid flavor governs scattering cold, the bitter flavor governs drying dampness, creating a healthier individual.

Myofascial Release: Soft tissue therapy used in massage for the treatment of muscle immobility and pain. The focus of myofascial relase is the myofascia, the web of interconnected connective tissue that wraps around and surrounds every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel and organ in the body. Myofacial pain can be localized in specific muscle groups creating stiffness, tighness and pain. During a massage session, trigger points will be manipulated in order to release pressure in the area and reduce chronic pain symptons and signs

Oils: Massage oils to provide slippage and glide on the body to reduce muscle tension, muscle stress and relaxation

Oily Skin: Occurs with larger pores. Healthy cellular turnover, using a combination of glycolic and retinol to reduce oil and fight the signs of aging is key to controlling oily skin

Pain Management: Theraputic treatments used to reduce the signs and symptoms of pain whether it be acute or chronic. Pain management helps to reduce the discomfort in the tissue surroundings bones, joints and ligaments.

Pain Reduction: Holistic services used to reduce acute and chronic pain in the body via, Acupuncture, Tui Na, Gua Sha, Cupping, Fire Cupping, Massage, Myofascial Release, Ointments and tinctures

Pedicure: The art and service of Shaping the toe nails, removing dead skin cells from the foot and around the nails, to enhance the overall look and vitality of the foot.

Pendulum: is a dowsing tool that allows you to access and connect with your higher power so you can make the highest and best decisions for yourself in all aspects of your life.

Peptide Eye Serum Cream: For dark circles and puffiness. Reduces inflammation under the eyes while increasing metabolism for regeneration of cells that cause dark circles

Permanent Makeup: The art of placing pigment into the Dermal layer on the face, to enhance one's facial features, such as the eye brows, eye liner, full lips, areolas

Permanent Cosmetics: The art of placing pigment into the Dermal layer on the face, to enhance one's facial features, such as the eye brows, eye liner, full lips, or areolas

Permanent Cosmetics ~ Eye Brows: Shape, color and designs are individualized to meet your specifications. Bring balance to the eye brows or simply add color for enhancement. My goal is to make sure the brows are symetrical and visually appealing.

Permanent Makeup ~Eye Liner: Enhances the natural beauty of your eyes. Permanent eye liner can be applied and custom color enhancement to meet your preferences.

Permanent Cosmetics ~ Lip Liner: Enhancing the lip liner to be sharp, distinct and visually appealing.

Permanent Cosmetics ~ Lip Color: Enhancing creates beautiful lips. Lips are outlined and filled in with a pigment of your choice. Full lip color can take more than two applications depending upon the color selection, shade and shape of ones lips. Darker shades are always recommended.

Peptide Restoration Moisturizer: With Alpha Lipoic Acid and EGF, activates skin repair and reduces the appearance of fine line and wrinkles

Pomegranate Antioxidant Cleanser: With Aloe Vera and Green Tea, nourishes and hydrates the skin while antioxidants bring the skin to life providing a healthy, radiant glow

Pruritus: Generalized or localized itching with no detectable primary disorder on the skin, and generally affects large areas of the body.

Psoriasis: A chronic, recurrent inflammatory skin disease characterized by well-defined erythematous plaques topped by large, adherent silvery scales.

TCM Quit Smoking: great article: askmyacupuncturist.com

Retinol 2% Exfloiating Scrub: With Koji, a powerful cellular turnover scrub with Retinol (Vitamin A) and jojoba beads to clean, soothe and polish the skin, encourages the breakup of blackheads and clogged pores.

Rosacea: A common skin disease that causes redness and swelling on the face and is often characterized by flare-ups followed by periods of remission. Redness and tiny pimples often occur on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead.

TCM pathology for Rosacea, excess heat (toxins) accumulated in the lungs, liver, and stomach channels which can flare up showing symptoms on the face. Foods to eliminate include: chocolate, coffee, spicy foods, lamb, mango, pineapple, sugar and greasy foods.

Excessive facial washing with scrubbing can leave the skin dry and irritated. Habitual over-washing can stimulate extra oil production, which could result in breakouts. TCM Treatment: Wash face with lukewarm water and dry before applying external medications/products

Avoid over-exposure to the sun and wear sunblock.

Seborrhea: Excessive increase in secretion of the sebaceous glands and accumulation on the skin's surfaces.Clinical manifestations: greasy, shining hair and skin, greasy scalp. TCM Treatment: Avoid oily and spicy foods, drink lots of water to maintain regular bowel movements

Smoking Cessation: Great article: askmyacupuncturist.com TCM theory of smoking cessation is based on the concept of balance. Abrubtly stopping upsets the balance. Acupuncture can hep the person feel better, although the effects tend to be temporarty. Over time the body will create neurotransmitters in the appropriate amounts and the symptoms of withdrawl will diminish and resolve.

Spiritual Response Theraphy: KarreenMartin uses her pendulum, charts and her devine connection with source, to locate programs, blocks, interferances and situtations causing disharmony in your life. Karrreen is a Master Dowser and has been an SRT practitioner since 2000. If you are stuggling with saddnes, grief, depression, anxiety, mental, emotional or physical issues, contact karreen for your personalized session.

Tarot Card Readings: The art of readingn Tarot cards come from the energy your client leaves in the cards after they have held and shuffed the Tarot cards. Reading Tarot provides the client direction, understanding and enlightenment as to specific situations currently happening in their lifves. Tarot readings provide optioins and solutions to handling current situations. My guides and your guides together provide an alternative to worry, stress and anxiety.

Tongue Fur: Important to observe how moist and how thick the tongue fur is, whether it is clean, slimy or grimy, and whether or not there are signs of peeling. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) we use the tongue fur as part of our inspection and the information we obtain from the tongue helps us to create a plan specificially designed to treat your specific disharmony or imbalance.

Trichotillomania: neurobiological condition that causes irresistible urges to pull out ones own hair. Mircorblaing to add eye brows into the brow line can enhance the visual apprearance of eye brows. Permanent Eye Liner can provide the illusion on eye lashes in the lash line. TCM~Acupuncute can assist in the

Uritcaria (aka: nettle rash or hives): A common distinctive reaction pattern, characterized by transient, edematous, wheals of varying sizes and shapes

Vitamin C/Green Tea Serum: With Vit E, Co-Q10, Peptides. This anti-aging serum gives the skin a boost in brightening, cellular repair, hydrating and soothing for soft, glowing skin

Waxing (for men and women): Removes unwanted hair from the body.

Yin Organs: The term zàng (è„) refers to the organs considered to be yin in nature: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney.

Yang Organs: FÇ” (è…‘) refers to the yang organs: Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Gall Bladder, Urinary Bladder, Stomach and Sanjiao.

Zang-Fu Organs: (TCM) constitue the general concept of how the human body works. The term zàng (è„) refers to the organs considered to be yin in nature: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney. While fÇ” (è…‘) refers to the yang organs: Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Gall Bladder, Urinary Bladder, Stomach and Sanjiao. Each Zang is pair with a Fu. The Zang - Fu are also connected to the 12 standard meridians, each yang meridian is attached to a fu organ and each yin meridian is attached to a zang.