Stuff We Do


Chinese Medicine & acupuncture - Open Door towards the integrity of self-being.

Acupuncture

We are using good quality needles for acupuncture sessions, to minimize any discomfort during the treatment. A session can last from 25 min to 1 hour. Please, make sure, you are not treated on empty stomach or after overeating. REMEMBER, acupuncture treatment may leave black bruises on the skin. This is a normal reaction due to breaking small blood vessels under the skin. It usually lasts only a few days.
Chinese medicine is quite complex and can be difficult to explain. This is because TCM is basedon the belief that we live in a place in which everything is interconnected. What happens to one part of the body affects every other part of the body. The mind and body are not viewed separately, but as part of one system. And human organs and meridian systems are viewed as interconnected structures that work together to keep the body in balancedfunctioning.

Cupping: regular cupping & fire cupping

Cupping as a therapeutic medium is simple, safe and at the same time quite an effective treatment tool. Regular dry cupping and fire cupping are both offered in our clinic. First method called dry cupping: Plastic cups are applied with a small pump. Second method called fire cupping method: Glass cups applied with help of actual fire that creates a vaccum sucction.

Which type of cupping is more beneficial: the fire cupping, or the manual suction cold) cupping version? The answer to both of these questions lies with the patient’s Qi condition! What pattern is the patient presenting – a Heat pattern or a Cold pattern? Cold (manual pump sucction) cupping will be more appropriate on patients with Heat pattern and the fire cupping (Hot cupping) will be more suited to the patients with a Cold pattern.

Meridian Tapping: Tok Sen

This method of tapping the meridians with a small wooden hammer will stimulate the body, leaving us with a feeling of being regenarated.

Moxibustion

Moxibustion is a technique of using burning herbal rolls to provide relieve from cold and fatigue, and many disorders in general. We can use this technique only in well ventilated are due to excesive smoke. REMEMBER that moxibustion is very powerful, but may result in minor burns, blisters or redness. This is normal with this treatment and will usually disappear in a few days. Moxa can be only done in our small outdoor enclosure. We need to make a special appointment before or after hours.

Tuning Forks

We offer relaxing acupuncture treatments enhanced by a crystal tuning fork.

Essential Oils

We are still in process of introducing essential oils into our patients. We will update this website, once we complete the essential oil supply. In the future we will support your disorder with a blend of essential oils made for you.Essential oils are a great way to balance your energy field. They work really well supporting internal problems. The oils that we use are steam distilled.

CONDITIONS we treat


OUR PRACTICE IS BASED ON DR. TAN'S BALANCE METHOD OF ACUPUNCTURE & I CHING ACUPUNCTURE, WITH ADDITIONAL OR STAND ALONE USE OF MOXA (only outdoors due to the smoke), Tapping of the Meridians (Tok Sen), EAR NEEDLING, AND CUPPING.

 

WE TREAT MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN CONDITIONS. WE SUPPORT TREATMENT OF many CHRONIC CONDITIONS, like lyme disease. With acupuncture, we can also support patients already receiving traditional treatment for cancer and immune deficiency. Please, contact us for details.

 

Dr. Tan's Balance Acupuncture

I Ching Acupuncture

Cupping

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Moxibustion

A Little About Us


The clinic is designed to treat patients with simple pain problems in comfortable settings of open floor. WE also provide private settings for treatment sessions, including cupping, tapping, and moxibustion.

We are here to serve people who are suffering or seeking relaxation. For pain managment we use the Dr. Tan's Balance Method. For relaxation, after the acupuncture treatment we invite you for a quick cupping session or meridian tapping (Tok Sen). We provide pain relief. For financially challeneged, we are providing payment plans and discounts. And to repeat, we will always treat a person in pain, so if money is an issue, come and get treated anyway.

Open Door Acupuncture Clinic is located in the Catskill Mountains.

Our location in Ellenville

We welcome appointments, but walk ins are welcome when our office is opened.

Our location in Ellenville

Catskill mountains are beautiful in every season. Come and visit us during your trip.

Our location in Ellenville

Major atraction, the Blue Hole, is only 35 minutes away from our clinic.

Our location in Ellenville
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Our Clinic: what to expect


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More on acupuncture


There is a lot of information about acupuncture. below we added links to a few articles.

How does acupuncture work?

Written by Yvette Brazier |

Traditional Chinese medicine explains that health is the result of a harmonious balance of the complementary extremes of “yin” and “yang” of the life force known as “qi,” pronounced “chi.” Illness is said to be the consequence of an imbalance of the forces.

 

Why different foods are consumed each season?

WRITTEN By Dang Yi (黨毅) MD PhD |

Man is part of the holistic entity, and takes his cue from nature. He is influenced directly and indirectly by changes in weather and needs to make corresponding physiological and pathological responses.

 

Chinese Remedies for Menopause

By shen-nong website |

One of the characteristics of menopause is that symptoms tend to come and go, once a problem goes, another comes to take its place. Normally, menopause begins when a woman is in her 40s...

 

 

Eating Right to Promote Sleep

By shen-nong website|
Insomnia can occur for many reasons, including stress, health problems and change of lifestyle. A well-balanced diet helps the body function well, makes you fall asleep faster and deeper.

Practical Dermatology in Chinese Medicine

By Jihe Zhu |
Psorasis can be treated with internal and external application of herbal combinations with addition of local or balance acupuncture.

what to expect from cosmetic acupuncture

By Vasudha Rai |
I got several other women at the yoga studio to try cosmetic acupuncture with me. My friend who works in fashion went to de-puff her...

 

So, How Much?


our prices are as followS: New Patients, first appointment $110.

ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT $95. CUPPING TREATMENT: $35. MERIDIAN TAPPING: $55. COSMETIC/FACIAL TREATMENT $120.

NO show without cancellation: $75.

  • Acupuncture

    Treatment $95

  • Initial appointment $110
  • Cupping

    $35

  • Facial Cupping

    $55

  • Cosmetic/Facial

    Treatment $120

  • Meridian Tapping

    $55

  • Open Door
  • Acupuncture

    Treatments for

  • many painful

    conditions:

  • thumb, wrist,

    shoulder,

  • neck, back,

    hips and sciatica,

  • hamstrings, knee,

    heel,

  • foot, toe pain and more
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  • Acupuncture

    Treatments for

  • internal

    issues,

  • digestion,

    IBS,IBD,

  • diabetes,

    menopause,

  • painful menses,

    urination,

  • anxiety, and more
  • Open Door
  • We offer

    flexible appointments

  • High quality

    needles

  • Friendly

    atmosphere

  • Cupping

    rejuvenation

  • Meridian

    Tapping

  • Tuning Forks
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Get In Touch


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Contact Information

47 N Main Street

Ellenville, New York 12458

845 901 4082



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