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Managing Stress During Hard Times: How Acupuncture, TCM, and Self-Care Can Help
Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? Learn how acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and simple self-care practices can calm your mind, support your body, and help you feel balanced again — even during tough times.
How Acupuncture Can Help Your Back Pain — Especially When You’re 65+
An NIH-funded study found that acupuncture significantly improves mobility, reduces pain, and lowers anxiety in adults 65+ with chronic back pain — compared to usual medical care alone.
What Is Distal Acupuncture — and Why We Use It at Encircle
Discover how distal acupuncture relieves back pain, joint pain, headaches, and more—without needling the painful area. Learn how Encircle Acupuncture uses this gentle, effective, and comfortable approach to help you move and feel better.
Late Summer: Traditional Chinese Medicine's Fifth Season
Discover the importance of late summer in Traditional Chinese Medicine—the fifth season linked to the Earth element, Spleen, and Stomach.
Embracing Joy: The Fire Element in TCM
Summer is the perfect season to nurture the Fire element in TCM through food, movement, rest, and acupuncture.
A Better Night's Sleep with Acupuncture and TCM
Understanding sleep through the lens of TCM offers profound insights into achieving restful nights and vibrant days.
Embrace Spring and New Beginnings with the Wood Element
In eastern medicine spring is associated with Wood, renewal and flexibility. In the body the Wood element encompasses the qualities of tree, expanding towards new possibilities, flexible, and providing protection.
Acupuncture for Spring Allergies in Middle Tennessee
Seasonal allergies in Nashville and Middle Tennessee? Discover how acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment (SAAT) at Encircle Acupuncture can relieve sinus congestion, sneezing, and allergy symptoms naturally.
SAAT: A Non-Invasive, Drug-Free Approach to Allergies and Alpha-Gal
Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment (SAAT) is an innovative, drug-free approach to managing allergies, and a promising option for individuals suffering from alpha-gal syndrome and other complex allergic conditions.
Exploring the Benefits of Auriculotherapy
Auriculotherapy uses ear acupuncture and ear seeds to support stress relief, pain management, emotional balance, and overall wellness. Learn how this gentle, effective therapy works at Encircle Acupuncture in Nashville.
5 Ways Acupuncture Benefits Mental Health
While many people associate acupuncture with the treatment of physical ailments, it also offers many benefits for mental health.
Product Spotlight: Ancient Treasures Tea
Learn more about our popular Ancient Treasures Tea: a unique Chinese herbal blend that tastes great and helps to calm the mind and relax the body.
Acupuncture Before and After Surgery: Does it Help?
Acupuncture provides numerous benefits when you’re preparing for, and recovery from surgery. Let’s explore some of the ways it helps:
Is Acupuncture Just a Placebo?
Wondering if acupuncture is just a placebo? Learn how acupuncture works beyond belief, with measurable effects on pain, stress, and healing. Encircle Acupuncture explains the difference between placebo and real results.
Exploring the Science of How Acupuncture Works
Curious how acupuncture really works? Discover the science behind acupuncture — from improved circulation and reduced inflammation to calming the nervous system. Encircle Acupuncture explains what the research says.
Perimenopause: 5 Ways Acupuncture Can Help You Feel Like Yourself Again
Perimenopause can bring hot flashes, mood swings, and fatigue — but acupuncture can help. Learn 5 science-backed ways acupuncture supports hormone balance, energy, and emotional wellness at Encircle Acupuncture in Nashville.
The Emotions and Traditional Chinese Medicine: How Feelings Affect Your Health
Emotions affect your health in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Learn how grief, anger, fear, worry, and joy relate to the body’s organs — plus simple acupressure points for emotional balance from Encircle Acupuncture in Nashville.
How Acupuncture Benefits Cancer Patients
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been studying the effects of acupuncture for cancer-related symptoms and side effects for over 20 years. Research studies both in the United States and abroad have shown that acupuncture offers many benefits for cancer patients. Here are the top seven ways we use acupuncture to help cancer patients at Encircle.
Ask the Acupuncturist: Why Do I Feel Some Needles More Than Others?
Curious why some acupuncture needles feel different than others? Learn what those sensations mean, what affects your sensitivity, and how acupuncture works to restore balance and relieve pain at Encircle Acupuncture in Nashville.
What Would You Say to Someone Who is Skeptical About Acupuncture?
Here are just some of the things our patients shared about what they would say to people who are skeptical about acupuncture:
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