Acupuncture For Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

Restore Functional Health With Acupuncture for Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

Woman holding her head suffering from an undiagnosed and unresolved disorder.

Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

Are you experiencing mysterious symptoms, an illness without diagnosis, or ongoing unresolved health problems, and having trouble getting relief? At GoldStar Acupuncture in Modesto, CA, we offer 100% drug-free all-natural acupuncture treatment for undiagnosed and unresolved disorders.

Learn more about how this traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) procedure can help identify imbalances at the root of stubborn symptoms and complex illnesses, activate the body’s self-healing abilities, restore health and improve quality of life:

Discover How Acupuncture Can Help Promote Natural Relief of Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

Undiagnosed and unresolved disorders are known for leaving people feeling confused, frustrated, hopeless, depressed, tired and chronically sick. Often those suffering from these types of mystery illnesses undergo a barrage of tests and seek out many different specialists in the hopes of finding a diagnosis and treatment, but instead find little to no relief.

Left untreated, undiagnosed and unresolved disorders and their underlying imbalances can cause system wide problems with circulation, metabolism, immunity and other important vital functions. Lack of proper treatment also increases the risk of further serious health problems and disability involving diabetes, stroke, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disease, depression, and many others.

Do you know acupuncture offers a holistic approach that helps provide natural relief from various mystery symptoms associated with health problems that have no diagnosis or remain unresolved using conventional means?

Acupuncture is a time-tested method well-known for its ability to hone in on which organ and body systems are malfunctioning to help identify the pattern of disharmony at the root of disease symptoms. Not only is it a proven method of uncovering the foundation of poor health, but by regulating immunity, blood circulation, metabolism and other vital processes, it helps put the body into natural self-healing mode and get you on the road to healing.

Benefits of Acupuncture for Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

  • Boosts metabolism & digestion

  • Improves blood circulation

  • Reduces stress & inflammation

  • Regulates hormones

  • Improves poor sleep

  • Improves mood & well-being

  • Increases energy

How Acupuncture Treatment Works for Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical practice that stimulates a person’s own self-healing mechanism. It involves the insertion of ultra-thin therapeutic needles into specific points along the body’s energy meridians. Acupuncture helps promote healing by balancing and restoring the flow of energy, known as Qi, in the meridians.

While acupuncture has been recently popularized for its effectiveness in treating pain conditions, it has been used to promote health and overall well-being for thousands of years.

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In acupuncture, unresolved mystery symptoms and illnesses without a diagnosis result from an imbalance within the functioning of organs and body systems, namely the Heart, Liver, Kidneys, and Lungs, and the digestive, endocrine, and immune systems. Acupuncture for undiagnosed and unresolved disorders works by stimulating specific points on the body that are related to these organs and body systems that help balance and strengthen their fundamental functions and interactions to support healing, restore health, and promote well-being.

Acupuncture helps regulate metabolism, improve sleep, enhance digestive health, increase energy and boost immunity. It is also used to alleviate a wide variety of symptoms that commonly appear in unresolved poor health conditions, such as inflammation, pain, fatigue, stress, and others. Some key acupuncture points for undiagnosed and unresolved disorders include:

  • CV 6 (Qi Hai 氣海): Enhances kidney function, regulates blood circulation, strengthens energy, alleviates pain, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders.
  • Liver 3 (Tai Chong 太沖): Enhances liver detoxification function, relieves pain, balances mood and emotions, reduces stress.
  • Heart 7 (Shen Men 神門): Supports Heart function, regulates blood circulation, balances mood, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders.
  • Kidney 3 (Tai Xi 太谿): Supports kidney function, boosts immunity, balances mood.
  • GV 4 (Meng Men 命門): Supports kidney function, improves energy and blood circulation, alleviates pain, balances mood, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders.
  • GV 20 (Tian Man 百會): Improves energy and blood circulation, alleviates stress, balances mood, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders.
  • Large Intestine 4 (He Gu 合谷): Improves digestive motility, boosts immunity, relieves pain, and supports the elimination of toxins.
  • Spleen 6 (San Yin Jiao 三陰交): Regulates digestion and blood circulation, boosts immunity, relieves pain.
  • Stomach 36 (Zu San Li 足三里): Boosts digestive metabolism and immunity, enhances circulation, increases energy.

Research shows that acupuncture can help regulate the release of inflammatory markers and promote the production of anti-inflammatory substances in the body to reduce the severity of symptoms associated with undiagnosed and unresolved disorders such as pain, stress, poor sleep, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, and others. It also helps regulate blood circulation, hormones, metabolism, and immunity to activate the body’s natural ability to heal and strengthen resistance to disease. Additionally, acupuncture has been found to enhance and balance the secretion of digestive enzymes, regulate the absorption of nutrients, improve gastric motility, and promote the healthy elimination of waste to help restore and support functional health.

Acupuncture Treatment for Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders Uses Herbal Medicine Formulas

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Acupuncture treatment for undiagnosed and unresolved disorders also includes the use of medicinal Chinese herbs. Chinese herbal medicine is well known for its excellent ability to restore synergy to body systems, expel disease-causing toxins, and optimize the fundamental processes that promote health and well-being. It is an effective natural choice in both supporting a wide range of health benefits, as well as treating many different types of symptoms, illnesses and conditions that fall outside conventional medical diagnosis or remain unresolved.

Chinese herbal medicine formulas are commonly used to help ease inflammation and pain, improve blood circulation, alleviate fatigue, regulate digestion, eliminate pathogenic toxins, strengthen immunity, repair damaged intestinal mucosal barriers, and maintain healthy gut flora balance. Common Chinese herbs used in acupuncture treatment for undiagnosed and unresolved disorders include:

  • Angelica Sinensis (Dang Gui / Radix Angelicae Sinensis): Tonifies blood, promotes blood circulation, eases pain, boosts energy, strengthens immunity.
  • Astragalus (Huang Qi/ Radix Astragali Membranaceus): Strengthens immunity, tonifies blood, boosts energy, promotes healing.
  • Atractylodes (Bai Zhu/ Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae): Boosts energy, strengthens immunity, promotes blood circulation.
  • Codonopsis (Dang Shen / Radix Codonopsitis Pilosulae): Boosts energy, strengthens immunity, tonifies blood, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders, restores constitution, expels pathogenic factors.
  • Cordyceps (Dong Chong Xia Cao / Cordyceps Sinensis): Boosts energy, strengthens immunity, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders.
  • Ginseng (Ren Shen / Radix Ginseng): Boosts energy, strengthens immunity, tonifies blood, balances mood, promotes healing of various types of unresolved disorders.
  • Schizandra (Wu Wei Zi / Fructus Schizandrae Chinensis): Supports kidney function, strengthens immunity, promotes digestion.

Acupuncture Treatment for Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders Uses Nutrition Therapy

Acupuncture for undiagnosed and unresolved disorders also uses dietary modification and nutrition as part of treatment. Nutrition therapy in acupuncture promotes eating a diet consisting mainly of fresh plant-based foods that are the most vital and free from chemicals, preservatives, and over-processing, in combination with the use of herbs and other nutritional supplements as needed. Studies have shown that eating a high-fiber, nutrient-rich diet consisting of more whole, plant-based foods helps restore important biological function that support health and aid in reversing poor health conditions.

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What to Expect During Your First Acupuncture Treatment for Undiagnosed & Unresolved Disorders

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  • Plan for your appointment to last from 1 to 2 hours.
  • Please make sure to shower and clean your body before your visit.
  • Eat a hearty meal and drink plenty of fluids 1-2 hours before your appointment.
  • Plan on wearing loose, comfortable clothing that can be easily rolled up or removed.
  • Plan on removing your shoes and socks, and clothes that may interfere with examination and treatment. For your comfort and convenience we offer a clean medical gown and clean athletic shorts.
  • Arrive 10-15 minutes before appointment time to check in, complete New Patient Forms, and use the restroom.
  • If you’re taking any medication or supplements be sure to include this information in the forms you fill in and let your acupuncturist know.
  • You will be asked to remove your shoes and socks, and any clothing that may interfere with examination and treatment (if necessary a clean medical gown and clean athletic shorts are offered to change into).
  • We will ask you about the nature of your visit and follow up with you on the information you provided in the forms.
  • We may ask you a series of detailed questions about any health problems or symptoms you might be having.
  • We will examine your health using a wide variety of acupuncture and traditional Oriental medicine diagnostic methods including facial, tongue, and pulse diagnosis.
  • We will determine if treatment is appropriate, and discuss treatment options and frequency, financial arrangements, and any other concerns you may have.
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  • If acupuncture treatment is decided, it will be provided during the same visit.
  • Your acupuncturist will select specific locations on your body, such as points located on your hands or feet, or your arms or legs, or the head, the face, abdomen, the chest, or on the back of the torso, and place needles there.
  • While receiving treatment your acupuncturist may consult with you about changes to your diet and lifestyle that can best suit your situation, and they may also prescribe herbal medicine or vitamins and minerals, and guidance for meditation and exercises, as needed.
  • Lay back and relax, it’s okay to fall asleep!
  • Avoid overexertion and plan to take it easy afterwards to give the mind and body time to adjust to the treatment as it can produce strong shifts.
  • Follow all instructions for diet and lifestyle modification, meditation and exercise, and dosing with nutritional and herbal medicine supplements.
  • Schedule your next appointment according to the treatment plan established for you.
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FAQs

Unfortunately, there is no straight easy answer. Insurance coverage for acupuncture varies widely among insurance companies both statewide and nationally, with plans requiring certain criteria to be met before coverage is applied. This criteria is not standardized, and insurance companies all make their own policies, including exclusions, limitations and restrictions, regarding acupuncture coverage.

As a result, even when insurance companies advertise they offer acupuncture coverage, it doesn’t necessarily mean they will actually pay for all of it, or even some of it. Most people with an acupuncture-friendly health insurance plan that want to try to use it to pay for acupuncture should expect to accrue at least some out-of-pocket costs, anywhere from co-pays and deductibles to paying for uncovered procedures and products such as herbal medicine and nutritional supplements. It is also not uncommon for acupuncture-related claims to be entirely denied by insurance companies, leaving insured patients responsible for paying the total amount billed.

Fortunately, our office is well-versed on these details to help you understand how and when it is possible to use your insurance to help pay for acupuncture. For more information, or to begin the verification process and request prior authorization for using your PPO insurance with our office, please send us a message.

No, you do not need a referral to receive acupuncture treatment. California acupuncturists are primary care providers and can provide you treatment independently without referral. Some people may seek a doctor referral for acupuncture to try and use their insurance to cover expenses or for help finding a practitioner, but this is not required.

Acupuncture itself is very safe in the hands of a competent practitioner. It generally presents little to no side effects and rarely makes a condition worse. If these do occur it’s usually indicative of the healing process and any ill effects disappear within days of treatment.

However acupuncture is not for everyone, and there are times when precautions must be made. For example, people who are not eligible for acupuncture include those with hemophilia or contagious skin diseases. On the other hand, people on blood-thinning medication, or who tend to bruise easily, or who are pregnant, can receive acupuncture but should disclose their medical history to their acupuncturist prior to treatment so that certain precautions are made.

Where severe danger exists is in the inappropriate application of acupuncture by poorly trained and unskilled non-acupuncture therapists and physicians, many which do not receive the same instruction and training as licensed acupuncturists. To ensure safety when receiving acupuncture, it is highly recommended to use a practitioner who has received proper education and schooling in acupuncture, and is certified and licensed to practice acupuncture by an official governing acupuncture board, agency, or organization.

In general, acupuncture will not minimize any treatment or medication you have used or will use. Recent studies suggest acupuncture may actually enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of other treatments and reduce some of their adverse reactions.

However because acupuncture and some herbal and nutritional supplements prescribed by acupuncturists can sometimes diminish or potentiate the effects of other treatments, it is advisable that you disclose all of your medical history to your acupuncturist, especially if you’re taking medication or are undergoing other types of treatment, or have recently undergone other treatments, so that any precautions can be made prior to treatment. For more information, send us a message.

Depending on the type of service, total visit time is between 60-90 minutes, with 20-75 minute acupuncture treatment time.

Everyone responds to acupuncture differently but in general the approach we use is so gentle and the acupuncture needles we use are so thin that most people won’t even be aware when the needles are inserted. If they feel anything at all, it may be a slight pinch at the site of needle insertion followed by a brief dull ache that dissipates within seconds. Other common sensations felt during treatment include slight tingling, subtle muscle twitching and spasms, heaviness, extreme relaxation, and warmth in the hands and feet.

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Most adults looking for a natural approach to health and overall wellness are candidates for acupuncture. But if you have a specific health condition and you’re not sure if acupuncture is right for you, the best way to find out is to request an appointment for an evaluation and consult.

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