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The Wellness Studio uses advanced diagnostic technology that gives extra information about your body from the inside out.
Acu-Graph Scan
At The Wellness Studio, we go the extra mile to gather as much information as we can regarding your body. Therefore, we use Acu-Graph which is a non-invasive and safe diagnostic tool.
AcuGraph is a two minute scan that measures the energy in each of your meridians by scanning the electrical skin resistance at specific Acupuncture points. AcuGraph is helpful for your TCM diagnosis, treatment planning, and gives you an objective comparison as we work towards your health goals.
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Personal Integrated Energetic (P.I.E.) Score
This score is a statistical summary of your overall energetic balance. It represents a synthesis of all the information gathered in the AcuGraph scan, expressed in a single number for easy comparison. The P.I.E. score explains how balanced the meridians are, and how they are changing under your care.
AcuGraph in no way replaces our Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostic theories, only enhances our knowledge!
Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Theories include Zang Fu and the Five Elements
Zang Fu Theory
There are 6 Zang Organs and 6 Fu Organs. Zang fu organ theory is essentially the Yin-Yang, interconnected relationship of the organs in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Zang Organs (Lung, Heart, Kidney, Spleen, Liver) are yin energy -- these organs govern physical and mental regulation of the body and act on the interior meridians/channels. Fu Organs (Lg. Intestine, Sm. Intestine, Urinary Bladder, Stomach, Gall Bladder) possess yang energy. Yang organs influence the exterior of the body and are involved in the transformation and disposal of food and waste. Zang Fu Organ Theory was created and used as a way of explaining how external signs (ex: a flushed face) correlates to what’s going on internally. Using Zang Fu Organ Pattern Diagnosis, this allows practitioners to decide which acupuncture points to use during a treatment.
Five Element Theory
In the Five Element Theory, there are five groups — Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. Each Element includes categories, such as Yin/Yang Organs, a correlated season, direction, climate, stage of growth and development, body tissue, emotion, aspect of the soul, taste, color, sound, and so forth. You can see this in the image to the right.
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Five Element Theory provides a roadmap of how nature interacts with the body and how our body is then impacted. For example, if a person is dealing with anger and symptoms of the eye (red eyes/twitching eyes), we will take a look at the Wood Element and pick acupuncture points on the Liver and/or Gall Bladder meridian.
