Lymphatic Whole Body Treatment

This treatment will be made available for booking in the late Fall/ early Winter 2024 or early 2025. Please note that you can only book this as a Return Patient; meaning you need to have completed an Initial Intake Appointment first.

The lymphatic system is widely known as the body’s way of regulating fluid and eliminating waste and toxins.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the lymphatic system is closely related to the San Jiao system, which also helps who regulate the flow of Qi, Blood, and Body Fluids. It is the channel that provides the pathway to Yuan Qi, our Source Qi. It helps to influence the health of all the organ and element systems. Treating this internal systems helps manifest physical wellness.

The health of this system, physically and energetically, can help with our body’s metabolism, boost our immune system, remove pathogens and toxins, improve digestion and other stomach issues, like SIBO, constipation, and diarrhea, possibly bring relief to postpartum patients, and help us metabolize and move through our emotions and spiritual health. This treatment is also great for folks who are recovering from physical conditioning.

This 2-hour treatment includes a combination of the following:

  • Hot stones

  • Ontake tube moxa

  • Bodywork, with focus on the back and the abdomen

  • Gua sha over the entire body

  • Cupping over the entire body

  • Herb wax moxa over the abdomen or other areas that seem congested

  • Compression therapy over the legs

  • 30-minutes of resting with needles

Post-treatment, you should cover all areas that have been guasha’ed or cupped to prevent evil Qi from penetrating into the body, drink a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of water, eat a good meal, and rest.

You may notice some lymphatic drainage symptoms up to 24 hours after your treatment, like:

  • Nausea

  • Fatigue

  • Soreness

  • Swelling in the lymph areas

  • Flu-like symptoms

  • Headaches

This is why it is vital to not overwork yourself post-treatment and prioritize aiding the detoxification process by remaining hydrated.

Lymphatic Whole Body treatment may not be suitable for folks with:

  • Heart conditions like Congestive Heart Failure or Cardiac Edema

  • Kidney conditions

  • Blood clots or recent history of blood clots or folks currently on blood thinners/ anticoagulants, antiplatelets, or thrombolytic agents

  • Folks with any sort of infections

  • Cellulitis