Childhood Disorders
Kermit the frog says, “It’s not easy being green.” Well, it’s not easy being a child in the world today either. Newspaper articles describe young children at summer camps lining up so nurses can dispense the array of drugs doctors prescribe to treat a laundry list of conditions. Depression, anxiety, and attention deficit have become emblematic of childhood today, a reflection of the complex, stressful world that we and our children inhabit.
Acupuncture provides a safe and effective alternative to drug regimens that have inconsistent results and may produce undesirable side-effects. The treatments are not painful or scary (we have alternatives for children who have aversions to needles), the herbal medicines we prescribe are specially formulated so they are easy for children to take, and the atmosphere at the clinic is child-friendly.
