One of the most powerful tools in our medicinal arsenal is Herbal Medicine. Chinese Medicine has the oldest and one of the greatest herbal systems in the world. So it always makes me wonder, when some patients are hesitant about herbs. Unfortunately, I think it’s because some falsely equate its dangers to those of conventional medicine. Adverse drug events harm 2.7 million hospitalized patients in the U.S. annually, with over 106,000 deaths and that's just for hospitalized patients. When you look at TCM herbal formulas being properly prescribed by experienced and educated herbalists, the risk ..read more

Eastern Medicine has been effectively supporting women’s health concerns for thousands of years. Acupuncture theory places an emphasis on balance and is holistic, which means treatment is restorative, gentle and with little to no side effects. Reproductive health is deeply interconnected with other systems and substances of the body, whereas a conventional medicine has very narrow view and bypasses problems as opposed to corrects their root cause. A systems approach also has the benefit of preventative care. I.e. correcting vs suppressing symptoms such as pms, bloating and cramps means better ..read more

Why did you go out of networks? In short, working with insurance companies has become untenable from our end. Reimbursement rates have dropped to unreasonable lows, hours of my time are spent negotiating for any payment at all and customer service for small time providers has been pretty much absent since the pandemic, leaving us with no recourse for their gross negligence. It's an abusive relationship! Like many things revealed over this year, it's astonishing but it's not all that surprising. The system is simply broken. To keep our doors open, the choice becomes to cram lots of people in a ..read more

Prerequisite: showing up Even without the funding of Big Pharma and the lack of a good control group, acupuncture shows great results for hundreds of conditions in research trials. Unlike the drug trials, patients leave with only positive side effects. Here's the thing: the patients getting treated in clinical trials get regular ongoing treatment for the course of the trial, usually lasting several weeks. They monitor one thing, say neck pain, and follow through with the entire treatment course before noting results. If say, the patient dropped out after two sessions because life got hectic or ..read more