Healthy By Nature Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Center

I am passionate about working with clients who have made the decision to take charge of their health and wellbeing. My practice is geared toward whole health, treating the entire person - body, mind, and spirit - with a strong belief that all three are crucial to regaining wellness.

My practice is based in Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques, including acupuncture, acupressure, Chinese bodywork, cupping, gua sha, and herbal formulas, as well as incorporating additional healing modalities, such as yoga postures, exercise, meditation, and deep breathing techniques.

Advanced Training Certificate in Scalp Acupuncture for Neurological Conditions; Neuro-Acupuncture Institute Levels I, II and III. Treats general practice, but also specializes in neurological issues such as stroke, paralysis, Bell's palsy, neuropathy, restless leg syndrome, phantom pain, PTSD, pain, brain and spinal issues.

Acupuncture uses hair-thin, solid flexible needles, inserted into specific points on the body to activate the body's own healing powers. Chinese medicine herbology is a powerful system that uses natural medicinals to treat numerous common complaints. The bodywork modalities we use include shiatsu, moxibustion, tuina, gua sha, stretches, and cupping.

Several thousand years ago, East Asian practitioners discovered that the body forms disharmonies as a result of the various physical and mental stresses of life. Oriental medical theory explains these disharmonies as an imbalance of opposing forces called yin and yang. This imbalance disrupts the movement of the body's vital energy (qi) along the meridian pathways, which are channels through which the body's energy is thought to flow.

Chinese herbal formulas are extremely effective and have been used for thousands of years and are often used in conjunction with acupuncture for added therapeutic effect. While many cultures have herbal medicine traditions, the sophistication of Chinese herbal medicine is unsurpassed. There are thousands of herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica, of which about 300 are commonly used.