Treatments vary depending on diagnosis and symptoms being treated.  Each treatment will consist of an initial intake period where we discuss your health concerns and goals and move into treatment that may consist of acupuncture, moxabustion, cupping, an herbal prescription, gua sha or shiatsu massage.  Please wear loose clothing that is easily rolled to elbows and knees. 

We offer both private and group treatments.

Initial private treatments are 90 minutes, allowing time for a comprehensive health intake as well as a full treatment.  Follow up treatments are 60 minutes long allowing for 15 to 30 minutes of discussion and 30-45 minutes of treatment.  Treatment may include the full range of therapies available.  Please arrive 15 minutes early to your initial treatment to fill our our first visit and health history paperwork.  Initial appointments are $75 and follow up treatments are $60. 
We may be able to bill your insurance for private appointments.
If you would like to share your private treatment space with a loved one, we are able to treat up to two people in our private room at one time, for $45 per person, after both people have had an initial appointment.
   
Initial group treatments are also 90 minutes, allowing time for a comprehensive health intake as well as full treatment.  Follow up treatments are 60 minutes long.  Group treatment allows only for acupuncture and none of the adjunctive treatments available. 
While you may be the only one in the room at the time, please expect that up to 4 other people may be joining you in the room during your treatment.  Group treatments are $30 for the initial treatment and $20 for follow up treatments.  We can provide you with a super-bill (receipt) for these appointments, but can not bill your insurance.

Treatment therapies


Chinese medicine has a broad scope, and many treatment methods are available.  Most commonly used are acupuncture and herbal medicine, but adjunctive treatments are explained below:

Moxabustion:  Moxa is the burning of the dried herb mugwart either above or directly on the skin.  It is a heat therapy that is the yang to the yin of acupuncture.  It is used to warm an area that is cold, either to the touch or diagnostically, as well as boost immunity.  It should get warm, but not uncomfortably hot and should not scar.  Scarring therapy is done with moxa in Asia, but not practiced at our clinic, or generally in the States.

Electro-acupuncture: Electro-acupuncture uses regular acupuncture methods, but also uses a mild electric current to stimulate the needles, or connect several points.  Small clips are placed on the needles and the amplitude is gently increased until a comfortable but therapeutic stimulation is agreed upon. 

Cupping: Cupping is the application of glass, bamboo or plastic cups to the skin by a suction or vacuum method.  This is used to treat the muscle and fascia layers of the body, and is useful in everything from the common cold to chronic muscle pain.  The cups are either stationary, or moved around in a method known as "moving cupping'.  There is brusing that is considered therapeutic, as it brings new blood to the area treated. 

Gua Sha: Gua Sha is a method use all over Asia to release heat from the body.  It is a vigorous skin scraping, done in our clinic with a jade or porcelain spoon, but also often done with horn, bone or coin.  It will leave some therapeutic bruising. 

Shiatsu Massage: Shiatsu is a Japanese meridian massage technique that is an excellent complement to acupuncture.  It is a full body treatment that treats problems areas both locally and distally.