Most people that visit are individuals who have acute or chronic problems and have been seeing one or several doctors, including specialists, with little to no result. People come here to seek alternatives to drugs and surgery, seek therapy that can work in conjunction with drugs and surgery, or seek preventative work to strengthen the immune system and prevent damage.  

Chinese medicine, which includes acupuncture, herbs, nutrition, stress management, and massage, is three to five thousand years old. It has been stated that Chinese medicine has treated more people than all other medicines in world history combined. This medicine is based on the philosphy that problems are created, whether physical or mental, when imbalance happens in our lives. The answer to correcting these problems is not supression with drugs, but to reeducate and strengthen the whole system, thereby allowing one's own body to correct the problem. 

Advanced Allergy Therapeutics has been a tremendously valuable tool for my practice for more than 12 years. People are getting relief from seasonal allergies, food sensitivities and skin rashes to name a few.  I love that I can treat babies and kids and they giggle all the way through.  I’m also finding good responses from more challenging cases such as autoimmune diseases and resetting neurotransmitters after Covid.  Instant results have made my practice very busy and has given me the confidence to treat a wide range of challenges.  I am super happy with these treatments. 

I have been trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Sante Fe by Western and Eastern doctors from China. I have received a Naturopathic Medical Doctor degree from the American Naturopathic Medical Institute of Breyer State University. Previously, I studied physical therapy and emergency medicine, and have a degree in kinesiology from CU Boulder. I continue to educate myself in the fields of herbology, acupuncture and nutrition.

For most people, the answer is no. If there is any discomfort it is generally not more than a slight pinch. The pins are so thin that five to ten pins can be placed into one hypodermic needle. The main difference between a pin and a needle is that a hypodermic needle is hollow while a pin is solid. The pins used here are sterilized and disposed of after each treatment. 

This is the most difficult question to answer because each person and each problem are different. Most issues are straightforward and can be resolved in one to six treatments. Other problems that have been chronic may be very complicated and may take more time. These chronic issues can be looked at as having a "layer effect" in which issues must be cleared first in order to reach and release the original "core" problem. I have learned that without patience and persistence health cannot be achieved. 

Traditional Chinese Medicine can treat most anything that is not an emergency. Acupuncture is concerned with balance, therefore acupuncture's primary focus is on treating imbalance, which in turn relieves signs and symptoms. Symptoms, therefore, are a form of communication. Your body is trying to speak to you. If I feel that a different modality of healing may be better for you or should be used in conjunction with your treatments and supplements, I will let you know. 

Everything that is alive generates electricity (EMFs) and all of this energy contains information (or energy impressions or subtle electric current). We are constantly "in communication" with everything around us through this system, which is a kind of conscious electricity that transmits and receives messages to and from other people's bodies. An area of the body that is not transmitting at its normal frequency indicates the location of a problem. I pick up on information that has the strongest impulse - the most intensity - usually in the area of the body that has become weakened or diseased. These are the same physics and principles used in today's MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) instruments found in hospitals. 

Once again everybody is different. There are three basic ways people respond. One way is that you will not feel much change or anything at all, but over the course of the treatments your problem will disappear. Another response is that you will feel better and have an immediate change in your condition. The third possible response is that condition will worsen, but in Chinese medicine this is often a positive response. The reason why you feel worse is that your immune system, which has been stimulated by treatment, is beginning to release stress and toxins. These have been stored in your system and, in time, this will pass and your condition will improve. 

I find, that regardless of the problem, improving your diet and resting more will help. In terms of diet, decrease coffee, sugar, greasy foods, and alcohol, and make sure you are drinking at least two quarts of fresh water daily. Rest is the most underrated advice out there, and simplifying your life will give you the best chance to get back on top of your problem. Don't forget it was probably stress and doing too much that got you into the trouble to begin with. The Chinese have a saying that the body follows the dictates of the mind, so it would be a good idea to be careful about your life focuses. 

Coming in exactly how you are is fine.