Acupuncture - San Diego

Acupuncture and oriental medicine is a medical healing system originating in China about 5,000 years ago. It is one of the oldest, continuously practiced and ever expanding medicines and is now used as primary care in almost one third of the world’s population. Acupuncture was officially introduced to the United States in 1972 and now is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institute of Health, as an effective treatment for a wide range of conditions. As a holistic medicine, Acupuncture treats each individual as an integrated whole in order to preserve health, to diagnose, treat and prevent illness, and to balance the body. Acupuncture not only alleviates immediate symptoms of disease but strives to heal their root cause.

How does it work?

Acupuncture treats the body through the stimulation of a vast network of electro-conductive points mapped upon the body’s surface. The points are activated by the insertion of very fine needles, heat application (moxibustion), massage or the application of external liniments and poultices. Acupuncture maintains health by balancing and stimulating the free-flow of energy, or ‘Qi’, fluids and nutrients throughout the body. The body is an amazing healing mechanism and usually will recover from illness, however, it is continuously pulled out of balance by a multitude of factors including physical and emotional stress, environmental toxins and extremes, injury, overwork, lack of sleep and poor diet. Acupuncture is a tool that reminds the body what it feels like to be in balance allowing it to continue it’s own amazing work.

Woman’s Health :

• PDD
  

• PMS

• Digestive disorders

• Menopause

• Fertility

• Pregnancy

Community Acupuncture:

Treatment in a group setting is common in ancient cultures. Community acupuncture offers an affordable treatment plan, that can enable patients to receive more frequent treatments. Treatment plans are then more effective, and patients benefit greatly from the synergistic healing effects of group energy.

Patients receive acupuncture treatments in a room set up with chairs or tables. All patients benefit from the combined healing energy and effects. An initial private intake session is required to obtain patient health information. Each following session, the patient will be asked to fill out a form to identify their primary health concern for treatment that day. This allows the acupuncturist to treat the patients efficiently in a group setting while maintaining their privacy.

Programs and Pricing:

All patients are required to have an initial private intake session

Initial session $100 includes treatment & consultation ( 1 ½ hour )
Private sessions, Per treatment $80

Discounted packages for Private sessions : all packages include initial intake

1 Month : Essential Care $408, then .. $308 for following month (4 treatments)
2 Months : Re-balance $700 … $ 600 on-going 2 months (8 treatments)
3 Months : Longevity $952 … $852 on-going 3 months (12 treatments)

1 treatment per month for 6 months $462
1 treatment per month for 12 months $852

Smoking Cessation $350 (also available in the Community Acupuncture program)
1 initial evaluation and 6 follow-up treatments

Acupuncture has been shown to curb cravings and lower harmful smoking–related chemicals in the bloodstream and to keep patients from smoking for at least 5 years after treatment. ( Preventive Medicine Vol:33:364-372 )