Please allow yourself ninety minutes to two hours for your initial visit for acupuncture treatment. You will fill out a medical history form which is a short one then we will discuss your current state of health. I would like you to feel free to bring up all the issues regarding your physical, emotional being and mental health. I will ask you questions that may surprise you. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we look for the root of the problems that causing the symptoms which is different system than what we are used to throughout our lives.    

Then I will check your pulse on each wrist and also look at your tongue, which are major parts of the diagnostic physical examination in TCM. Then I will palpate some points on your arms and legs according to your issue (s). All these information will provide me to develop a treatment plan for you. I will use needles and may apply laser acupuncture according to my diagnosis and I also prescribe herbal medicine.

The acupuncture is most effective when you continue having treatments depending on your issue. For acute cases, usually three treatments per week for four weeks,  for chronic cases depending on the person anywhere from four weeks to six months. But you have to know that the treatment result vary from person to person. In my experience, I have had a case with chronic migraine headache for 15 years and she was treated for 8 sessions with acupuncture & herbal medicine and her headache has gone away for good but she is still taking her herbal medicine. However, majority of my patients achieve significant results within four weeks.