Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Please note, all in-home services prices are calculated for visits within San Francisco. Out of the city visits are available in South Bay but different rates apply.
10% off the follow-up office appointments for members of Woodenman Muay Thai gym in San Francisco.
10% off the follow-up appointments for financially disadvantaged seniors, and long-term cancer and neurological patients.
Acupuncture with Chinese Medicine
Home: 90min Initial $335 | Follow-up $285 || Office: 90min Initial $255 | Follow-up 60min $200 | 45min $162 (only acupuncture)
Your first visit includes the whole-body examination, review of your medical history and acupuncture treatment. Please read Patient Visit Guide on what to expect and how to prepare for your first visit. Your follow-up appointment will follow your treatment plan and include acupuncture and other therapeutic modalities of Chinese medicine such as moxibustion, plasters, herbal prescription recommendation, dietary therapy, qi gong, moxibustion, gua sha, body or facial cupping, etc. depending on the condition treated.
Summer Treatment - Moxibustion + San Jiu or San Jiu + Near infrared LED therapy
Office: 30min 3 sessions/$450 || 30min 5 sessions/$700 BOOK NOW
Home: + 15min add-on ($30)
This treatment is designed to improve your immunity and non-dietary allergic conditions, increase Yang (warmth and healthy aging), prevent chronic conditions from getting worse and prevent disease in immunocompromised and cold susceptible patients.
Treatments are to be scheduled during the highest Yang energy in the Northern hemisphere in line with the 24 Solar Terms of the Lunisolar calendar (listed by UNESCO on Nov. 30, 2016 in the register of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity), namely Xia Zhi, Xiao Shu and Da Shu..
Summer Solstice – Xiàzhì (夏至) – 20th-22nd June
Minor Heat – Xiǎoshǔ (小暑) - 6th-8th July
Major Heat - Dàshǔ (大暑) - 22nd-24th July
Schedule Summer Treatment 3 for 3 sessions or Summer Treatment 5 for 5 sessions on any of these days:
1. June 16th - June 24th
2. July 7th - July 15th
3. July 21st - July 29th
Optional treatments for 5-session package:
Beginning of Autumn - Lìqiū (立秋) – August 5th - 12th
Book an Office Visit (Summer Treatment) or add to your home visit (Summer Treatment Add-on).
Chinese medicine for neurological conditions
Home: 105min Initial $405 | 75-90min Follow-up $375 || Office: 90min Initial $345 | Follow-up 75-90min $315 BOOK NOW
This service is specifically designed for patients with neurological conditions, especially post-stroke or traumatic head/brain injury who are interested in rehabilitation to improve their symptoms such as paralysis, spasticity, impaired sensation, etc. (see the complete list below). Your first visit includes the whole body examination including review of your medical history, acupuncture/electro-acupuncture and neuromuscular re-education treatment. Please read Patient Visit Guide on what to expect and how to prepare for your first visit. Your follow-up appointment will follow your treatment plan and include acupuncture and specific guidance to your rehabilitation with Chinese medicine.
Acupuncture will not restore function that has been lost due to the disease or injury process. However, it may be able to modify activity in those systems that are still functioning to some extent. The mechanism involves local, segmental, extra-segmental and central regulatory effects.
Neurological Conditions Improved with Acupuncture
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Recovery from stroke or traumatic brain injury
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Absent or impaired sensation (paresthesia, neuropathy)
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Trigeminal neuralgia
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Cerebral palsy
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Carpal tunnel syndrome
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Bell's palsy
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Spasticity
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Dyskinesia (incl. Parkinsonian dyskinesia)
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Weakness or paralysis
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Multiple sclerosis
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Parkinson's disease
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Bladder and bowel dysfunction
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Insomnia
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Fatigue
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Depression, anxiety and mood disorders
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Impaired hearing, vision or sense of taste and smell
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Dysphagia
Acumassage
Home: 75min $285 | 90min $320 || Office: 75min $220 | 90min $255 BOOK NOW
This treatment involves a combination of a full body massage and acupuncture in time ratio 3:2. It is best for a specific musculoskeletal complaint of acute or chronic origin or for stress relief. It is especially helpful for conditions that failed to resolve with a single modality. A health history will be taken, and exam will help assess the root cause. Acupuncture is ideal for accessing deep muscle layers and release fascia.
Acupuncture Add-ons
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Local Near Infrared LED Light therapy (R+/NIR+), $35 (15min), $30 (add.15min)
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Paraffin for hands, $30 (20min)