How do I prepare for my appointment?

 •  After booking, please fill out new patient information in your online account.

 •  Eat a light meal prior & skip caffeine before treatment.

 •  Wear loose comfortable clothing or bring a pair of loose shorts and top to change into.

 •  Use the restroom before every treatment. The restroom is located just down the hallway on the left.

 •  Turn your cell phone to silent or airplane mode for treatment.

Does a treatment include "all the things" or only acupuncture?

Acupuncturists in California are trained in multiple types of treatments, which could be included in your session if they are helpful for your chinese medicinal diagnosis. Not all treatment modalities will be used for every person.

That means, if cupping is indicated to be helpful for your diagnosis, then we include cupping at the beginning or end of your acupuncture treatment that day. If infrared light therapy would help you, we add that on during your treatment, etc. Each of these modalities are options, and would not be the right treatment for every person. Each treatment is tailored to you based on factors like your latest symptoms, your pulse, where in the cycle you are, or what else is going on in your body. 

The modalities include cupping, giving herbal medicine in capsules, granules (powdered), and tincture forms, using tools on the acupuncture points without inserting a needle, electric stimulation of needles or directly on skin, using moxa, and more.