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Learn Fire Cupping! Class will be Saturday January 18th from 10 am till 2 pm at the Oroville Yoga Center 1440 Myers St. Suite C This four hour class will get you ready to implement fire cupping [...]

A. I am very concerned with the safety of the herbal products that I sell. And make sure that all of the suppliers that I use meet the most stringent Federal and international standards for [...]

A. The first 3 treatments should be as close to a week apart as possible. Once we establish that you are responding to the treatments, we can go 1-3 weeks between treatments. The only reason to [...]

A. It takes 3 treatment to know if you will respond to acupuncture. That means if you don’t notice any improvement within 3 treatments than I probably can’t help you (there are a few exceptions [...]

A. I started studying Chinese medicine formally in 1989. While I was in school I spent 2 years apprenticing/working for Jing Chen L.Ac., author and illustrator of the Anatomical Atlas of [...]

A. Wear comfortable clothing. Don’t be too hungry or too full when you come for your treatment. Eating about an hour or so before a treatment is best. If you need to, use the restroom here before [...]

A. After an interview and history taking, I do an examination of the affected area and other areas that in my experience may be contributing to the problem. Then 5 minutes or so of Chinese [...]

A. There are many styles of acupuncture. In some styles you really don’t feel much at all. Having traveled throughout Asia and seen many styles of acupuncture, I believe it is important to feel [...]

A. The smoky smell comes from burning Chinese mugwort (this is called moxibustion). Mugwort is used to warm the needles during most acupuncture treatments here. This is an important part of the [...]