Root-cause diagnostics meet the body's constitution and energetics.
Functional Medicine and Eastern Medicine ask a similar question from two different traditions: what is actually happening underneath the symptom. Functional Medicine looks at root-cause physiology through advanced labs, methylation status, thyroid function beyond the standard TSH-only screen, reproductive hormones, and nutrient sufficiency. Eastern Medicine reads the body through its own framework, the state of Kidney essence, Blood, and Qi, the constitutional pattern that shapes fertility and pregnancy resilience.
In practice, this means a fertility or pre-conception plan built from both lenses at once. A lab result that looks 'normal' on a standard panel might still reflect a pattern of depletion that Eastern Medicine has language for and treatment protocols to address. Acupuncture, herbal formulas, and targeted nutrient repletion work together rather than in separate silos.
This is the foundation of Prepping the Palace, the idea that before a new life takes up residence, you prepare the home for it. That preparation is physical and energetic, and it involves both partners, not just the one who will carry the pregnancy.
Available for patients in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and via telehealth.
Three thousand years of clinical use, now with measurable effects on reproductive hormones, ovarian response, and sperm parameters. Acupuncture regulates the hormonal axis before conception and supports the whole-body pattern beneath any presenting symptom, not just the symptom itself.
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The nervous system you bring into pregnancy is the one your baby develops inside. Stress hormones cross the placenta, so this body-centered work processes what talk therapy alone can't reach and builds a regulated baseline you can actually draw on at birth.
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Becoming a parent is one of the most profound identity shifts a person goes through. This work draws from functional medicine, somatic therapy, and acupuncture to clear what you're carrying and strengthen the foundation you're building from, before conception begins.
Learn moreDiscovery calls are free, hour-long, and unhurried. We talk about where you are, what you've tried, and whether this is the right fit before anything is booked.
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