The Clinic
Conveniently located in Northern California's Bay Area, we are open to appointments and currently taking new patients.. We hope to build a community around healthcare and self-cultivation, and with full English fluency, all are welcome. Together we can be vigilant about your health, and return functionality to your daily life.
First Visit
Once you are in the office, Dr. Lee will ask you for your chief complaint (or complaints) as well as additional questions to better understand the internal processes of your body which created the issue. He will then look at your tongue and take your pulse to finalize his diagnosis.
The Treatment
Once the diagnosis is confirmed, acupuncture will be preformed, painlessly inserting approximately 10 needles around the body and you will be left to relax for about 20 minutes. While resting, you will be given dual deep-penetrating infrared heat therapy in a private room on a high quality bed. The entire treatment should last around 30 - 40 minutes.
First Visit
Once you are in the office, Dr. Lee will ask you for your chief complaint (or complaints) as well as additional questions to better understand the internal processes of your body which created the issue. He will then look at your tongue and take your pulse to finalize his diagnosis.
The Treatment
Once the diagnosis is confirmed, acupuncture will be preformed, painlessly inserting approximately 10 needles around the body and you will be left to relax for about 20 minutes. While resting, you will be given dual deep-penetrating infrared heat therapy in a private room on a high quality bed. The entire treatment should last around 30 - 40 minutes.
A Traditional approach
Painless Free-hand needling technique
Once here, you can expect a traditional experience based only on techniques that have a long and reliable track record. As part of this traditional experience, Dr. Lee exclusively uses a free-hand needling technique which he has cultivated since first watching his great aunt use it to treat his mother in the mountain countryside of Korea as a child. Free hand needling has many benefits which include pinpoint accuracy of needle location, something that is impossible to achieve using a guide-tube. Free hand also allows for a greater sensitivity to the tissue layers, allowing the practitioner to better feel for tension, knots, energetic qualities, and even a lack of any of these things.
Unfortunately there Dr. Lee is one of the last few remaining acupuncturists in the Western world that practice free hand, and nearly no one else in the USA uses it exclusively. This is because free hand technique has a high learning curve which requires dexterity, confidence, and thousands of uses to become a master. Without sufficient skill free hand acupuncture can be very painful on the insertion. Fortunately, Dr. Lee is able to use free hand technique to a degree where it is less painful than if a guide tube was used.
Unfortunately there Dr. Lee is one of the last few remaining acupuncturists in the Western world that practice free hand, and nearly no one else in the USA uses it exclusively. This is because free hand technique has a high learning curve which requires dexterity, confidence, and thousands of uses to become a master. Without sufficient skill free hand acupuncture can be very painful on the insertion. Fortunately, Dr. Lee is able to use free hand technique to a degree where it is less painful than if a guide tube was used.
Dr. Andrew Lee
MSTCM, DACM, Dipl. O.M., L.Ac
Andrew had a passion for acupuncture and Eastern Medicine since childhood, taking herbal medicine made by his grandparents as young as 4, and watching his great aunt give treatments. At 7 years old, While staying in Korea with his great aunt, a Korean Medicine Doctor (KMD), he witnessed many acupuncture treatments which brought relief to those who received it. This early influence and multi-generational lineage brought about many years of additional study into classical Eastern Medical texts which gave him a unique perspective.
Andrew has obtained his Masters of Science degree, passed the California Acupuncture License Exam, obtained an Advanced Practice Doctorate and is double board certified with the California Acupuncture Board as well as the NCCAOM. Only about 1% of acupuncturists have the distinction of holding a Doctorate at the time obtained by Dr. Lee.
In practice Dr. Lee tends to lean on more traditional methods of diagnosis and treatment, this is due to the belief that it takes many hundreds to thousands of years, spanning millions of treatments and countless patients to arrive at medical practices which are sustainable long term, safe, and have proven efficacy for the patient. For years, Andrew has been on the ever-continuous search for deeper knowledge into the Eastern Medical Classics.
Dr. Lee specializes in pain management, metabolic syndromes (ie. diabetes, hypertension, weight management), & traditional patterns of Oriental Medicine. He has a proven track record of helping patients reduce or eliminate the need for insulin & other diabetic medications through a combination of acupuncture, herbal formulas, & easy to follow and concise diet advice.
Andrew has obtained his Masters of Science degree, passed the California Acupuncture License Exam, obtained an Advanced Practice Doctorate and is double board certified with the California Acupuncture Board as well as the NCCAOM. Only about 1% of acupuncturists have the distinction of holding a Doctorate at the time obtained by Dr. Lee.
In practice Dr. Lee tends to lean on more traditional methods of diagnosis and treatment, this is due to the belief that it takes many hundreds to thousands of years, spanning millions of treatments and countless patients to arrive at medical practices which are sustainable long term, safe, and have proven efficacy for the patient. For years, Andrew has been on the ever-continuous search for deeper knowledge into the Eastern Medical Classics.
Dr. Lee specializes in pain management, metabolic syndromes (ie. diabetes, hypertension, weight management), & traditional patterns of Oriental Medicine. He has a proven track record of helping patients reduce or eliminate the need for insulin & other diabetic medications through a combination of acupuncture, herbal formulas, & easy to follow and concise diet advice.
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