Nutritionist and Herbalist Of Los Angeles and Reseda Alan Sher
Alan Sher, L. Ac. is a licensed acupuncturist in the State of California.
I
believe that health is a manifestation of balance, both within the body
itself and between the body and the external environment. When the body
is internally balanced and in harmony with the external environment,
energy flows smoothly throughout to nourish all organs and tissues. By
adjusting and stimulating the flow of energy through acupuncture, we
stimulate the body's natural healing ability to maintain health and
protect against disease.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine complements
conventional medicine. They are not substitutes for any conventional
medical advice, medications or treatments. As a complement to
conventional medicine, acupuncture can treat both acute and chronic
problems such as insomnia, digestive and elimination problems,
headaches, sleeping disorders, chronic pain, smoking and eating
disorders, and much more. Acupuncture
can help to reduce or eliminate the need for medications for many
conditions including narcotics and other pain-relievers, but your
family doctor must always be consulted in such instances.
Traditional
Chinese Medicine looks at illnesses from a different perspective than
conventional medicine. The basic tenet of Chinese Medicine is that we
have a life force that energizes all the metabolic activity in our
bodies, and this life forces (often referred to as "qi" is always
moving and flowing. When qi flows unimpeded, we are healthy. When qi is
blocked, we get pain and ultimately disease. The strategy of the
Practitioner of Oriental Medicine is to find the areas of blocked
energy, and help remove those blocks, which in turn helps the body
return to its natural healthy state. In the hands of a well-trained
practitioner, acupuncture has much broader applications beyond pain
relief.
Utilizing Chinese herbs for health and wellbeing is an art and
science that has been cultivated and improved upon for more than two
thousand years. At both of my offices, my colleagues and I are working
hard to continue this time honored tradition and are thus able to offer
our patients the finest and most precise herbal formulations available.
When
creating an herbal formula many factors are weighed and considered in
order to arrive at the correct and most clinically effective
combination of herbs. This includes performing a complete medical
history using the extensive diagnostic techniques pertinent to
Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as western diagnostic tools such
as blood studies, urine and stool analysis, microbiologic and
immunodiagnostic studies, x-ray and MRI's, as well as many others. By
carefully analyzing all of this information and using the unique
acupoint diagnostic technique developed over the past 25 years at the
offices of M. M. Van Benschoten, I am able to develop a formula that
addresses every aspect of a particular patient's needs.
Alan Sher is a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) in
the state of California and holds a Master's degree from Emperor's
College of Traditional Oriental Medicine (Summa Cum Laude). My ultimate
goal as a practitioner is to make people happy and healthy. I try to
be as comprehensive as possible in my treatment plans, incorporating
Traditional Chinese Medicine from modern day masters and teachers with
the most current medical research. I began my study of diet, nutrition
and healing with Macrobiotics in 1972 as well as a practice of yoga
and meditation, all of which I continue to this day. I have been doing
dietary consultations since 1978 and as a licensed practitioner I am in
my tenth year as an associate at the offices of M.M. Van Benschoten in
Reseda, California, one of the largest and busiest teaching and
research clinics for Chinese Medicine in the United States. I also
maintain an office in my hometown of Thousand Oaks, California.
Nutritionist and Herbalist