Marston St. John L.Ac

Marston treated patients in the high volume clinic at Five Branches University. She has experience treating a wide variety of patients including those suffering from chronic and acute pain, sports injury, male and female infertility, lupus, cancer, MS, anxiety and depression, schizophrenia, gynecological disorders, headache and migraine, infectious disease and pediatrics.

During this time, St. John often worked in conjunction with other doctors, chiropractors and naturopathic practitioners to ensure swift recovery and management and improvement of her patients. She emphasizes nutrition and lifestyle changes in her treatment plans.

In addition, St. John employs the use of Chinese herbal formulas when deemed necessary to the improvement of the patient. Not only did she work extensively with herbs at one of the top acupuncture universities in the United States, she also did further study at the prestigious Zhejiang University in China.

She chose to attend Five Branches University in Santa Cruz, Ca because of its reputation as one of the best acupuncture institutions in the United States. Five Branches requires the highest hours of study and the highest hours of western medical training. It runs the first doctoral program for acupuncturists in the nation. The institution is also partnered with Stanford University Medical School in a new complementary medicine initiative.

During her undergraduate years, St. John took a leave of absence from Brown University to travel the world and conduct approved independent studies based on several alternative applications of medicine. She worked with a shaman in the jungles of Ecuador to study analyze and discover new uses for Amazonian plants. Moreover, she spent time in Kathmandu, Nepal studying the theories and application of Tibetan Medicine in a local clinic. Her travels and research inspired her to become a n acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in the United States.

Janet Pawul

Janet is an American Reflexology Board Certified Reflexologist and a Reiki master who has been practicing for over 10 years. In addition, Janet has a background in nutrition and offers cooking classes that focus on healthy lifestyle and eating choices.

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