I’m a 1996 graduate of Samra University of Oriental Medicine, NCCAOM Diplomate in Acupuncture and Herbology, and am licensed to practice in Oregon. I first experienced the healing art of acupuncture as a patient, beginning in 1984, as a patient of last resort – meaning I had tried conventional medicine’s offerings to no avail – which continues to be the typical patient who seeks out Chinese Medicine. I’ve learned a number of styles of treatment, including Chinese and Japanese styles of needling, ear acupuncture, and Taoist uses of distal points (points away from the area of pain). I also use moxibustion (burning of mugwort over certain points) for painful conditions and gua sha (“scraping”) for muscle injuries. I often formulate herbal prescriptions for each individual, using both classical Chinese formulas and more modern herb combinations.

Holistic Wellness Self-Care Guidance

With over 20 years experience in practicing Chinese Medicine – which includes being able to guide clients through positive changes in eating, activity, sleeping and navigating the conventional health care system – I am well versed in offering these skills to clients who are new to holistic health care, and/or are living with chronic health conditions requiring new strategies for being able to maintain a lifestyle that is healthy for body, mind, and spirit.

As a person living with chronic illness myself, navigating conventional medicine while relying upon holistic medicine from several different modalities and expanding my own self-care, I can offer my personal experience as well as my professional training to others so that living with chronic health conditions such as autoimmune disease, side-effects of cancer treatment and/or cancer recovery, chronic pain, allergies, anxiety, depression, and PTSD becomes a workable situation rather than remaining a discouraging daily task.

Contact me to discuss your goals and to set up a private consultation. I am also available to give presentations to groups for employers and organizations interested in offering this benefit to their employees or members.

Additional Self-Care Modalities

Part of being a healer in this holistic tradition includes learning internal martial arts. For many years I practiced and taught Kuang Ping Yang style T’ai Chi Ch’uan. I continue to practice Qi Gong. My experience with internal martial arts led to learning Feng Shui (Chinese Art of Placement). I also had the opportunity to learn about a rare form of qi gong, shui long (water dragon) qi gong which has its roots in Mongolian/Buryat shamanism. My studies culminated in an opportunity to meet the seminal group of practitioners in Astrakhan, Russia, in 2002.

I’m also a Reiki III Master (Usui School) as well as a Reiki IV (Seichem) practitioner.

If you are a health care professional or otherwise associated with health care and would like to know more about my extensive academic training, please e-mail cinswan@aol.com and ask for a copy of my academic curriculum vitae. I am happy to share my knowledge of this thousands-year-old holistic health care tradition with others who may wish to understand it better.