In her clinical practice, Michele Collins Vergara offers an array of services rooted in Chinese medicine, including herbal medicine, medical qi gong and meditation, Chinese food therapy, as well as customized mentoring opportunities for students of herbal medicine and Chinese medicine.
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Herbal Therapy
Michele uses Chinese herbs and formulas, as well as Ayurvedic and western herbs in her practice. She maintains two separate and comprehensive herbal dispensaries of both raw herbs and of concentrated extracts that allows her to customize herbal formulas based on each individual’s needs. Click here for recent blog posts that summarize and highlight recent research about the benefits of Chinese herbs.
All of the raw herbs and concentrated extracts we use in our clinic provide quality control and testing. For more information about herb quality and testing, see our blog post by clicking here. For our western and Ayurvedic raw herbs, as well as for many commonly used Chinese raw herbs, we try to source certified organic herbs whenever we can. This does mean we still use come conventionally grown Chinese herbs, mainly because there are not organic alternatives, however, we make sure that these adhere to strict quality control standards.
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Food Therapy
Traditional healing systems like Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine classify food and herbs according to their energetic effect on the body. Food and herbs are classified as to their moistening, drying, cooling and heating effects, as well as their flavor. By classifying foods in this way, it is then possible to discern which foods will best support you in your healing journey.
Michele provides guidance and counsel about how to tailor food choices to support and promote maximum healing. She uses Chinese medicine to integrate food therapy with herbal therapy and medical qi gong and can incorporate this into an in person or virtual consultation.
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Medical Qi Gong and Meditation
Qi gong is one of oldest therapeutic modalities of Chinese medicine and is focused on addressing the root causes of disease or illness using qi gong practices, meditation, and other exercises that are based in Chinese medical differential diagnosis to restore health and wellness. Michele integrates medical qi gong prescriptions into her consultations, as it is a deep form of healing that allows an individual to access and manage their own internal anatomy and infrastructure. Please click here to read recent blog posts describing qi gong and the health benefits.
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Herbal Mentoring
Michele also provides mentoring to students of herbal medicine and Chinese medicine, including those students and practitioners who are in either in the middle of their training or are preparing to become professional members of the American Herbalist Guild. You can call or text her for more information at 336-739-0317.
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