At Enliven Health and Wellness in San Antonio, TX we offer acupuncture, herbal therapy, diet, and lifestyle advice to help you attain the best performance or address underlying issues. Using the backdrop of Chinese Medicine and Functional Medicine, we will help you understand and address blocks or weakness in your body that are preventing you from achieving optimal health.

Think of us as health detectives, using clues from your symptomatology, your pulse and tongue diagnosis and functional medicine test to help understand what is happening internally that is limiting your natural state of health and wellness.

Utilizing the comprehensive combination of therapies from Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM), as well as science-based emerging care in nutritional therapies of Functional Medicine, we can uncover what ails you, be it fertility concerns to digestive complaints and headaches or insomnia. As part of assessing your complaint, we will commonly examine wide parameters such as digestion, detoxification, elimination, regardless of whether your issues are migraines, constipation or infertility.

I began my study of Chinese medicine in the late 1980's. I was first drawn to the vast richness and depth of Chinese medicine through my practice of classical martial arts. Over the decades, I learned various methods of hands-on therapies for the treatment of injuries that would occur during training. I also learned how herbal medicine has been safely and effectively used for millenia to support athletic training. After completing my undergraduate degree and working for a few years as a translator I realized my true calling was in the study and practice of Chinese Medicine.


I received my Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in 2001 and completed a sports medicine and orthopedics internship treating collegiate athletes at the University of California, San Diego. After obtaining my California State Acupuncture license in 2002, I began to actively study Classical Chinese Medicine under Dr. Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th generation Daoist physician and priest. I continue to study with Dr. Yuen to this day with the belief that it is my responsibility to keep growing as a physician for the sake of my patients. The rich tradition that Dr. Yuen teaches has allowed me to successfully help many patients with difficult neurological complaints, autoimmune disorders and a wide range of functional diseases.

I have personally experienced the shortcomings of the conventional medical system which primarily focuses on the suppression of symptoms and the disempowerment of patients. This motivated me to devote my practice to empowering my patients to take back control of their health and break free from their dependency on medications.

I use a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutraceuticals, tui na, qi gong, and dietary therapy integrated with functional medicine (customized lab work) to decipher the mystery of each unique patient. Although it is a challenging path, I find it immensely rewarding and cannot imagine doing anything else.


I have practiced and taught classical Chinese martial arts and health practices in the US and internationally for decades. A student at heart, I spend much of my free time reading or thinking about how to be a better physician for my patients. My goal is ultimately to help unlock the miraculous healing capacity that is contained in every individual.


Since beginning my practice in 2002 I've worked closely with many primary care doctors, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists and gasteroenterologists to provide heart-felt care to thousands of patients.

Root to Branch Acupuncture offers Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Cupping, Gua Sha and Moxa therapy to help relieve pain, reduce stress and improve health.

Special interest in Acupuncture, Myofascial Tissue Therapy, Trigger Point Injections, CraigPENs, IntraMusclular Stimulation, ProloTherapy and Wellness for all complex pain issues.

Family Practice Physicians have a very broad knowledge base of medicine, which allows them to use a variety of approaches to address your medical concerns. We have the experience to use these approaches wisely and the wisdom to refer to specialists when further assistance is needed. Family Practice Physicians help manage problems relating to infants, adolescents, adults, and seniors.


Our knowledge base includes:
· Allergy and Sinus Problems
· Cardiology-Hypertension
· Diabetes and Thyroid Diseases
· Gynecology/Genital/Urinary Diseases
· Gastrointestinal/Irritable Bowel Diseases
· Pulmonary-Asthma and COPD
· Mental Health and Stress Issues
· Skeletal-Arthritis and Rheumatism
· Muscular-Tendonitis and Bursitis
· Neurological-Dizziness, Neuropathy and Pinched Nerves

Our mission is to provide holistic care and education through a team-based collaborative approach for individuals seeking healing, optimal health, and fulfillment. At Lotus Hands Acupuncture & Herbs Clinic, you can rest assured that you are receiving the most up-to-date and advanced acupuncture, herbal medicine, and wellness care available. We provide a clean, efficient, and professional yet caring and acupuncture clinic. We particularly want to emphasize our use of sterile, disposable needles and freedom from worry about contagion in our clinic.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine are extremely successful in the treatment of a multitude of conditions. Many people try Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine as a "last resort" to serious and complex medical problems and find that it can help them when other treatments could not.