Many Disciplines. One Patient.

In the spirit of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a primary goal of Essential Health Acupuncture is to provide our patients with a broader understanding of health and more lasting sense of well-being. Instead of a disease-centered focus, Traditional Chinese Medicine applies a patient-centered approach that addresses the whole person rather than simply his/her symptoms.

Essential Health Acupuncture combines the disciplines of modern science with the wisdom of ancient healing and takes advantage of the knowledge of several disciplines including, acupunture, tui na (Chinese body work), cupping therapy, diet/nutrition education, physical, mental and emotional health, and Chinese herbology. Other medical modalities that are being utilized are also taken into account to provide the utmost care for the individual. This allows patient and provider to work together to develop an integrated diagnostic and therapeutic plan that will best address the whole patient.

"I am You" I am no different from my patients, who feel comfortable and relaxed knowing I know exactly where they are coming from when express their concerns. I am compassionate and celebrated by my patients, and I trust my intuition to meet them where they are when they come in. I specialize in the most efficient and expert strategies in Neck & back pain, Women, Mental health & more!

I specialize in helping one to find their path to health whether that be less pain, ability to make it through the next day, or to facilitate natural healing. I am an advocate for LGBTQ+ and wish to aid the community in many ways.

Xin Zhang Zeck, M.S., L.Ac, is a licensed Acupuncturist who was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, Xin has been classically trained in traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCM), Japanese Kiiko Style acupuncture (KM), Acupuncture Physical Medicine (APM) as well as in Chinese Herbal medicine formulation.
Born and raised in China, Xin graduated college with a degree in Broadcasting and went on to host a highly popular Chinese television show that addressed health and education.
Upon arriving in America, Xin continued her postgraduate studies in Manhattan at the Tri-state College of Acupuncture where she obtained her master of Acupuncture Degree and Chinese Herbal program.
Xin has since obtained training and certificates in Oncological Acupuncture from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and is extensively trained in Cosmetic Acupuncture, Fertility Acupuncture, Pediatric Acupuncture and Pain Management.

Jill Ellen Smith, L.AC, M.AC, Dipl.Ac., NCCAOM, RN, MSN

I have practiced in the Healing Arts for 40 years.

My career began as a Registered Nurse at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where I specialized in Med/Surgical nursing and later Psychiatric nursing when I received my Masters Degree in Nursing at the University of Maryland. My graduate degree in Nursing was a natural first step into the holistic approach and philosophy of my graduate degree in Chinese Medicine. I blend my vast nursing background into my acupuncture treatments as I treat a wide variety of physical and emotional/spiritual issues.

I have effectively treated anxiety, sleep disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, depression, skin disorders, fibromyalgia, menopausal and menstrual disorders, TMJ, infertility and back/neck/shoulder pain, just to name few.

I hold a Masters degree in Acupuncture and I am Licensed and Nationally Certified with NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine – Public Protection Through Quality Credentials).

The learning process is ongoing as I delve deeper into this 5,000 year old medical art form in my own treatment room. My patients benefit from my years of academic studies, my acupuncture treatment experience, and my life experience as a wife and a mother of two teenagers.
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