Our bodies are amazing- we have a built-in healing mechanism, and there are many ways we can keep our systems running smoothly. Acupuncture is a way to access and amplify the body's healing potential. We improve physiological well-being by applying strategic points that stimulate the central nervous system to release natural chemicals that alter hormonal output, pain response, and other biological processes. It does something completely remarkable – the stimulation deactivates certain areas of the brain while increasing the body’s natural opioids and release of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin. This process has a powerful effect depending on the focused application: decreasing inflammation, increasing blood flow, balancing hormones, suppressing pain, and normalizing an out of balance nervous system.
What Makes Rose Gold Health Different?
Our provider Kim is warm and personable, and she has two decades of experience helping thousands of clients. She tailors treatment to your specific needs. Come in for the issues listed above, and come back because you find that the sessions revitalize you and improve your health in many ways. We love acupuncture, herbs, and nutrition, and we feel that they are an essential part of integrative health care. You can have acupuncture, gua sha, and cupping in the same session. Herbs and supplements are reasonably priced and an additional fee.
How Many Sessions Do I Need?
Acupuncture and herbal medicine are holistic treatments that improve the imbalances in our body, mind, and emotions. To create deep and lasting change, cumulative sessions are essential. Some people will get immediate relief from pain, muscle tension, menopausal symptoms, and mood that lasts for days or weeks. Others will need more treatments closer together to effect change. For chronic problems or injuries that need time to heal, 8-12 sessions are typical. Fertility acupuncture requires a specific treatment plan spanning many months. We help clients with natural fertility and those pursuing IUI/IVF and fertility treatments.
Acupuncture is offered in many hospitals in China, and patients might come in 3-5 times a week or more until they achieve improvement. Here in the US we use that frequency as well, but more often patients come in 1-3 times per week. Many long term clients get acupuncture once or twice a month or season for tune-ups. Make sure you read about our 5 session package for savings!
We address acute conditions with acupuncture, such as: colds, coughs, UTI's, flus, arthritis flare-ups, encouraging labor, allergic reactions, migraines, injuries, nausea or pain in pregnancy, gout flare ups, Bell's Palsy, and more.
What To Expect
Our first visit is 75-90 minutes, and follow up visits are 50-60 minutes. When you schedule your first appointment, please fill out our online health intake. We will use that to guide us through our first and subsequent meetings. You will have acupuncture with each session, along with optional cupping, gua sha, moxa, or estim.
We also offer health consultation, herbal formula recommendation, gua sha and/or cupping sessions for those who want our expertise but don't want needles. It's our opinion that a combination of needles, gua sha/cupping, and herbs work best for most things, but for those who opt out of acupuncture, you can still benefit from our services.
What Is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine testing is a way to assess a person's physiological weaknesses and strengths and guide treatment. This can be done with blood test collection, or home test kits. We test hormones, adrenals, the gut, neurotransmitters and the brain, and toxins. We use DUTCH Complete hormone testing, the GIMAP comprehensive GI test, and the ORGANIX nutrition test. Typically, a functional medicine initial consult is one hour, and follow ups are 30 minutes.
Availability and Scheduling
Kim is available in Granite Bay and at Mind Garden in Folsom. Please call us with any questions or to schedule: 916-872-1265.
Scheduling A La Carte, Packages, And Check-Ins
Clients can schedule with Kim one session at a time, or save $$ with a package. See our online schedule for details.
