Asthma and bronchitis are chronic respiratory conditions marked by symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Acupuncture is an effective therapy for these conditions because of their regulatory impact on mucosal and cellular immune systems. 

In Chinese Medicine we view asthma and bronchitis as the result of pathogenic forces like Wind and Dampness affecting interconnected organ systems, primarily the lungs. Our treatments of acupuncture and herbal formulas are based on individual symptom patterns, which can include lung dampness, deficiency, dryness, phlegm-heat, wind invasion, spleen Qi deficiency, spleen/kidney Yang deficiency, and Qi and/or Yin deficiency. 

Asthma and bronchitis hold a special importance in this clinic as the starting point for Deirdra’s work in Chinese Medicine. At age 21 as a pre-med student, acupuncture and Chinese herbs effectively treated her chronic bronchitis, and led to pursue the path of Chinese Medicine. Her vast experience in acupuncture and herbal preparations for these conditions, help her patients reduce chronic coughing, reduce inflammation, phlegm production, and enhance immune function.