Violet Flame Medicine

Arica is professional, kind and caring. Arica takes time understanding your health history during consultation. My appointment was healing and relaxing, I felt very comfortable throughout. She is a knowledgeable acupuncturist and I am grateful to have found her. Looking forward to future treatments!

Modern medicine -despite’s wonder drugs, amazing technologies, and revolutionary procedures- has lost its touch. The physician’s time with the patient is severely rationed. An assistant takes the vital signs and condenses the patient’s carefully-considered description of his symptoms into a phrase or two. The physician rushes in, looks at lab results, prescribes, and rushes out, often without ever touching the patient. (In an extreme instance, when my wife went to a doctor about a sinus infection, he never got closer than ten feet away. ) A visit to Violet Flame Medicine is not like this at all. When you enter the nicely decorated office you are in a welcoming sea of calm. There is not a backlog of patients waiting for their few minutes with the caregiver, because Arica spaces appointments with room to spare. A session begins with her listening carefully to the reason for your visit or checking on how things have gone since your last session. There is no rush. You know that Arica sees you and is considering exactly what it is that you need. You also sense her competence, centeredness, and enjoyment of her profession. She takes notes to help her remember the session. Only then do you go into the procedure room where your comfort -both physical and mental- is always a top concern. Questions and feedback are welcome. Her responses are thorough and thoughtful. I strongly recommend the longer session which includes massage after the Acupuncture. It reinforces the effect of the needling and is tailored from her repertoire of techniques to apply to one’s specific needs. After the session there is time to discuss the session, and perhaps for Arica to make some recommendations for what one might do or read before the next session. I always leave feeling great, and happy that I have found such a delightful, caring, health care provider.