A wide range of conditions affecting the body, mind, and nervous system — each approached individually.
Dr. Sophia Scheffel works with a wide range of conditions affecting the body, mind, and nervous system. Treatment is guided by Chinese medicine diagnostics and pulse diagnosis, allowing care to be tailored to your unique presentation rather than a fixed protocol.
Care may include acupuncture, individualized Chinese herbal medicine, and lifestyle guidance depending on your needs. The goal is to support the body in restoring balance, improving regulation, and building long-term resilience.
Treated with orthopedic acupuncture and dry needling, with attention to the pattern that keeps the pain returning.
Supportive care during and after cancer treatment — easing side effects and helping you meet each stage with more reserve.
Supported through acupuncture and classical herbal medicine that work with the body's own hormonal rhythm.
Layered, multi-system conditions that have not fit neatly into a single diagnosis — supported with classical herbal medicine and pulse diagnosis at doctoral depth. Common areas of support include:
This aspect of care is informed by Chinese medicine psychiatry, which understands emotional and mental health as deeply connected to physiological and energetic system function — reading emotional experience as part of the whole, not as pathology.
Support for stability, clarity, and resilience during periods of change — for the body as it moves through what the mind is also carrying.
Rather than focusing only on isolated symptoms, care is guided by Chinese medicine principles and pulse diagnosis, which give insight into how your system is functioning as an integrated whole. This allows treatment to:
You are welcome to reach out before booking. An unhurried first visit is also a chance to discuss whether this approach fits what you are facing.
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2920 Camino Diablo #210C, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 — at the Lafayette border