Life Essentials Center for Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in 2007 by Dr. Jing Shen and Dr. Julian Zhu with the mission to improve your quality of life through the natural and holistic path of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM. We are an all natural, holistic treatment center. We specialize in treating mind, body, and spirit (or energy) through Traditional Chinese acupuncture, customized herbal formulas, unique nutritional supplements and counseling services. We combine ancient Chinese wisdom and the proven traditional, medicinal techniques with the specialties of our practitioners to help you live a long, happy, and quality life.
We seek to find and treat the root cause of disease in the body and restore the body's natural balance of energy between Yin and Yang. Treatments are given with regard to the changes of the seasons, climate and each individual’s constitution. We treat each person as a whole and focus on both responsive and proactive treatments, all with the goal of promoting the body to heal itself naturally. TCM is designed to adjust the whole body to reinforce the energy circulation in the abnormal or problematic areas.
Research from the World Health Organization recently confirmed that Traditional Chinese Medicine is a proven and highly effective alternative medicine for many chronic health issues and to promote and maintain good healthy and healthy living. If you or your loved ones are suffering from chronic health issues, have health concerns, or simply want to maintain a healhty lifestyle, give us a call or schedule your appointment for a consultation to learn more about how TCM can work for you.
We seek to find and treat the root cause of disease in the body and restore the body's natural balance of energy between Yin and Yang. Treatments are given with regard to the changes of the seasons, climate and each individual’s constitution. We treat each person as a whole and focus on both responsive and proactive treatments, all with the goal of promoting the body to heal itself naturally. TCM is designed to adjust the whole body to reinforce the energy circulation in the abnormal or problematic areas.
Research from the World Health Organization recently confirmed that Traditional Chinese Medicine is a proven and highly effective alternative medicine for many chronic health issues and to promote and maintain good healthy and healthy living. If you or your loved ones are suffering from chronic health issues, have health concerns, or simply want to maintain a healhty lifestyle, give us a call or schedule your appointment for a consultation to learn more about how TCM can work for you.
Our Philosophy
Traditional Chinese Medicine treats each person as a whole and recognizes the connection between mind, body, and energy. TCM appreciates and observes how the human mind, body, and energies effect, and ultimately, transform each other. A core component of TCM is vital energy (Qi) or Chi (pronounced as chee). Qi or Chi is a universal energy that flows through the body via meridians much like the way water flows through pipes in any structure. When this energy gets blocked, or the pipes are not allowing water to fully flow through, it can cause illness and/or disease. TCM practitioners work to remove these energy blocks, restoring balance to mind, body, and energy (or spirit), reactivating the mind and body’s own healing mechanisms and allowing the body to naturally overcome illness and heal itself. To learn more about Traditional Chinese Medicine you can visit the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation.
Our Promise
Traditional Chinese Medicine is still and will always be advancing as there is onging research conducted to further supports acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Our methods in herbology and/or herbal preparation has changed dramatically over the years and recently new needle equipment and technologies have been brought to market. As practitioners at Life Essentials TCM Center, we never stop expanding our knowledge. We are costantly continuing our education, including international travel to learn new technologies, methodologies, and techniques that we implement in the clinic. As a result, we are able to more effectively treat you and your conditions. At Life Essentials, we are working hard to provide you with the best treatment options as unique as you.
Meet Our Practitioners
Chief TCM Practitioner
Jing Shen, L.Ac., O.M., Dipl. Ac. & C.H. of NCCAOM Dr. Jing Shen is a licensed acupuncturist in state of Missouri and nationally certified in acupuncture and Chinese herbology. She received training from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China and has 20+ years of experience. She has actively practiced Qigong for over twenty-five years. Dr. Shen has successfully helped countless people reach their goals and live happy and successsful lives by prodiving both an individualized healing experience and employing a few thousand years of traditional Chinese medicine and knowledge. She has very high success rates and extensive experience in treating women, infertility, and chronic issues, like common pain management, digestion issues, depression/anxiety, etc. Dr. Jing also specializes in needle-free and cosmetic acupuncture. For more information about Dr. Jing's education and techniques, click here. |
TCM Practitioner
Julian Zhu, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M. of NCCAOM Dr. Julian Zhu is a licensed acupuncturist in state of Missouri and is nationally certified (NCCAOM, National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine ) in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (O.M.). Dr. Zhu specializes in men's health and treating many chronic issues, pain management such as neck, shoulder, back, leg, knee pains, digestion issues, depression/anxiety, etc. For more information about Dr. Julian's pain management, click here. |