new mission acupuncture with Nikki Fancher, L.Ac.

New Mission Acupuncture
388A Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
ph: (415) 515-8117

Transgender Health

  

 

 

 

 

 

Q: Why did Nikki choose transgender health as one of her specialties?

 

A: My door is open to all who need my services. Chinese medicine can tackle any health concern. However, I've chosen as one of my specialties to address the health concerns my transgendered clients as they are largely overlooked in mainstream Chinese medical practice and discourse.  


Given the lack of authoritative discourse, I work to draw connections between the rich fields of endocrinology, infertility, gynecology, assisted reproductive technologies and surgery recovery. This knowledge then helps me to view each clients condition  from an integrated east-west perspective.


That all being said I have never seen a transgendered client present with any other traditional Chinese diagnosis that a client who is not transgendered hasn't presented with. Of course! 

 

But people seek me out for the simple fact that I try my best to know the most and help the most, always with kindness and care. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Medicine is exceptionally equipped at balancing your complex needs.  

The Benefits
  • Counteract surgical and hormonal therapy side effects. 
  • Support healthy liver functioning
  • Prepare for surgery and to aid in post-surgery tissue healing. 
  • Lessen phantom nerve pain, numbness and scarring.
  • Increase nerve and skin sensitivity.
  • Our herbal prescriptions are especially tailored to non-hormonal, pre-hormonal or hormonal individuals. You receive all of the benefits of natural medicine while working with your hormonal protocols.

 

Q: When should I schedule my first appointment?

A: If you are undergoing gender confirmation surgery, two months prior to your surgery date is the best time to begin. Traditional Chinese medicine is natural and needs time to address your body’s imbalances and weaknesses.

Also if you or your medical doctor believe that you are particularly ill-equipped  for the challenges of surgery (blood loss, pain, weakness, nausea, etc.) or if you have a preexisting condition (anxiety, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia,  hypothyroidism, diabetes, etc.), then you should begin acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine as soon as possible for the most dynamic preparation.

Additionally, acupuncture and herbal support is beneficial even post this two-month window to aid in healing and counteract surgical and hormonal therapy side-effects.

Additionally, acupuncture and herbal support is beneficial even post this two-month window to aid in healing and counteract surgical and hormonal therapy side-effects.

*If you are unsure as to when to begin and how Traditional Chinese Medicine can help you, please call New Mission Acupuncture and I will be happy to answer any of your questions.

Q: What can I expect from my first visit?

A: At your first visit you will fill out a detailed health history form. I will then ask you a series of questions to further distinguish your body's strengths and weaknesses. I'll look at your tongue and evaluate your pulse. Both are methods of diagnosis that are the cornerstone of traditional Chinese medical diagnosis. Then I will formulate a course of treatment based on your constitution and your health goals. This initial evaluation will take about 1 hour. 

You will then lay on an acupuncture treatment table supported by pillows, bolsters, and blankets. 8 to 12 hair-thin needles will then be inserted into various acupuncture points on your body. Most people feel a deep sense of relaxation during this process as the needles correct the subtle imbalances in your body. 

After 25-35 minutes the needles are removed and during that time if necessary you will receive a few minutes of Tui Na massage, moxa heat-therapy, or cupping massage. 

Scar treatment therapy requires that I actively massage and warm your scars with moxabustion. if needed, a longer treatment will be scheduled to accommodate your scar treatment therapy.

Kuan Yin cave carving in Gui Lin, ChinaOne of the oldest cave carvings of Buddhasatva Kuan Yin in China. Here Kuan Yin is male and of Indian origin. Kuan Yin is a woman and Chinese in contemporary Chinese culture. Gui Lin, China.

 

 

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"Just as the light of the sun shifts throughout the course of the day, yin and yang are continually changing and transforming into each other. The morning's sunny slope becomes the shaded area of the afternoon; there is a perpetual polarity of metamorphosis, a dialectic of contradictions and solutions that results in the unification of opposites. At the point of most extreme night (viz. midnight), morning begins. At the moment the tide is at its lowest ebb, the swell of resurgence commences."

 -The Dance of Yin and Yang: Transgender Health & Chinese Medicine, Beth Sommers, MPH, LAc and Kristen Porter, MAc, LAc

 

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New Mission Acupuncture
388A Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
ph: (415) 515-8117