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Choate Acupuncture
1851 Comstock Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90025-5014
310-277-3567

This is a picture of Xiaomei and I during a hop over to ZhouZhuang, the Venice of China, just outside Shanghai.  My wife is Shanghainese and as you might guess we have spent a fair amount of time tromping around in that part of the world.

In China
We maintain an office in Shanghai and distribute enzyme based products for environnmental  remediation and soil stabilization. We are currently building demonstration roads with one of  these amazing  environmentally friendly products. Add water, mix with the soil, compact and whalla, you have a stand alone road or an extremely hard and durable roadbase.  The best part is that we can save up to 1/3 on the cost of constructing a conventional road since less concrete or asphalt topcoat is required

Here in the US
I practice traditional Acupuncture , and Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture , Chinese Herbal Medicine and life style counseling,  including dietary guidance. I have also practiced Tai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong for the last 20 years and offer ongoing classes. In our clinic we  use simple state of the art lab testing  to help assess a person's hormone/immune system, liver detoxification ability and GI function. With this analytical tool a precise measurement of how well the body manages stress caused by lifestyle behaviors or internal organ dysfunction can be objectively demonstrated.  Follow up testing is used to measure one's progress in correcting their physiological imbalances.


About me

Clinton J. Choate L.Ac., M.T.O.M., Dip.N.B.A.O
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Graduated UCLA with Honors in Economics (1969)
Masters of Traditional Oriental Medicine - Dean's List, Emperor's College of Oriental Medicine (1987)
Post Graduate Internship - Shu Guang Hospital - Shanghai, China (1988)
Diplomat Nat'l Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics (1989)
Certification - Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation (2002)

Published Papers
DIABETES - Biomedical and TCM Perspectives and Treatments
Originally published as three part series in The Journal of Chinese Medicine.

Part I    Clinical observations, symptoms, lab diagnosis, complications, nutritional therapy and botanical medicines
Part II    TCM treatment of diabetes, including differentiation, needling prescriptions and dietary medicine
Part III   TCM treatment of diabetes using individual herbs and herbal prescriptions.




Interesting links

http://www.myss.com   (Beautiful and Healing messages from Caroline Myss)
http://www.eckharttolle.com  (The "Power of Now" guy)
http://holisticbeauty.com   (The low down on Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation)
http://www.mercola.com   (One of best alt MD's on the net)
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com  (Fun site with alt medical nfo)
http://www.emofree.com/default.htm    (Energetic emotional release technique)
http://www.unstressforsuccess.com  (Called TAT - like EFT but simpler)
http://www.ikat.org (Meet Greg Mortenson, a true hero and author of "Three Cups of Tea")