Acupuncture can be highly effective in cases of nasal congestion so common in allergy presentations; so much so that I often treat such issues using acupuncture protocols alone. In cases of seasonal allergies with highly predictable causes such as obvious elevations of environmental allergens, I use a skeleton acupuncture prescription that can easily be fleshed out to target potential underlying patterns and effectively customized to the patient.
Sherry Mizumoto, DAOM, MSTOM
Dr. Sherry Mizumoto is an experienced doctor of Chinese medicine, acupuncturist and herbologist licensed in Hawaii, California and nationally. She has been an educator at Pacific College of Health and Science, served in the oncology department at University of California San Diego, and is now committed to her private practice in Lahaina. She received earned a Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine (MSTOM) and Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM), and studied and trained abroad at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chengdu, China. In addition, she was fortunate to visit Tibet and engage and observe their unique form of medicine.