Dr. Anita Chen Marshall, DAOM, Pharm D, PhD, L.Ac. Traditional Chinese Medicine for Acupuncture and  Herbs. Alameda, CA.  510-523-1072

About Dr. Anita Chen Marshall, Acupuncturist and Herbalist, Kailua, HI

Anita Chen Marshall, DAOM, Pharm.D, Ph.D, L.Ac, is the founder and director of Sequoia Healing Center for Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. She received her B.S. in Pharmacy from Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1974; Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from Univ. of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, 1976; M.S. in Traditional Chinese Medicine (MSTCM) from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (ACCHS), Oakland, CA, 1998; and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) from American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM), San Francisco, CA, 2010.

Dr. Marshall is a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) and herbalist in California, Hawaii, and certified nationally in Acupuncture and Herbalogy (Dipl.O.M. by NCCAOM).  Her areas of practice include, but not limit to: pain management; women’s health (infertility, PMS, menopause symptoms); allergy, arthritis,  digestive and respiratory disorders; supportive therapy for chemo and radiation therapy; anxiety, depression, and stress reduction; smoking and weight management.

Dr. Marshall is bilingual in Chinese and English. She routinely gives patients consultation on dietary and nutritional supplements, stress reduction, and lifestyle changes as part of the healing process. She received the Alameda Chamber of Commerce’s Professional Service of the Year Award, 2004.

She was formally an Adjunct Faculty at American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM at CIIS), San Francisco, CA; Five Branches University (FBU), San Jose, CA; Yo San University, Santa Monica, CA; and Bastyr University, Seattle, WA; Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at JABSOM, School of Medicine, Univ. of Hawaii

She has given lectures throughout the Bay Area on Drug and Herb Interactions, Acupressure Massage for Health and Stress Reduction; and various health topics at UC Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA; UCSF Integrative Medicine Forum, San Francisco, CA; Alta Bates/Herrick Hospital Cancer Treatment Center, Berkeley, CA; Alameda Hospital Medical Staff CEU lecture series, Alameda, CA; Annual Taoism Gathering Conference, Oakland, CA. Learn More>

Dr. Marshall’s background in eastern and western medicine enables her to provide her patients with a holistic approach of acupuncture and herbal prescriptions for their chronic and acute health conditions. This balanced approach also allows Dr. Marshall to collaborate with her patient’s other health care practitioners and provide treatments that complement other western medicines and treatments being received.

While Dr. Marshall believes that western medicine holds an invaluable place in the world, she knows firsthand the benefits that Chinese medicine has had on her patients. Her goal is to bridge the gap between eastern and western medicine; and to help lower the dosage and ultimately reduce the number of prescriptions the patients are taking. This will help provide the best possible treatment outcome and wellness for the patients and help reduce the sky-rocketing cost of medications.

Dr. Marshall is well respected in the medical community, getting numerous patient referrals from western doctors and other health care providers. She maintains a well-stocked Chinese herbal pharmacy and prescribes easy-to-use herbal powder concentrates from manufacturers with good quality assurance program and Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP).

Dr. Marshall is a member of the California State Oriental Medical Association and Hawaii Acupuncture Association.

Her hobbies are singing, classical music, performance arts, painting, reading, hiking, and Qigong exercise. She is a choir member and soloist of Medical Musical Group, former choir member of Cantare Con Vivo Choral, and St. Phillip Neri Church.