frequently asked questions

General faqs

Why is your clinic fragrance free?

We often treat patients who are chemically-sensitive and suffer from allergies or inflammatory conditions aggravated by fragrances (both "natural" and artificial). For the health of all, we ask that patients and visitors to the clinic refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, body sprays, lotions, and other fragrant make-up or personal care products.

How can I schedule an appointment?

Call or text Charlie’s direct line: (541) 213-5829

Email: charlie@roachchinesemedicine.com

How much does treatment cost?

Functional Medicine intake appointments are $250; each follow-up session is $95.

Acupuncture sessions are $95.

We accept cash, check, or credit card.

Teacher, military, and frequent visit discounts are available.

No one should be unable to get the care they need, so fees can be arranged on a sliding scale. Please ask about payment options and discounts.

Do you accept insurance?

We do not accept insurance, and most health insurance providers do not cover functional medicine treatments. However, certain services, procedures, and lab tests in functional medicine can be covered by your insurance, depending on your plan. And Health Savings Accounts often can be used for acupuncture and related therapies. Check with your insurance and/or HSA provider to see what is covered.

How many treatments will I need?

The frequency, duration, and modalities of your treatment will be determined by you and your practitioner. With acupuncture, some patients notice results after the first treatment. For more complex conditions or long-term chronic injuries or illness, treatment may take longer. For Functional Medicine patients, a series of follow-ups will be needed based on your goals and the findings from your intake appointment and laboratory results.

How does acupuncture work?

You can learn more about how acupuncture works and the conditions it treats in our Acupuncture FAQ section, below.

What is Functional Medicine?

You can learn more about Functional Medicine, how it works, and the conditions it treats in our Functional Medicine FAQ section, below.

Acupuncture FAQs

What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture has been practiced for more than 3,000 years as part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture treatment involves the insertion of very fine, sterile, disposable needles into the skin, muscles, or other tissue of the patient's body. The points of insertion may be chosen to directly stimulate an injured area or selected for their ability to affect the bodies energy, referred to as qi.

Particularly when combined with other therapies, acupuncture can be a highly effective therapy for almost any ailment.

Does it hurt?

Most people feel very little or no pain when needles are inserted. Acupuncture needles are very thin, and patients often say they feel energized or relaxed after the treatment. Cupping and gua sha, and very rarely acupuncture, may cause temporary bruising that fades within three to ten days.

How does Traditional Chinese Medicine work?

Traditional Chinese Medicine works on a principle of balancing the body's function through manipulating qi, which travels throughout the body along specific meridians. The flow of qi keeps the body balanced. However, if the flow of this energy becomes "blocked", like water getting trapped behind a dam, the blockage can cause pain, dysfunction, and illness. Acupuncture is used to release blocked qi in the body and stimulate the body’s natural healing response through various physiological systems.

What conditions are treated by acupuncture?

Modern research has demonstrated the effects of acupuncture on virtually every system of the body: nervous, endocrine, immune, cardiovascular, circulatory, reproductive, and digestive systems. Acupuncture, especially when combined with other TCM therapies, herbs, and/or exercise, is highly effective. It has been shown to relieve pain, stimulate healing, improve sleep, correct digestive dysfunction, and promote a sense of wellbeing.

According to the UC San Diego Medical School, case-controlled clinical studies have shown that acupuncture has been an effective treatment for the following diseases, symptoms, or conditions: ○ Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)

○ Biliary colic

○ Depression

○ Dysentery, acute bacillary

○ Dysmenorrhoea, primary

○ Epigastralgia, acute

○ Facial pain

○ Headache

○ Hypertension, essential

○ Hypotension, primary

○ Induction of labor

○ Knee pain

○ Leukopenia

○ Low back pain

○ Malposition of fetus, correction

○ Morning sickness

○ Nausea and vomiting

○ Neck pain

○ Pain in dentistry

○ Periarthritis of shoulder

○ Postoperative pain

○ Renal colic

○ Rheumatoid arthritis

○ Sciatica

○ Sprain

○ Stroke

○ Tennis elbow

Additionally, there is evidence to support the therapeutic use of acupuncture for the following diseases, symptoms, or conditions:

○ Abdominal pain

○ Acne vulgaris

○ Alcohol dependence and detoxification

○ Bell’s palsy

○ Bronchial asthma

○ Cancer pain

○ Cardiac neurosis

○ Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation

○ Cholelithiasis

○ Competition stress syndrome

○ Craniocerebral injury, closed

○ Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent

○ Earache

○ Epidemic haemorrhagic fever

○ Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)

○ Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection

○ Female infertility

○ Facial spasm

○ Female urethral syndrome

○ Fibromyalgia and fasciitis

○ Gastrokinetic disturbance

○ Gouty arthritis

○ Hepatitis B virus carrier status

○ Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)

○ Hyperlipaemia

○ Hypo-ovarianism

○ InsomniaLabour pain

○ Lactation, deficiency

○ Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic

○ Ménière disease

○ Neuralgia, post-herpetic

○ Neurodermatitis

○ Obesity

○ Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence

○ Osteoarthritis

○ Pain due to endoscopic examination

○ Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans

○ Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome)

○ Post-extubation in children

○ Postoperative convalescence

○ Premenstrual syndrome

○ Prostatitis, chronic

○ Pruritus

○ Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome

○ Raynaud syndrome, primary

○ Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection

○ Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

○ Retention of urine, traumatic

○ Schizophrenia

○ Sialism, drug-induced (excessive salivation)

○ Sjögren syndrome

○ Sore throat (including tonsillitis)

○ Spine pain, acute

○ Stiff neck

○ Temporomandibular joint dysfunction

○ Tietze syndrome

○ Tobacco dependence

○ Tourette syndrome

○ Ulcerative colitis, chronic

○ Urolithiasis

○ Vascular dementia

○ Whooping cough (pertussis)

Functional Medicine faqs

What is functional medicine?

Functional medicine is a biology–based approach that identifies and addresses the root causes of disease to bring relief from an array of ailments, including chronic conditions, to achieve whole body health and support longevity.

What is unique about the functional medicine approach?

Functional Medicine practitioners get to the root cause of a symptom or disease by identifying systemic physiologic imbalances through an in-depth investigation of an individual’s environment and lifestyle. The imbalances in the body that often drive illness are:

○ Assimilation: digestion, absorption, microbiota/GI, respiration

○ Defense and repair: immune, inflammation, infection/microbiota

○ Energy: energy regulation, adrenal and mitochondrial function

○ Biotransformation and elimination: toxicity, detoxification

○ Transport: cardiovascular and lymphatic systems

○ Communication: endocrine, neurotransmitters, immune messengers

○ Structural integrity: subcellular membranes to musculoskeletal integrity

Once the predominant areas of imbalance are identified, Functional Medicine practitioners work collaboratively with the patient to investigate lifestyle and environmental factors that may be causing or exacerbating the issue and proscribe an adaptive course of treatment to lead the patient back to full health.

What conditions can be treated by functional medicine?

Functional Medicine practitioners utilize cutting-edge research to guide investigation of the root cause of symptoms and disease and offer the best combination of treatment modalities to address the underlying physiological imbalances driving disease.

Conditions that can be effectively treated by Functional Medicine include:

○ Adrenal fatigue

○ Allergies – environmental and food

○ Anxiety

○ Arthritis

○ Asthma

○ Autoimmune conditions

○ Brain fog

○ Cardiovascular Disease

○ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

○ Chronic sinusitis

○ Complications from COVID19

○ Dementia

○ Depression

○ Detoxification

○ Diabetes

○ Endocrine disorders

○ Environmental toxin exposures

○ Epstein Barr Virus

○ Fatigue

○ Fibromyalgia

○ Food sensitivities

○ Gastrointestinal disorders

○ Genetic disorders

○ GERD

○ Headaches

○ Healthy aging

○ Heart health

○ Hormone imbalance

○ Hypertension

○ Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism

○ Inflammatory and Irritable Bowel Disease

○ Insomnia

○ Lyme Disease and chronic infections

○ Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

○ Metal toxicity

○ Methylation

○ Men’s health issues

○ Metabolic disorders

○ Mold exposure/toxicity

○ Migraines

○ Mood disorders

○ Mystery illnesses

○ Neurological disorders

○ Obesity

○ Osteoporosis

○ Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

○ SIBO/SIFO – Small intestinal bacterial/fungal overgrowth

○ Sleep disorders

○ Thyroid disorders

○ Women’s health issues

○ Yeast overgrowth

✆ Phone (appointments): 541-213-5829

Address: 26 S. Broad St., STE 1, Brevard, NC 28712

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