Tired of suffering from acute or chronic pain or other ailments?
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Help heal the root of any issue with Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture.
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Chinese Herbs
Chinese herbal medicine, like acupuncture, has a rich history dating back thousands of years. Chinese herbal medicine helps to treat the root of the condition and not just the symptoms attached, helping to revitalize the body's natural ability to heal.
Each herbal prescription is tailored to the individual’s specific needs and can contain anywhere from 2 to 20 herbs. The herbal formulas can be given in raw form to be cooked at home, powdered for tea, or consumed as capsules/pills.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is one of the oldest and continuously practiced medical systems in the world. The practice of acupuncture involves inserting hair thin needles into specific points on the body to help rebalance the individuals qi 氣 (a vital energy force that flows through all living things).
Over the course of 2,000 years, it has developing over a large geographical area. The practice of acupuncture itself has many different styles and traditions. Some common styles/traditions include: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Classical Five Element Acupuncture, Japanese, Korean, Auricular, Master Tung Acupuncture and Dr. Tan's Balance Method.
About
Hua Shan華山
Hua Shan 華山 is a 7070 foot mountain, known for its spectacular vertical white cliffs, just south of the Yellow River and east of Xian, China. The name translates as “Splendid” or “Flower Mountain” since its peaks are arranged like the petals of a lotus flower. It is one of the five sacred mountains(wuyue 五嶽) in China.
The mountain is associated with the Daoist immortal Chen Tua n陳摶 (920-989), famous for his practice of “twenty-four nodes daoyin” (ershisi qi zuogong daoyin 二十四氣坐功導引) and “sleeping exercises” (shuigong 睡功) and Hao Datong 郝大通 (1140-1212) one of the Seven Disciples (qizhen 七真) of Wang Chongyang 王重陽 the founder of the Quanzhen 全眞 tradition. The mountain is also known to have great variety of powerful herbal medicinals, which has drawn many immortality seekers.
THE PRACTITIONER
DANIEL SCHRIER, D.OM, L.AC
Daniel Schrier is a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac)/practitioner of East Asian Medicine, and educator and ordained Daoist priest.
Daniel received his Masters in Acupuncture (M.Ac.) and Doctorate in Oriental Medicine (D.OM) from the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) (formerly the Tai Sophia Institute) and is certified as an Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA).
Daniel currently teaches as adjunct faculty at the Virginia University of Integrative Health, and was the former Director of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Experiential Learning and adjunct faculty at the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH).
Daniel is a 23rd generation ordained Daoist priest in the Quanzhen Longmen 全眞 龍門 (Complete Perfection Dragon Gate) lineage by Parting Clouds Temple Association which recognized by Zhang Mingxin 張明⼼ the abbess at Jianfu Gong 建福宮 in Qingcheng 青城 mountain.
East Asian medicine has been part of Daniel's life since a young age. When he young, he would have severe migraines on a weekly basis, and after receiving acupuncture, the migraines gradually diminished to where he did not have them anymore. His interest in herbal medicine also started at a young age, when he would curiously look at all the herbs stored in glass jars in his grandparent’s health food store. This interest followed into his undergraduate studies where he studied cultural anthropology, and visited China, Niger, and Fiji, studying history, folklore and about medical practices, and medicinal plants.
Daniel has studied with pre-eminent Chinese medical doctors, healers, and scholars in the US and abroad. He has worked closely with Z'ev Rosenberg L.Ac. as his book editor and contributor to "Returning to the Source: Han Dynasty Medical Classics in Modern Clinical Practice" Ripples in the Flow: Reflections on Vessel Dynamics in the Nan Jing 難經 and Afterglow: Ministerial Fire: Chinese Ecological Medicine
In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors, going on hikes, cooking, spending time with friends and family, reading Classical Chinese texts and the latest book that comes out on Chinese medicine.
MORE ABOUT DANIEL
Daniel Schrier, D.OM, L.Ac
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HUA SHAN WELLNESS
private home office
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Full address will be given upon scheduling an appointment.
We are close to the intersection of Baltimore National Pike and Centennial Lane. Our office is wheelchair accessible. Parking is free at and in front of our property.
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SAT & SUN 10 am - 5 pm
In person & remote services are available!
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