Acupuncture for Fertility, Pregnancy, Women’s Health and Wellness in Oakland, CA
City Pulse Acupuncture
Your Pathway to Fertility and Wellness
Discover City Pulse Acupuncture, your dedicated partner in embracing wellness and nurturing fertility. Located in Oakland, our integrative acupuncture clinic specializes in women’s health, with a strong focus on fostering fertility, supporting pregnancy, and nurturing postnatal care.
At City Pulse Acupuncture, we understand that each fertility journey is unique. Our compassionate team is here to offer tailored care, personalized to your needs and aspirations. With a foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, our approach blends ancient wisdom with modern insights, ensuring a holistic and empowering experience.
Experience the difference of comprehensive services, spanning from preconception support to postnatal recovery. Join our supportive community as we guide you towards your fertility and wellness goals. Your journey starts here! Discover City Pulse Acupuncture and take the step towards embracing a healthier, more fulfilling life.
Oakland Magazine Reader’s Choice Award
Top 5 Best Acupuncture Clinic and Best Alternative Medicine Practice in Oakland and the East Bay.Β
Meet Dr. Rachel and Explore City Pulse Acupuncture
Our office is conveniently located in Oakland
City Pulse Acupuncture has been serving Oakland for 14 years. Our clinic is on Grand Avenue, beautifully designed with feng shui principles.Β
In this video, you can see our clinic and meet Dr. Rachel Hemphill as she shares her journey as a second-generation Oakland resident and business owner, describes her specialized focus on fertility, women’s health, and prenatal care, and shares the unique story behind her passion for Chinese medicine.
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Our compassionate team specializes in women's health and fertility, offering personalized care infused with the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Let us guide you on a path of holistic healing and empowerment, tailored to your unique needs and goals. Your brighter and healthier future starts now.
Dr. Rachel Hemphill
DACM, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M., FABORM
Rachel Hemphill is a licensed acupuncturist and Diplomate of [o] Medicine in California. Captivated by her great aunt’s acupuncture practice in China during her childhood, Rachel’s journey led her to earn a Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from San Francisco’s American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM). She’s also a board-certified fellow of the Acupuncture and TCM Board of Reproductive Medicine (ABORM).
As the Clinical Director of Integrative Fertility, Rachel’s expertise shines. She collaborates with renowned fertility centers like Pacific Fertility Center, UCSF Fertility Center, and more, offering on-site acupuncture before and after fertility treatments. She trained under fertility expert Dr. Lifang Liang and midwife Raven Lang, and honed skills in acupuncture facial rejuvenation.
As a second-generation Oaklander, Rachel is deeply connected to the city and its people. Ready to embark on your fertility and wellness journey? With Rachel’s extensive expertise, you’re in capable hands.
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The TCM Costco Edit. A practitioner's guide to your next run.πββοΈ
Fish maw (Yu Jiao) for Kidney yin and collagen. Bird's nest (Yan Wo) for Lung yin and skin vitality. Konjac jelly (Ju Ruo) for dampness and gut health. Braised abalone (Bao Yu) for Liver yin deficiency. Chestnuts (Li Zi) for Kidney yang and lower back support. Dried plums (Wu Mei) for fluid generation and digestion. Centella cream (Ji Xue Cao) for collagen synthesis and barrier repair.
Swipe through for the full breakdown of what each product does in Chinese medicine and why it is worth adding to your cart. π
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I want to be honest about why I am posting this.
A systematic review and meta-analysis was recently published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health examining ten common IVF add-ons including acupuncture, endometrial scratching, platelet-rich plasma, and others. The conclusion: none of them showed sufficient evidence to improve live birth rates. Acupuncture was lumped in with the rest and the headline wrote itself.
As someone who has spent fifteen years doing this work with fertility patients, I found it deeply frustrating. Not because I am defensive about acupuncture. Because the methodology does not reflect how acupuncture is actually practiced and patients deserve to know that before they make decisions based on a headline.
The studies keep measuring the same thing: a fixed point prescription, one or two sessions around transfer day, compared against sham acupuncture. That is not fertility acupuncture. That is a needle protocol. And there is a significant difference.
Swipe through for the four reasons acupuncture and IVF research keeps missing the mark, and what good research would actually need to look like.
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Fertility foods. What TCM has been saying for thousands of years and what nutritional science is now confirming.
Every food on this list has both a TCM energetic rationale and a nutritional one, because that is how I think about food with my fertility patients.
Eggs for Kidney jing and mitochondrial health. Walnuts for Kidney yang and omega-3s, both partners. Black sesame for Liver Blood and zinc. Dark leafy greens for Liver qi and folate, cooked not raw. Bone broth for jing and glycine. Salmon for Blood tonification and DHA. Dates and goji berries for yin nourishment and antioxidant protection.
Food is not separate from your fertility treatment. It is part of it.
Swipe through for the full breakdown of what each food does and how to use it. Save this post and share it with someone who needs it.
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Last night I was at Spring Fertilityβs Social Sips mixer in the East Bay, and it was exactly the kind of evening that reminds me why I love this work.
Spring Fertility brings together practitioners from across the fertility space a few times a year for an evening of connection. Last night that included a maker bar where you could customize hats, bags, and charms, and a special patch commemorating a milestone worth celebrating: 10,000 pregnancies.
10,000.
I have been working alongside Spring Fertility for years and they are the most collaborative, integrative fertility clinic I have encountered in the Bay Area.
Acupuncturists, OB/GYNs, therapists, and reproductive specialists genuinely welcome at the same table, working toward the same goal. This is what it looks like when a clinic actually means it.
If you are a health practitioner in the fertility space and want to be in this room at the next one, I would love to see you there.
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The research community has been working to legitimize acupuncture in fertility care for years.
We never needed the validation. The results always spoke first.
This is the baby wall at City Pulse. Fifteen years at City Pulse Acupuncture in Oakland.
To every fertility acupuncturist with their own version of this: you know.
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