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MEET VANESSA
Founder of Curator Wellness
Vanessa Minchi Ho is a licensed and board certified Acupuncturist, clinical Herbalist, and skincare Aficionado based in Los Angeles. As a practitioner, she is intuitive and understanding in the patient’s needs.
Vanessa understands the mental and physical stresses that modern life can have on patients and has a very gentle and understanding approach to her practice. She has extensive experience in treating women’s health and physical pain issues with her specialization in Anxiety, Dermatology(specifically acne and eczema), Gastrointestinal syndromes (IBS, etc.).
Today, Vanessa shares her passion for holistic wellness and herbal remedies to treat patients through an integrative approach. She educates patients on applicable ways of self-care that can elevate their quality of life even when they are not in office for treatment. Vanessa has a very gentle technique to her healing that is perfect for those who are sensitive or anxious about acupuncture. She focuses on creating a calm healing space for patients.
The Root of her passion:
Growing up, she was surrounded by Chinese Medicine in her native country of Taiwan but this isn’t where her history with holistic wellness began. She suffered from an uncommon form of eczema called pompholyx eczema that was persistent and difficult to treat for the majority of her adolescence. These skin issues coincided with digestive difficulty and she began searching for help in alleviating these conditions that were affecting her quality of life. The one method of treatment that helped curb her symptoms and eventually cure her skin and digestive issues was Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture.
Her wellness journey wasn’t over yet.
While her skin was generally clear during adolescence, she began having adult acne later on in life. Topical creams didn’t help and all of the general cures written in magazines and online served no benefit. She looked inward and examined her health in all aspects to find a common root cause. This is where her love of clean beauty and herbal medicine really began. She began adding in anti-inflammatory foods into her diet and making sure that she was eating well-balanced meals. She started using nourishing serums and oils with powerful herbal extracts to strengthen and clarify instead of strip her skin. She took Chinese Herbal tea that contained anti-oxidants and had ingredients that were anti-inflammatory and encouraged blood circulation. Slowly but surely, the acne diminished and she was on her way to clear, glowing skin.
Credentials:
During her undergraduate studies, she majored in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience at University of California, San Diego. Through this degree, she learned to look at the body through a combination of psychology and biology. She continued to take this holistic approach towards her education in Chinese Medicine. Her background gave her a unique perspective on how to integrate both Eastern and Western approaches in treating patients.
Vanessa is certified as a Licensed Acupuncturist by the California Acupuncture Board. She obtained her Master’s of Science in Oriental Medicine from Dongguk University of Los Angeles, the sister university to the acclaimed Dongguk University in South Korea. She earned her Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California, San Diego in Cognitive Science/ Neuroscience.
Additional Highlights:
Si Yuan Balance Method Acupuncture- 2018
Wakefield Technique for Advanced Constitutional Acupuncture – 2019
