Alison Reid-Bretell

Specialties

At North Shore Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, we use acupuncture to help with a variety of issues including:

*treating existing illness & injuries

*preventing new and/​or recurrance of illness

*improving overall health

*pain & arthritis

*menopause/​perimenopause

*fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue syndrome

*smoking cessation & addictions

*cancer treatment side effects

*stress, anxiety/​depression

*insomnia

*infertility

*headaches and migraines

*and many other treatable conditions.

History

Established in 1996.

Alison Reid-​Bretell is a licensed acupuncturist practicing Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Encinitas, CA since 1996. She founded Happy Toad Chinese Herbs in 1995 where she provides the highest quality herbal formulas and Chinese Patent Medicines to San Diego’s North County area.

She is a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Magna Cum Laude with a Masters of Traditional Oriental Medicine. She is a diplomat of the National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics and a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) for the state of California since 2003.

She has taught at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego and currently teaches Physiology, Pathology, Nutrition and Chinese Herb ology at the Natural Healing Institute (NHI) in Encinitas, California. She is often asked to speak publicly on topics to include: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine for Stress Management, and Menopause and Treating Headaches and Migraines naturally.