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Listed below are the fees for Traditional Chinese Medicine services for both Steven Mavros, L.Ac. and Sheri McLellan, L.Ac. If you are ready to take the next step in your personal health care, call 215-627-3782 to make an appointment by phone or 
Acupuncture visits can include any and all of the other services that we provide, including herbal medicine. The inital visit is longer, about 1 hour and 30 minutes as we take a very comprehensive history alongside your first Acupuncture treatment. Follow up visits are shorter and are around 45 minutes.
According to both the German and subsequent successful IVF studies we do treatments at most fertility clinics within the Philadelphia area including Penn Fertility, Main Line Fertility, RMA (formerly Northern Fertility), Abington Reproductive, Fertility & Gyn Associates, Cooper Fertility and Reproductive Sciences Institute. Treatments include travel to/from the clinic and Acupuncture performed both before and after the IVF transfer procedure.
Herbal medicine visits primarily involve taking the same extensive intake and history as for Acupuncture. Instead of using needles, your practitioner will use a personalized formula of Chinese herbs to relieve the organ imbalances and blockages in the meridians to restore balance to your body. Initial visits last about an hour, and follow ups about a half hour.
The main branch of the Healing Arts Center of Philadelphia is located in Center City, in the heart of Old City at the Corn Exchange building. The Corn Exchange is located on 2nd St., between Market St. and Chestnut St. Enter through the front door on 2nd St. (NOT Chestnut St) between the Plough and Stars restaurant and the Citizen's Bank. The elevator's are ahead and to the left, and our office is on the second floor.
Our center creates a warm and comforting environment that helps to maximize the therapeutic effect of our treatments. All of our treatment rooms are private and clean, and each practitioner uses his/her own space.
610 Old Lancaster Rd, Ste 200a | Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Steven received his Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and began his Oriental Medical training interning at YueYang Hospital in Shanghai. There he got to see first hand how powerful medicine can be when you combine the ancient Eastern ways with modern Western medicine. He went on to complete his Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, Mass.
Moved here from the Boston area, she has treated patients in a variety of settings, including hospitals, detox clinics and women’s centers. She is currently on staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Southern New Jersey where she treats a variety of conditions, including pain management, allergies, immune system disorders and women’s health issues. She practices both Traditional Chinese style acupuncture and the gentler, Japanese-style. She has special training in cosmetic acupuncture.
Below is a list of Acupuncture related research recently published in Medical journals. For more information about research and infertility information, you can also visit the 
There is nothing that says more than the feedback and stories written to us by patients themselves. Here are some of the responses we recieved. To send us a note or picture for posting please send all emails to: steve @ tcmstrategies.com
Modern medicine has made many great advancements in the treatment of infertility and has given couples a chance when previously there was none. Unfortunately, they are not exactly the most pleasant procedures to undergo between the hormones, bloodwork and injections. To add to all this, the success rates are usually only moderate at best. 
Research over the past few years has shown tremendous benefit to how Acupuncture can greatly increase the success rates of IVF and IVF with ICSI. It all started when a German study was published in Fertility & Sterility, a well respected infertility journal that included over 150 women undergoing IVF. The study showed conclusively that the use of Acupuncture before and after fertilized embryo transfer (42.5% success rate) had a significantly higher success rate than a normal transfer without Acupuncture (26.3% success rate). In the years since that study, similar ones have been done in Denmark, Colorado and China and all have shown not only this approximate 15-20% boost in pregnancy rates, but that it lasts all the way through the pregnancy.
Before taking the jump to using Clomid, or doing IUI's or IVF, trying on your own with Acupuncture and Herbs is a great option. As long as there is nothing physically impeding you from getting pregnant (e.g., tubal blockage or hostile uterine environment), Acupuncture can generally help regulate your cycle and optimize every month's chance of being the one that works.
Acupuncture and herbal medicine isn't just for women. Male factor can also be addressed. For men, there is evidence showing our ability to increase sperm count, as well as improve motility and morphology percentages.
Acupuncture is performed by inserting fine needles into points along the body, stimulating the flow of the body''s vital energy and functionality, known as Qi (pronounced 'Chee'). These acu-points connect to the network of meridians that flow beneath the surface of the skin, where they flow into the major organs. When the flow of Qi is disrupted, the body's systems become imbalanced. This is frequently experienced as illness or pain, and can appear in women as period irregularities, menstrual pain, breakthrough bleeding, etc. The goal of acupuncture is to clear away these disruptions and revitalize the flow of energy in the meridians.
During the initial consultation, the practitioner will take a comprehensive history of health and illness. This provides a diagram of the overall state of the body, not just a particular symptom. The practitioner asks questions, takes your pulse, examines your tongue, and sometimes palpates your abdomen. The initial visit can last up to 90 minutes, including your first treatment. Subsequent visits usually last about 45 minutes and are done on a weekly basis depending on the patients need for treatment. The course of treatments can vary widely. Problems that have been around for a long time may take more treatments to resolve than ones that are acute. 
Before pharmaceuticals and even the use of Acupuncture needles, herbal remedies were used to heal and balance the human body. Chinese herbs have shown their effectiveness under the scrutiny of both empirical study and modern clinical trials. These herbs can be used to augment the treatment of a particular imbalance, working together or sometimes in place of Acupuncture and other medicines. Unlike most drugs, the herbs are put into complex formulas that are specific to an individual's condition, not just any one symptom. Additionally, the formulas are so well balanced that they hardly ever cause side effects.