Gentle, Effective Acupuncture – Boone, NC

JENNIFER F. WEST, L.Ac, MSTOM

JONATHAN H. WEST, L.Ac, MSTOM

At West Acupuncture & Wellness, we offer gentle and effective acupuncture, herbal medicine, and food/diet therapy. In addition, we talk about stress levels & how to improve the quality of life with things like meditation, stretching and gentle exercise. Our acupuncture style is very good for kids/children, elderly and needle sensitive people. We would like for you to use this website as a healing resource for information (SHOP below) on the best quality & most effective herbs, supplements, teas, essential oils & other must haves’ on your healing journey. We are centrally located in Boone, NC (Watauga County) with easy access from neighboring areas like West Jefferson, Ash, Banner Elk and Blowing Rock.

Acupuncture for Sports Injuries

Published November 21, 2022

Whether you are a professional, college, or high school athlete (or maybe just a weekend warrior), you know that injuries can happen when you least expect it. Sometimes, it’s a traumatic injury because your body was pushed beyond its limit and sometimes, the injury comes from simple overuse. And every athlete wants to get back on the field, court,

How Acupuncture Can Improve Lung Health

The health of our lungs isn’t necessarily talked about a lot when general health is discussed. Typically, cardiovascular health, chronic pain, cholesterol and stroke risk tend to be the more common topics. Many don’t think about lung health until there is a problem and then improving it becomes priority number one.

Acupuncture as an Alternative to Opioids

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, almost 50,000 people die every year from opioid overdoses, more than 10 million misuse opioids in a given year, and opioids are a factor in 72% of overdose deaths. You hear about the opioid crisis on the nightly news frequently but what can be done to help people deal with