Mary Snyder, L.Ac., D.A.O.M. Integrated Acupuncture Services This Profile has Expired

As a California primary healthcare practitioner, Mary's philosophy is to get patients healthy and back on their feet in as little time as possible. At a time when healthcare has taken a backseat to profits, Mary is trying to buck this trend by providing caring, affordable care to each and every patient.

She is a graduate of South Baylo University in Anaheim, California, with a Bachelor of Science in Holistic Science and a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Mary received her Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree at Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica. She is also a member of the Doctors Speakers Bureau and an affiliate of Doctors for Nutrition.

A former court reporter for 25 years, Mary found her calling to acupuncture and Oriental medicine when a family member became ill with cancer. As she searched for health solutions for this family member, Mary discovered the National Institutes of Health consensus statement regarding the efficacy of acupuncture. She also discovered that acupuncture and Oriental medicine is one of the newest primary care professions in the United States and that the benefits of acupuncture have become widely recognized and integrated with mainstream healthcare. She then realized that her purpose was to help as many people as she possibly could to overcome our current system of 'sickcare' versus 'healthcare.'

School: South Baylo University - Anaheim, California
Degree: Master of Science Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

In an official report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials, the World Health Organization lists the following symptoms, diseases and conditions that have been shown through controlled trials to be treated effectively by acupuncture:
• Low back pain
• Neck pain
• Sciatica
• Tennis elbow
• Knee pain
• Periarthritis of the shoulder
• Sprains
• Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
• Headache
• Dental pain
• Temporomandibular (TMJ) dysfunction
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Induction of labor
• Correction of malposition of fetus (breech presentation)
• Morning sickness
• Nausea and vomiting
• Postoperative pain
• Stroke
• Essential hypertension
• Primary hypotension
• Renal colic
• Leucopenia
• Adverse reactions to radiation or chemotherapy
• Allergic rhinitis, including hay fever
• Biliary colic
• Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
• Acute bacillary dysentery
• Primary dysmenorrhea
• Acute epigastralgia
• Peptic ulcer
• Acute and chronic gastritis