Dr. Christine Chang is a Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor, Licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. She was born and raised in the northern part of Taiwan. While growing up there, she had witnessed how balanced nutrition and active health lifestyles helped people to prevent certain illness and optimize the quality of their lives. From a young age, she knew she wanted to advocate the importance of preventative health care and to help people obtain better quality of life.
In her practice, she utilizes her passion with nutrition, lifestyle coaching and combining Chinese medicine and naturopathic medicines to tailor personalized treatment for her patients. Her clinical background includes extensive training in women’s health (e.g. PCOS, PMS/PMDD, menopause, hormone imbalance), fertility/prenatal care, throughout pregnancy and postpartum care, adrenal health, emotional supports and pain managements.
She is a Fellow of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM) which is a group of internationally recognized Chinese medicine clinicians and many researchers whose mission is to provide integrative and evidence-based cares. She is passionate to work with women on their fertility journey including postpartum care with acupuncture, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy and nutrition. With other modalities like cupping, moxibustion, herbal supplements, hormone prescriptions and vitamins injections, she is also experienced in helping patients with insomnia, depression and anxiety, digestive dysfunction, musculoskeletal pain, adrenal fatigue, thyroid imbalance, infertility and hormone imbalance.
Dr. Christine is committed to empower her patients to understand their bodies and make appropriate decision for their health through the knowledge of nutrition, health habits, and emotional well-being. She firmly believes that health is a collective term that built on an immensely connection between mind, physical and emotional balances. These three aspects have great impacts on one another, and it is essential to recognize the imbalance in order to achieve the whole person wellness. She works closely with each patient by evaluating these three aspects when identifying the underlying causes of illness. She values highly with the innate healing each body equipped when opportunities are given, thus she strives for the best cares to meet patient’s needs.
In her spare time, she enjoys taking her son to zoo, music class and visiting various hiking trails and beaches in San Diego. She loves trees and sounds from the ocean and hoping her son will learn to appreciate the medicine and healing from nature.
Dr. Christine is so honored and looking forward to working with her patients in partnership of their healing journey, helping them to achieve the goals of their healing process and well-being.