Warren A. King is a Minnetonka, Minnesota-based licensed acupuncturist with specialty in auricular therapy, serving the metro Twin Cities and greater St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. areas as well as patients throughout the state of Minnesota for over 14 years and patients nationwide since 1986.During your examination, Warren King, L.Ac. will test which healing modalities are most beneficial for you and guide you on your path to health. Warren King, L.Ac. has training in the following healing arts:? Auricular medicine? Custom dietary advice? Western herbology? Chinese herbology? Acupuncture? As well as many othersTraditional Oriental Medicine has always recognized the role of substances such as foods and herbs in healing. But, unlike Western medicine, Eastern medicine has also understood the vital role that energy, or qi, plays in creating health. The energy that keeps us alive is also what the body uses to heal and repair itself. When energy flow is disrupted or out of balance, vitality decreases, symptoms appear, and eventually diseases develop.In my practice, I make effective use of herbs, supplements and homeopathic remedies. When I treat patients with acupuncture, I can opt to use needles, heat or moxibustion, laser, or electrical stimulation, and even tuning forks or gemstones. All of these can be used to favorably alter the flow of energy in the body, creating balance where there are imbalances, and removing blockages that prevent the normal flow of energy. Once the energy is balanced and vital nutrients are provided, the body has a real chance to heal itself.In addition to the use of these therapies, I also employ a system of healing called drainage. This is the use of remedies or techniques that improve the function of or open up the organs of elimination ? the kidneys, liver, intestines or skin ? so that the body can detoxify through the normal channels of elimination. Certain high quality remedies can actually cause elimination of stored toxins at the cellular level. This is essential to get results with normally hard-to-treat cases like autoimmune diseases. The opening up of the organs of elimination through the use of drainage therapies greatly reduces the incidence of what is known as a healing crisis. When a healing crisis occurs, a patient will feel worse before beginning to feel better. While this is something I normally try to prevent, I do find that, in some cases, a patient will actually benefit from the awareness gained when they consciously experience some of the detoxification as it takes place.Oriental Medicine has provided a solid foundation for my practice, and drainage therapies have provided a highly effective method for eliminating toxins with a minimum of detoxification symptoms. But it is my specialty in Auricular Therapy that has provided me with an unusual degree of precision and accuracy in both in finding out what is causing health issues and in their treatment.Visit my website for more info, video testimonials, my podcasts, and blog. Give us a call to set up an appointment and take the first step toward your true, authentic natural health today, we look forward to helping you become whole and healthy!