Adele Strauss M.Ac., L.Ac. graduated with a Masters Degree in Chinese and Japanese Acupuncture from the New England School of Acupuncture and is licensed by the Massachusetts Board of Medicine and certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She also has a background in Shiatsu (Japanese acupressure massage, and psychotherapy.  Over years of practice she has developed her own style of deep tissue massage.

Adele has devoted her life to the study and practice of Chinese Medicine, as well as to the studies of the eastern philosophies and worlds view out of  which Chinese Medicine developed.

In the interest of practicing preventative, as well as curative medicine,  she emphasizes the importance of nutrition, and diet, often as the primary factor in the cause and cure of many disharmonies or diseases. She also focuses on psychosocial, and emotional causes of physiological disharmony. With a background in psychotherapy and comparative eastern philosophy, she explores with her clients, how one’s thinking can affect one’s health, both negatively and positively.

She recommends regular exercise, stretching and movement, and she recommends including the practice of meditation in one’s daily life.

For twenty years Adele has maintained and enjoyed a busy and flourishing practice, at first in shiatsu, and for the last sixteen years in Acupuncture, massage and herbal medicine.

She is a consultant of Chinese Herbal Medicine, only using herbs from  American herbal pharmacies with the strictest quality control and the highest standards of purity.

There are many different ways of practicing Acupuncture.  Adele specializes in Classical Acupuncture, which is distinctively different from the modern practice, known as Traditional Acupuncture.

(Please refer to the website’s page on Classical Acupuncture to learn about the difference between the styles.)

Adele also specializes in a style of modern Japanese Acupuncture which uses abdominal palpation, the original and oldest way of diagnosis in Chinese Medicine.

Working in a field as vast and ancient as Chinese Medicine, Adele is actively and passionately involved in ongoing studies, and a long term writing project.

She is forever indebted to her teachers the renowned Jeffrey Yuen and Kiiko Matsumoto.

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“I am a strong believer in complimentary medicine both personally and professionally. I am an anesthesiologist, have studied medical acupuncture, and have been a client of Adele Strauss for over 10 years.

Adele has a profound knowledge of classical acupuncture that is reflected in her formulation of elegant treatment plans. She also has a broad understanding of many acupuncture styles that allow her to blend classical and cultural diagnostic and treatment techniques.

I consult with Adele as a first tier response to acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems and a host of nonspecific medical issues that are readily addressed with energetic medicine. As a result, I have minimized the need for more aggressive allopathic medical evaluation and treatment and/or pharmacologic intervention. I particularly enjoy pairing the acupuncture treatment with a wonderful massage.

To summarize, she is an artist, a scholar, and a phenomenal healer that I highly recommend without reservation.”

Barbara Schulman M.D.
Newton MA
March 2009