Private Acupuncture · Tokyo
A private acupuncture clinic in Tokyo. Treatments are tailored to each individual, informed by ryodoraku diagnostic measurements.
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The Practitioner
Emilie is a licensed acupuncturist (鍼灸師), certified by the Japan National Board. She holds a parallel career as a senior IT professional at a global technology company — a dual life that shapes her understanding of what her clients carry into the treatment room — exhaustion that sleep does not fix, bodies held too long under pressure, minds that will not slow down.
Born and raised in Taiwan, she spent a decade living and working across France and Italy before settling in Tokyo. Her practice draws on Chinese meridian medicine, aromatherapy, and the traditional Japanese arts of ikebana — disciplines she regards not as decoration, but as training in sustained attention.
She also practises at a clinic in Ginza.
License
鍼灸師
Licensed Acupuncturist & Moxibustionist
Japan National Board
Background
Taiwan · France
Italy · Tokyo
Language
English · French
Japanese · Mandarin
The Science
Acupuncture works primarily through the autonomic nervous system. Needle stimulation activates sensory nerve fibres, triggering a cascade of physiological responses: the parasympathetic branch is engaged, cortisol levels decrease, and the body shifts out of a sustained stress response.
In classical Chinese meridian medicine, this is described as the movement of Qi through meridian channels. The frameworks differ; the outcomes are consistent.
01
Autonomic regulation
Acupuncture shifts the autonomic nervous system toward parasympathetic dominance — reducing heart rate, lowering cortisol, and disengaging the chronic fight-or-flight state that underlies most stress-related conditions.
02
Sleep architecture
Disrupted sleep is frequently a dysfunction of cortisol rhythm and melatonin suppression. Acupuncture has been shown to improve sleep onset, reduce nocturnal waking, and extend slow-wave sleep phases.
03
Musculoskeletal pain
Local needle stimulation promotes blood flow, releases myofascial trigger points, and modulates pain signalling via endogenous opioid release. Effective for chronic lower back, cervical, and shoulder conditions.
The Treatment
Each session includes all of the following. We use Seirin needles — the finest Japanese-made acupuncture needles available, individually sterilised and single use. The insertion is exceptionally smooth and nearly painless, making this a comfortable experience even for first-time patients.
This session is for you if
Mental fatigue
Your mind is always on. The kind of tired that sleep does not fix.
Disrupted sleep
You fall asleep but do not rest. Something keeps pulling you back to the surface.
Chronic tension
Persistent tension in the lower back, shoulders, or neck that keeps returning no matter what you do.
Duration
90
minutes
Investment
¥35,000
per session
Location
Private
By appointment only
Package
Designed for those committed to a sustained course of treatment. The conditions that respond best to acupuncture rarely resolve in a single session.
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