Find Your Optimal Health, Naturally.

Restore Balance and Find Harmony Within Your Whole Self

At Ancient Roots Acupuncture, we use traditional East Asian medicine to help you feel more than better. We work through personalized treatments and therapies to help you feel your best physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Whole-Patient, Personalized Care from Ancient Roots Acupuncture in Frankfort, IL

Treating symptoms is only the beginning.

In our healing partnerships, we don’t treat a symptom. We treat the whole person. Every treatment plan is personalized to restore balance and harmony between body, mind, and spirit.

Healing Partnerships to Connect Patients With a Personalized Treatment

Natural pain relief without side effects: Pain therapies that are more effective than opioids, and drug‑free

Stress and anxiety reduction

Enhanced vitality and fatigue relief: Via energetic rebalancing with acupuncture and herbs

Support for women’s health: Fertility, menstrual balance, menopausal relief

Immune resilience and digestive harmony

Long‑term wellness over symptom suppression: Focusing on root causes and sustainable balance

Treating the Whole Person With Time-Tested Therapies + Treatments

Ancient Roots Acupuncture is a traditional East Asian clinic and primarily uses acupuncture and personalized herbal medicine for treatment.

Our treatments and therapies include:

→ Acupuncture
→ Herbal medicine
→ Cupping therapy and gua sha
→ Moxibustion (Moxa)
→ Tui Na
→ Qi gong and dietary therapy
→ LightStim+
→ Chinese Herbal Medicine
→ PEMF Therapy
→ Far Infrared heater mats

Why East Asian Medicine? The Foundational Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine

East Asian Medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine provide a functional, holistic framework for understanding the body and treating disease.

A trained TCM doctor uses patterns identified in the patient to tailor each treatment to the individual, aiming not just to relieve symptoms, but to restore systemic balance.

Qi

Qi (pronounced “chee”) is considered the invisible energy or force that animates life and maintains health. It is:

→ Dynamic and flowing — not static
→ Found in all living things and nature
→ Thought to circulate through pathways called meridians, much like blood flows through veins

Yin and Yang

In Chinese Medicine, Yin (阴) and Yang (阳) are core philosophical and diagnostic principles that describe opposing yet complementary forces in the universe — including within the human body.

Understanding Yin and Yang is essential for diagnosing and treating disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Yin is associated with coolness, darkness, rest, nourishing and is associated most strongly with the kidneys.

Wu Xing (The Five Elements)

Wood (木), Fire (火), Earth (土), Metal (金), Water (水)

The Five Elements (五行, Wǔ Xíng) in Chinese Medicine are a system of classification used to understand how different parts of the body, emotions, and natural processes are interconnected and how they influence each other. This system helps practitioners diagnose imbalances and design treatments that restore harmony.

Holism and Interconnectedness of Body, Mind, and Environment

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is fundamentally holistic, viewing the human being as an interconnected whole, where body, mind, and spirit are inseparable and mutually influential. Unlike many Western medical models that focus primarily on isolated physical symptoms, Chinese medicine sees health as a dynamic balance between the physical body, emotional state, mental clarity, and spiritual vitality within the context of one’s environment and lifestyle.

What to Expect from Your First Visit

Your first visit includes a full consultation, reviewing health history, lifestyle, and goals.

Personalized together, we create a treatment plan tailored to you. Many patients describe sessions as deeply relaxing and notice improvements in both specific concerns and overall well-being. The first treatment is included in the initial visit after the consultation is complete.