Palmetto Acupuncture and Holistic Health Clinic

Palmetto Acupuncture and Holistic Health Clinic is an acupuncturist in Columbia, SC, located at 1825 Sumter St. It provides acupuncture, Oriental medicine, herbal, and nutritional medicine services to patients in the Columbia and Lexington areas. The clinic uses alternative healing techniques alongside traditional approaches to address conditions such as infertility, depression, back and neck pain, post-traumatic stress syndrome, and post-chemotherapy nausea.

The clinic was opened in 2003 by Martin Herbkersman, MTOM, D. Ac, DIPL. He is an Acupuncturist (SC) and Licensed Acupuncturist (CA) who is board-certified in Oriental medicine and holds licenses in California and SC. Herbkersman earned a master’s degree (MTOM) from Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, California, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He has over 20 years of experience and is Nationally Board Certified. His practice emphasizes pain management and fertility acupuncture, including work with Reproductive Endocrinologists to enhance conventional fertility treatments. He has also treated the Army’s Warriors in Transition Unit for physical and mental pain. Herbkersman is a past chairman of the SC Acupuncture Advisory Committee to the Board of Medical Examiners and has served as president of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM).

The clinical team includes Pei Xu, Ph.D., Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®, a National Board-Certified Acupuncturist. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Florida College of Integrative Medicine, receiving her Master of Science in Oriental Medicine and Bachelor in Professional Health Studies. Xu earned a Doctoral degree in Sports Psychology and Sports Training from Wuhan Sports University in China, where she worked with Olympic teams and elite athletes on stress, anxiety, and sports injuries. The clinic also features front desk staff members Lisa and Grace. Treatments utilize single-use, disposable needles to stimulate specific points, aiming to regulate the endocrine system, calm the nervous system, and trigger the release of endorphins. Patients can reach the clinic by phone at 803-806-8889.

Palmetto Acupuncture and Holistic Health Clinic combines the wisdom of Chinese medicine with modern complementary methods to serve the Midlands area.

The clinic’s specialized holistic approach to pain management and fertility care makes it a vital resource for residents of Columbia, SC.

The clinic sits on Sumter Street, just steps from the Comet Central bus station and within a tenth of a mile of Ladson Presbyterian Church and the Metro Region Police Department.

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Services:

• Acupuncture
• Herbal Medicine
• Oriental Reproductive Medicine
• Pain Management
• Stress Relief