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Digestive Health & Whole-System Support

Gentle Care for Indigestion, Bloating, Irregularity & Functional Digestive Imbalance

 

Your digestion is one of your body’s most honest messengers. When it’s functioning smoothly, you feel grounded, clear, and steady. When it’s not, everything from mood to energy to sleep can feel off. Functional digestive issues—indigestion, bloating, irregularity, nausea, or discomfort without a clear diagnosis—are common, but they’re not things you simply have to live with.

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At ECHO, we work with your digestion as part of a larger, interconnected system. Using East Asian Medicine, we look at how stress, sleep, menstrual rhythms, nourishment, and emotional load influence the gut—and how the gut, in turn, affects your whole-body equilibrium. Treatment is gentle, precise, and rooted in helping your system return to a more stable, regulated baseline.

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Common Experiences We Support

  • Indigestion or sluggish digestion

  • Bloating or fullness after meals

  • Gas, discomfort, or irregularity

  • Constipation or loose stools

  • Nausea or queasiness

  • Appetite fluctuations

  • Stress-related digestive symptoms

  • Functional abdominal discomfort without clear findings
     

Our Approach at ECHO

 

Digestive health is not only mechanical—it’s rhythmic, relational, and responsive. In East Asian Medicine, digestion is closely tied to stress patterns, sleep quality, menstrual health, and emotional processing. Symptoms are viewed as signals pointing toward imbalance, not failures of the body.

 

Your care may include:

  • Acupuncture to regulate digestive function, improve circulation, and calm the nervous system

  • Herbal medicine to support bloating, irregularity, appetite changes, or functional imbalance

  • Moxa or gentle warming therapies for cold-type indigestion or sluggishness

  • Rhythm and lifestyle support tailored to your stress patterns, energy levels, and overall terrain

 

Improvements often ripple beyond digestion—into clarity, mood, sleep, and the sense of being more at home in your body.
 

What to Expect

 

You don’t need a diagnosis to begin. Whether you’re navigating daily indigestion, stress-related symptoms, or the feeling that your system is “off,” this care offers a grounded, restorative path forward.

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Together, we’ll explore what your body is asking for and support it in returning to steadiness.

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Related Services

 

This condition is most often supported through:

 

Tending the Terrain

Private acupuncture with herbal prescribing to support energy, appetite, comfort, and the systems that shape digestive resilience.
Learn More | Book a Session

 

Clarifying the Path

Advanced herbal consultations without acupuncture, for ongoing symptom support and systemic regulation
Learn More  |  Book a Session

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Contact

5427 SE Glen Echo Ave  
Gladstone, OR 97027  â€‹

503-776-0769  
hello@echoacupuncture.com  

Hours

Tuesday: 10–8 pm

Wednesday: 10–8 pm

Thursday: 10–8 pm

Friday: 10–8 pm

Saturday: 10–8 pm

Currently seeing patients on bolded days.

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NPI 1003568965 · Group NPI 1710877147

Serving Gladstone, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Jennings Lodge, and Oak Grove, OR

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