Darin J. Bunch,
Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist, M.T.C.M, L.Ac

Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Herbalist Darin Bunch feels fortunate to work at a center offering a comprehensive and holistic approach, combining Eastern and Western oncology therapies.

Acupuncture and East Asian medicine, he states, strengthen the body's natural defenses, which assist in enhancing the immune system. This ancient therapy helps restore and maintain equilibrium to an individual.

Darin's patients know that those benefits are even more important before, during and after cancer treatment. Acupuncture has been shown to improve the results of chemotherapy while at the same time easing nausea, pain and other side effects while boosting the body's natural immunity for an integrated approach to fighting cancer.

Darin attended the renowned Northwest Institute of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) where he earned his Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine (M.T.C.M.). He is a Diplomate in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine and is licensed in the state of Washington. He also holds a degree in psychology from Seattle University.

People have been traveling to Darin at the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center since 2002. They hail from all over the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Alaska. In fact, Darin was featured in the August, 2010 issue of the prestigious Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as one of Seattle's "Top Docs" in the field of acupuncture, as chosen in a survey of 1,200 professionals. He was also invited to contribute to and was featured in the book Living Lessons, by Mark Shigihara, RPh & Kim Erickson (Active Interest Media, Inc, 2010).

Darin has lectured first and second-year medical students at the University of Washington. He has also lectured extensively on the integration of acupuncture & Chinese medicine with Western oncology at Gildaʼs Club. In addition, he has assisted in teaching "clean needle technique" at NIAOM.

Darin continues to follow his passion into the upper echelons of his field. In 2010, he was accepted into the reputable Oregon College of Oriental Medicine to pursue his Clinical Doctorate of Acupuncture & Oriental medicine (D.A.O.M.).

He believes that his patients' participation plays an intricate role in their own health and wellness. "I may be teaching them about traditional Chinese medicine," he says, "but my patients teach me every day. The teacher becomes the student and the student becomes the teacher".

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