Alexandra McBryde, DSOM, LAc (she/her)

Alexandra McBryde, DSOM, LAc | Dragon Rises Center for Wholeness in Portland, Oregon

Alexandra is currently on maternity leave.

The body has a homeodynamic intelligence that knows how to restore balance. With an integrative system of holistic medicine, we remind the body of this knowledge and nudge it back towards wholeness. In service of this inherent knowing, I offer a blend of Classical Chinese Medicine—both acupuncture and herbal therapy, cranialsacral, applied qigong, mindfulness-based practices, and flower essences.

Education

I hold a Doctorate of Science in Oriental Medicine (DSOM) and a Master’s of Science in Integrative Mental Health from the National University of Natural Medicine. I have studied within the Shen-Hammer lineage of pulse diagnosis since 2015.

I regularly offer care to people who have experiences of:

  • fertility and folks wanting to conceive

  • menstrual issues

  • postpartum time (anxiety/depression)

  • people moving through the process of Western medical fertility treatments (IVF, IUI, etc.)

  • end of life/palliative care

  • cancer

  • side effects of cancer treatments, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery

  • people just wanting to establish care with someone to start focusing on general health and wellbeing

  • people wanting to explore nutrition and nourishment through food and lifestyle ideas

  • existential crisis

  • migraines

  • digestive issues: achalasia of cardia, SIBO, diverticulitis/diverticulosis, Chron’s, ulcer, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain (explained and unexplained)

  • depression

  • PTSD

  • anxiety

  • bipolar 1 and 2

  • worry

  • being a teenager

  • musculoskeletal pain

  • eating disorders

  • MVA’s