Franklin Square, NY Drs and Health Practioners

Where there's Chinese smoke, there's a fiery acupuncture Groupon. For $30, today's deal gets you a 30-minute stress-busting acupuncture treatment at Gotham Wellness, normally $65. Gotham provides people with "The Health You Deserve"—a philosophy built on the belief that health is complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Located at 15 W. 26th St., it's an oasis for the city's stress-ridden residents.

Tree of Life Acupuncture was established in 1993. We specialize in Pain Management, Infertility and Immune System.

If your eyes are the windows to your soul, your teeth are the white-picket fence that protects the soul from oversized pieces of taffy. Strengthen your defenses against windpipe-sized food with today's Groupon for clean and healthy teeth. For $59, get a full dental exam, any necessary x-rays, and teeth cleaning from LLM Dental Associates, a $325 value.

Licensed acupuncturist and herbologist Nicholas C. Steadman uses the tools of traditional Chinese medicine to combat stress. With sterile, superfine one-use needles applied at key points across the body, he aims to relax muscles and ease anxiety, headaches, and insomnia. Though the precise mechanism behind acupuncture's effects is not yet known, doctors have begun drawing on new technologies to apply the same basic principles—notably, by replacing needles with lasers. Considered especially effective in correcting painful muscle spasms, cold-laser acupuncture does away with even the mild tingling sensation of traditional needles while reaching myofascial trigger points beneath the skin via beams of carefully calibrated light energy. Steadman combines the traditional and the high-tech within a secluded, zen-inspired suite a block from the vast qi reservoirs of Central Park.

Isatis, forsythia, and echinacea are herbs that Dr. Christopher Trahan, Doctor of Oriental Medicine (O.M.D.), prescribes to treat many illnesses–herbs that have been used for centuries to treat a wide range of ailments. At Olympus Center, the doctor oversees a full pharmacy of both Western and Chinese botanicals. His extensive training—which took him to Sri Lanka, India, China, and across the United States— enables him to draw upon it effectively. He prescribes customized herbal regimens for patients after detailed consultations, in the form of concentrated powdered extracts, pills, liquid tinctures and homeopathic remedies.

As a Holistic Integrative Medicine physician, Dr. Trahan's utilizes an extensive combination of therapies, including homeopathy, nutritional guidance, and physiotherapies such as massage in addition to his herbal remedies and acupuncture. Dr. Trahan has served on the faculty of both the International Institute of Chinese Medicine and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (O.M.D.), espoused the benefits of holistic natural medicine during numerous TV and radio appearances, and has written a number of published articles, whose topics include Traditional Chinese Medicine and Women's Health.