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Providing high-quality healing with Herbal medicine and acupuncture, Dr. Miriam Pineles has pledged to help others live the life they yearn to live. She has studied with great masters in the field of Chinese medicine and continues to study to refine her skills to be the best practitioner she can be in service of her patients.

Dr. Miriam Pineles, DACM, LAc
Acupuncturist and Herbal Medicine
Center Founder and Clinical Director
Miriam Pineles is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (DACM), and founder of Conscious Health and Wellness, Inc. She is a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine, certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and licensed in Acupuncture by the State of NY. Miriam graduated from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City with a Master’s degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM), and also studied Five-Element Acupuncture at the Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. Miriam is a Birth Doula and received her certification from Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and she received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
Miriam has studied under some of the most respected practitioners in the United States and around the world, including Dr. Richard Tan, Robert Doane, Dr. Jimmy Chang and Heather Bruce. All of these outstanding practitioners taught her unique and exceptional methods in acupuncture, pulse analysis, herbal prescription writing and treating women’s perinatal health.
Miriam specializes in women’s health concerns, in particular, perinatal health. Miriam has worked with hundreds of women to achieve healthy pregnancies (with natural fertility enhancement and IVF support), and to ease common pregnancy ailments and discomfort. Miriam treats a variety of gynecological disorders including PMS, Painful/heavy periods, PMDD, PCOS, Endometriosis, Cysts, Fibroids and more.
Miriam also specializes in the treatment of various pain syndromes in the body, as well as allergies, migraines, insomnia, anxiety and depression.


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Dr. Miriam Pineles, DACM, L.Ac, Named Acupuncturist of the Month
Dr. Miriam Pineles, DACM, L.Ac, has been named Acupuncturist of the Month with Acupuncture Continuing Education. Read more at the link below.Miriam Pineles is Board certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine and Licensed in Acupuncture by the state of NY....
“We are not human beings, we are human becomings.”
Dear Friends, My colleague and pediatrician, Dr. Elissa Rubin, MD wrote a great blog post that eloquently describes this period we are in. She refers to us as butterflies still stuck in our gooey, crowded and very uncomfortable cocoons. This link she shared puts it...
Looking ahead: Treating the next “waves” of Covid-19
Hello Friends, We have experienced so much in the last 7 weeks- each in our own way. We are grieving loss, healing trauma and experiencing growing-pains as we adjust to a new world. Along with this, I pray you have found pockets of light, calm and hope for...
Dr. Miriam Pineles, DACM, L.Ac, Named Acupuncturist of the Month
Dr. Miriam Pineles, DACM, L.Ac, has been named Acupuncturist of the Month with Acupuncture Continuing Education. Read more at the link below.Miriam Pineles is Board certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine and Licensed in Acupuncture by the state of NY....
“We are not human beings, we are human becomings.”
Dear Friends, My colleague and pediatrician, Dr. Elissa Rubin, MD wrote a great blog post that eloquently describes this period we are in. She refers to us as butterflies still stuck in our gooey, crowded and very uncomfortable cocoons. This link she shared puts it...


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