FAQs

Answer: I practice Advanced Japanese Acupuncture, drawing from Ken Kobayashi-style protocols dating back to the 1600s, and internationally recognized Kiiko Matsumoto-style acupuncture. While the former works well for restoring the foundation — homeostasis, organ functions, and immune and nervous systems — the latter is superior in identifying and healing specific root causes.

Compared to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the standard acupuncture in the United States, Japanese acupuncture is highly personalized and more comprehensive. TCM follows standardized protocols, while Japanese acupuncture adapts to each patient's extensive assessment.

Each session is two hours long. This ensures an in-depth healing experience while requiring less frequent visits.

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Answer: I specialize in internal chronic conditions.

While many think of acupuncture primarily for pain management, it is scientifically proven for much more. Its anti-inflammatory effects are equally significant. Acupuncture calms and balances the nervous system, immune system, and hormonal balance, promoting homeostasis of your innate healing functions.

Many Chinese herbs are also anti-inflammatory and nutritional. They alleviate symptoms and work synergistically to enhance acupuncture treatment.

Conditions I commonly treat include autoimmune disease, chronic inflammation, digestive disorders, hormonal imbalance, chronic fatigue, anxiety, skin conditions, respiratory conditions, sleep disorders, and gynecological conditions. I also offer pediatric acupuncture for children under 12.

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Answer: The number of sessions depends on your condition, its severity, recurrence, and history. Most importantly, it depends on the goal of your treatment.

My treatments are typically scheduled every two to four weeks — compared to TCM weekly or bi-weekly.

My practice provides long-term care for chronic conditions and preventive medicine. My patients continue to receive monthly treatment as part of preventive care after their condition has improved.

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Answer: Each session is approximately two hours, allowing for a deeper and rejuvenating experience.

At the initial session, I will conduct a thorough review of your health history, current conditions, and previous treatments. You are welcome to bring your medical reports and test results.

Each treatment follows two steps: 

Step 1: A foundational treatment that restores homeostasis — vital organs such as kidneys, liver, digestive organs, heart, and lungs — and balances the nervous system, bringing the body into deep rest and activating its natural healing response. 

Step 2: A treatment that addresses the root cause of your specific conditions.

Each session also includes guidance on diet, supplements, and lifestyle to support your healing between visits.

Please note the following: 

• Avoid coming hungry or with a full stomach. 
• Avoid alcohol on the day of treatment. 
• Drink plenty of water after treatment. 
• Avoid strenuous activity immediately following your appointment.
• After the initial session, you may feel tired. If so, please rest and go to bed early.

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Answer: I prescribe Chinese herbal medicine that works powerfully alongside Japanese acupuncture. While acupuncture transmits signals from the outer layers to the brain and organs to activate physiological changes, Chinese herbs are ingested to heal from the inside out.

I combine 15–25 herbs to create a personalized formula to meet your condition. The herbs I carry are organic or wild-harvested. You are instructed to prepare the formula according to the traditional decoction method — brewing it in water for 45 minutes. This method ensures the most absorbable and potent form, but I also prescribe Chinese herbs in capsule form for easy use.

Herbs are available to ship to any destination.

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Answer: I offer the following adjunctive therapies that complement acupuncture and herbal medicine:

Functional Detoxification Therapy — A personalized herbal protocol that eliminates accumulated toxins from organs relating to detoxification, such as the intestines, liver, kidneys, and lymphatic system, and revives their innate functions. It addresses the root cause of chronic conditions from the inside out.

Frequency Medicine — The use of specific healing frequencies to support cellular repair, elimination of harmful organisms such as parasites, bacteria, viruses, and mold, and other specific healing purposes.

Dietary Energetics Therapy — Personalized dietary guidance based on Eastern nutritional principles. Food is used as medicine to support your healing by selecting food suitable for your energetic pattern.

Far-Infrared Heat Therapy (Hyperthermia) — Deep heat therapy that promotes circulation, detoxification, and immune function with far-infrared frequencies.

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Answer: Energy Soul Therapy addresses emotional, energetic, and spiritual conditions.

Emotional and energetic conditions include: Anxiety, depression, and repeated negative emotional patterns. Childhood or ancestral traumas and abandonment issues. Loss of a loved one. Low self-esteem, lack of confidence, and self-sabotage. Highly sensitive or easily affected by others (empaths).

Spiritual conditions include: Feeling stuck or unaligned with Higher Self. Weak intuition or lack of connection with the Divine. Searching for life purpose or spiritual guidance.

Energy Soul Therapy facilitates physical healing by activating innate healing ability energetically. It is particularly effective when the root cause lies in emotional or energetic imbalance.

Answer: Reiki and Etheric Healing (Aura Healing) are the core modalities of Energy Soul Therapy that I use. Reiki is used to balance Chakras, restore energetic fields, activate the body's innate healing response, and support deep emotional and spiritual healing.

Etheric Healing is effective for clearing energetic blockages or accumulation that sabotage your healing and growth. The blockage is often energetic debris from past experiences in the form of emotions and belief systems.

I also offer Regression Therapy and Inner-Child Healing to heal the soul's trauma from specific past events. Your attachment to such events is gently healed through guided energetic and soul-level treatment with love and compassion.

My other advanced modalities are used for spiritual activation and clearing. They include Karmic Bands Clearing, Trans-Temporal Trauma Healing, 24 Strand DNA Activation, Elemental Balancing, and 16 Petals Activation, as well as esoteric spiritual healing and activation.

Answer: Master Mika Ichihara is a gifted intuitive healer with the ability to perceive and work directly with the energetic and spiritual dimensions of a person.

She is able to sense energetic blockages, emotional imprints, and soul-level patterns that are not visible to the physical eye. This allows her to identify the root cause of conditions with precision and address them directly.

Her abilities include clairsentience, clairvoyance, claircognizance, clairaudience, and direct communication with earthly and spiritual realms. These gifts are fully integrated with her 30 years of spiritual training — grounding her intuitive perception in a disciplined, professional healing practice across her integrative therapies.

Answer: The initial session begins with a spiritual and energetic assessment of your issues, including your emotions. This allows me to understand where you are and what is present for you — not just your symptoms, but what may be contributing to them at a deeper level.

At the initial session, I will create a healing plan with you. We will discuss the steps to heal your issue and the process involved.

The follow-up session begins with new developments and current status since the last session.

After the assessment, I proceed to treatment tailored to your specific healing needs.

Each session closes with sharing the findings, messages, guidance, reflections, and recommendations to support your healing between visits.

Standard Session — 80 minutes. Extended / Advanced Session — 110 minutes.

Answer: The number of sessions depends on your condition, its depth, and your healing goals.

For Energy Soul Therapy, I recommend 3 to 5 sessions for each healing project. Most patients experience meaningful progress within this period. Deeper or longer-held patterns may benefit from continued work over a longer period.

Once a project is complete, we discuss whether to continue with a next project based on your needs and readiness.

Spiritual Coaching is continued spiritual support for day-to-day life, especially when going through a tough time. I recommend scheduling every 2 to 4 weeks.

I offer a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your specific situation and give you a clearer sense of what to expect.

Answer: Yes. Many of my patients combine acupuncture and Energy Soul Therapy as they complement each other for deeper healing.

It is especially effective for patients with multi-layered chronic conditions that have both physical and emotional or energetic roots. Treating both dimensions simultaneously often produces faster and more lasting results.

Energy Soul Therapy also complements Chinese Astrology and esoteric readings to receive spiritual guidance, and House Energy Clearing and Classical Feng Shui to create a sacred and energetically balanced home. Together, these create a comprehensive approach to healing across the physical, emotional, energetic, and environmental dimensions of your life.