Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Qi Gong in Bellingham

Matt Van Dyke, L.Ac. EAMP

My Mission is to provide quality health care, and to empower the individual to tap into their own healing potential by providing tools for health and well-being.

Areas of focus include Life Enhancement and Longevity, Maximizing Human Potential, Pain Management, and EENT diseases. Modalities include Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Qi Gong prescriptions, in addition to Lifestyle Modification. Read more about me…

I am a preferred provider for Kaiser HMO, PPO, Aetna, Healthways, Premera, First Choice Health Network, Regence, Lifewise, and others not listed here. I offer a prompt pay at time of service discount. Schedule now…

When Your Next Meal is Part of the Treatment Plan

Published March 23, 2026

For many chronic health issues, everyday exposures matter most. Food isn’t only fuel. It’s raw material, signaling molecules, and a daily set of “instructions” your body reads repeatedly.

The idea of food as medicine isn’t new. It shows up in traditional healing systems, in public health, and increasingly in modern clinical research. The most useful way to think about

Cupping + Acupuncture: More Than the Sum of its Parts

Do any of these scenarios sound like your life: a stubborn knot between the shoulder blades, a low-back flare that keeps returning, or a neck that feels “stuck” after long hours at a desk? Acupuncture needles can calm the nervous system and change pain signaling and cupping can mechanically decompress tight tissue and improve local circulation. Used together thoughtfully and

Electroacupuncture: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Current

The clinic was quiet except for the soft hum of a small device on the treatment table. A runner lay comfortably, acupuncture needles placed along her calf and lower back to address chronic pain that kept her from her regular running routine.

Because of the chronic and nagging injury, she turned to acupuncture to find healing. But it wasn’t