Department of Lung & Breathing · East to West Wellness Center
Asthma, a cough that will not quit or breathing that feels harder?
Inhalers and lung care matter. But when the airways remain irritated or a cough keeps returning, you may still need an explanation for what is keeping the pattern active.
Sound familiar?
If this is you, you’re in the right place
- Asthma requires frequent rescue inhaler use
- A cough lasts weeks or months
- Getting winded feels easier than it used to
- Chest tightness appears with allergies or stress
- Snoring or sleep apnea affects breathing and sleep
What medicine does well, and what it wasn’t built for
Why it keeps coming back
Inhalers and steroids open and calm the airways, and they can be lifesaving. Keep using them as prescribed. But airways can stay irritated when the immune system is activated, irritants clear slowly and lymph drains poorly.
That’s the part we work on. We don’t replace your doctor. We optimize the systems underneath, your metabolism, mitochondria and immune response, so your body can do what it’s built to do: heal and stay well.
Systems biology, applied to Lung & Breathing
The three systems we see most often
Chronic immune activation
An immune system on alert keeps the airways inflamed and reactive.
Poor detoxification pathways
Irritants and inflammatory load clear slowly.
Poor lymph circulation
Slow lymph flow keeps congestion and swelling around.
Systems we check in every lung & breathing evaluation:
Diagnosis decides what we fix. If a system tests fine, we leave it alone and put your time and money where it matters.
How we fix it
In the order that matters
Calm the airways
Support breathing comfort alongside prescribed care.
Lower immune activation
Address inflammation that keeps the airways reactive.
Support clearance and lymph flow
Address irritant load and congestion.
Sleep and breathing
Support nighttime breathing and recovery.
What we measure
Your numbers, re-tested
We only order what would change your plan, and we tell you up front which tests may be covered.
Our tools
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture, clinical nutrition, medical-grade supplements and herbal prescriptions, moxibustion and red light. When you need more, our physician partners and your own specialists are part of the plan.
What patients say
★★★★★Scheduled an appointment on a whim to see if they could treat my on-and-off silent asthma attacks, after one session I found myself breathing better than I ever had in months! I highly recommend this practice to anyone looking for holistic ways to improve their health. The staff and doctors are always friendly, easygoing, and welcoming.
Michelle M. · Google review, 2024-05
Verbatim Google reviews (207 reviews, 4.96 average). Individual results vary; no outcome is promised.
Our offer
A personalized care plan, backed by your own markers
Every department offers the same thing: a time-based plan built for your issue. Testing, mapping where the problem started, a written plan, treatments, clinical nutrition, and supplement and herbal prescriptions, all aimed at your issue instead of piecemeal visits. Acupuncture is our super-specialty, and many plans work with or without it.
| East to West care plan | One-size protocol | |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s built | From your testing and your history | The same steps for everyone with the same complaint |
| What it targets | The systems underneath, in the order that matters for you | The symptom you walked in with |
| How you know it’s working | Markers agreed up front, re-tested | You guess |
| What backs it | Progress Guarantee tied to those markers | Nothing |
| What you take home | A System Map and a roadmap for you and your doctors | A product list |
Every plan comes with our Progress Guarantee. Before we start, we agree on the markers we’ll track: your symptom score plus two or three lab or clinical markers that can realistically change. If you’ve done your part and we haven’t hit them in your plan’s time frame, we keep working with you at a reduced rate or add complimentary care. We promise the work and the measurement, not a cure.
Care plans: Compare Reset, Rebuild and Thrive for this department — see included tests, visits and holiday enrollment savings.
The one place to start
Plans, not protocols. It starts with your Systems Biology Evaluation.
You know you have the problem. What nobody has shown you is how your symptom ties back to your metabolism, inflammation and immune system. That connection is our specialty.
- We map your chief complaint back to every system driving it.
- We decide which tests you actually need, and tell you which may be covered and which aren’t.
- We lay out your plan and timeline, with options for how many treatments and how long.
- You leave with your one-page System Map: where the problem sits, which systems are involved, and how we’ll address each one, in order.
Sometimes the answer is simple. If it’s a local problem, you may only need acupuncture, and we’ll tell you that.
Systems Biology Evaluation for Lung & Breathing
$100
30–60 minutes, in person in Huntington. A $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
Book your Systems Biology Evaluationor call (631) 416-4940
By your fourth visit, we’ll both know whether it’s working. We score your symptoms at visit 1 and visit 4, and if it isn’t working we’ll tell you and point you to what will.
Lung & Breathing questions
Should I stop using my inhaler?
No. Keep using inhalers as prescribed. Never stop or change medication without your pulmonologist or prescriber.
Do you replace my pulmonologist?
No. We work alongside your pulmonologist and existing respiratory care.
What testing may be reviewed?
We may review hsCRP, vitamin D, ferritin, IgE where useful, A1c and gut microbiome testing.
When is breathing an emergency?
Severe shortness of breath, blue lips, chest pain or an asthma attack your inhaler does not relieve is an emergency. Call 911.
What happens at the Systems Biology Evaluation?
In 30 to 60 minutes we map your chief complaint to the systems driving it, decide which tests you actually need, and lay out your plan and timeline. You leave with a one-page System Map. It’s a $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
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Your body is a system. We treat it like one.
Start with a $350 Systems Biology Evaluation for $100. You leave with your System Map and a plan.
