Meet Tina Pham, MSTCM, L.Ac.
Tina helps you to feel revitalized in your relationship with yourself, your health, and your life. She holds space for you to be seen and heard and is dedicated to meeting you where you are in your healing journey. She inspires you to take an active role in your well-being by providing reasonable recommendations to help meet your health and wellness goals.
As a second-generation practitioner, Tina brings the expertise and wisdom of traditional medicine to best support you. She uses acupuncture, herbal medicine, along with other therapeutic methods, to promote genuine shifts toward natural healing.
Tina is a California Board-Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist. She graduated with a Master’s Degree from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. She worked in higher education before changing career paths and aligning with her familial roots.
She is a dedicated educator and facilitator at AAPI and wellness events, offering guided practices such as acupressure and Qigong. She is passionate about mental-emotional health, intergenerational healing, and uplifting communities.
Tina lives in San Francisco with her husband, Brian and their therapy dog in-training, Soba. You can find her perusing her favorite farmers’ markets, strolling Fort Funston, or enjoying a matcha latte at a neighborhood cafe.
The Persimmon Approach
Holistic Healing with a Focus on Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being
Whether you are facing health concerns or seeking improvement in your health, you deserve high-quality care tailored to your unique needs. The symptoms you are experiencing are signs of a deeper imbalance in your body. Our holistic approach takes into account all aspects of your health with a special focus on your mental health and emotional well-being.
OUR ROOTS
Many autumns have passed with Tina and her family gathering to harvest the persimmon trees at her maternal grandparents’ home. The cool, crisp air of Northern California ripened the persimmons and turned the leaves a deep shade of orange-red, nearly concealing the sweet treasures from their sight. Each harvest provided an abundance of persimmons to distribute amongst family and friends. This sharing of coveted fruit was an act of love in their Vietnamese culture.
Through the lens of Chinese Medicine, Fall is the season of dryness and a time when the Lungs are most easily affected. Nature, in its wisdom, offers persimmons at this time — fruits known to nourish the Lungs and relieve coughs.
This knowledge stems from Tina’s reverence for her late father, Dr. Pham, who illuminated her path to becoming a Chinese Medicine practitioner. Dr. Pham was a pioneer as one of the first Vietnamese Doctors of Asian Medicine in the Bay Area community, practicing for over 40 years. He specialized in auricular acupuncture and herbal medicine to treat internal and chronic conditions. Dr. Pham helped heal multiple generations and inspired many to pursue careers in acupuncture and natural medicine.
In Buddhism, persimmons symbolize spiritual transformation. Green, bitter persimmons represent ignorance, while sweet, ripened persimmons represent the wisdom gained through maturity. Tina honors her late father’s legacy, and through her own journey of healing and growth, Persimmon Acupuncture came to be.
