DANA LAVOIE, LAC
Twenty years of practice. Ten thousand client visits. One specialty most practitioners never find.
Chinese herbs matched to your specific pattern. For the woman who expected to feel better by now.
The hot flashes that ambush you in meetings. The 3am wake-up you can't explain. The exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. The joint pain your doctor says is "just aging." The hair in the shower drain. The bone density scan that shocked you. The weight that appeared and won't leave.
Maybe you've tried everything and gotten partial answers. Maybe you've been toughing it out, waiting for it to pass on its own. Either way — you're here, it's still happening, and something is missing. You've quietly stopped telling people how bad it really is. That's the woman I built this work for.
MY STORY
I Thought I Was Ready for Perimenopause. I Wasn't.
I spent seven years and over $30,000 seeing some of the best functional medicine practitioners I could find. Five different doctors. Every test. Every protocol. Every supplement stack.
I got worse.
Not because those practitioners weren't good. Not because I wasn't trying hard enough. But because nobody was looking for the missing piece. Nobody was asking what my body actually needed to do with everything I was throwing at it.
When I finally matched Custom Chinese Herbs to my specific pattern — everything changed. I went from barely functioning to feeling fifteen years younger. Every symptom I'd carried for years was gone.
Not because I found a magic pill. Because I finally found the missing link that told my body what to actually do with the support I was giving it.
That is exactly what I do for women today.
THE MOMENT EVERYTHING CLICKED
A Client I'll Never Forget
Early in my practice — nearly twenty years ago — a woman came to see me who was in genuine crisis.
Her hot flashes weren't the inconvenient kind. They were seismic — arriving with such force, such anxiety, such cognitive disruption that she had crashed her car with her children inside. Nearly set her house on fire. She was desperate in a way that made conventional descriptions of menopause feel absurd. This wasn't a quality-of-life issue. This was her life.
Within eight to twelve weeks on a Chinese herbal formula matched specifically to her pattern, she felt like herself again.
I had been trained in Chinese herbal medicine. I knew it worked. But watching it work for her — after everything else had failed — is the moment I understood what I was actually here to do.
What I realized that day is what drives every formula I've built since: it isn't enough to give a woman good herbs. You have to give her the right herbs for the way her specific body is responding to this transition. Generic approaches get partial results. Pattern-matched herbs get your life back.
DANA LAVOIE, LAC
What I Do — And Why It Works When Other Things Haven't
Chinese herbal medicine is the most powerful menopause tool most women have never tried.
Not because it's exotic. Because it's precise. A formula built for your pattern does something a supplement stack can't: it tells your body what to do with the support you're already giving it.
Over twenty years I've layered in tonic herbalism — the healthy aging branch of Chinese medicine used for centuries to support vibrant longevity — along with a different way of reading bloodwork that finds the root cause patterns hiding in labs that come back "normal."
What I've built is a way through for women who have tried the obvious things and need what's actually missing.
Most of my clients have been struggling for years before they find me. Many are already on HRT and still not feeling right. Some have a mystery no one has been able to solve.
What they share is this: once we find the pattern and match the herbs to it, things start moving in ways nothing else had managed — often within weeks.
The Foundation
01 | Experience
Over two decades in private practice and more than 10,000 client visits. I have seen exactly what works—and what doesn't—when it comes to female hormone transitions.
02 | Board Certification
Licensed acupuncturist in the state of Oregon, certified by the NCCAOM for over 15 years.
03 | Academic Foundation
Master's Degree in Oriental Medicine from The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, built upon a BA from Wesleyan University specializing in Eastern Philosophy.
Clients Say
The Baseline Reset
"Peri-menopausal PMS is no joke. I used to be in bed for two days every month in so much pain I could barely move. After four weeks of my protocol, I am now thriving. I haven’t missed a day of work in eight months. My overall vitality has increased to the point that I am now working with Dana on how to make my life as big and rich as possible, rather than just how to get through the month."
The Physical Relief
"I really thought the hot flashes and sweats were going to just be something I had to deal with. I could just cry with relief. I was getting those sweats where you wake up and have to change your pajamas. That's not an issue anymore. I'm sleeping all night, and I'm nice and cozy. I'm so excited the herbs are working."
The Emotional Shift
"I'm so excited to know I wasn't going crazy. My husband went from saying I was so prickly it was 'like trying to hug a porcupine' to saying the last six months have been the best ever in our relationship. I recommend these remedies to everyone, because you do not have to live with these annoying symptoms!"
You Don't Have to Keep Guessing What Your Body Needs.
There's a place to start that isn't another supplement, another elimination diet, or another practitioner who runs the same tests and shrugs.
Explore your options and find the right level of support for where you are right now.
The Missing Chapter
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