Greenville Natural Health Center

Dr. Marina Ponton is an acupuncture physician and owner of Greenville Natural Health Center in Greenville, SC. Greenville Natural Health Center specializes in women's health and wellness using natural health modalities such as acupuncture, nutrition, herbs, and natural supplements. The Center integrates biomedicine (Western medicine) with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), utilizing a holistic (mind-body) approach to issues such as chronic fatigue, menopause, infertility, and menstrual disorders. Dr. Ponton has worked and lectured in the United States, Sweden, and Holland. Her extensive studies include the American University of Paris, FAMU University in Prague, The University of Miami, and The Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine. In this video, Dr. Ponton discusses the benefits of acupuncture, and what to expect during an acupuncture treatment. At present, Dr. Ponton is obtaining a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland. A clinical research curriculum with a focus on women's health and geriatrics, a DAOM is the highest level of academic achievement presently available to acupuncture practitioners in the United States. Open to licensed acupuncture physicians only, the DAOM program is designed for those who advocate a more integrated system of natural medicine. Dr. Ponton also has completed Level 1 Training for Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), an emotional version of acupuncture that uses the fingertips to stimulate well-established energy meridian points on the body rather than needles. Greenville Natural Health Center office hours are by appointment Monday through Friday. Call 864-370-1140.