EastWest Healing Arts & Acupuncture, LLC

914-629-1611 (Binghui) or 914-629-4680 (Jim)

Awaken Your Healing Power

(still under construction)

Awaken Your Healing Power

(still under construction)

About Us

We work with people who struggle with dis-ease and restriction, and want to be free of pain and comfortable in their bodies. Our service is unique because we use a broad array of methods to address underlying body/mind imbalances, at the same time that we treat symptoms. Because of this, our clients are more likely to achieve pain-free co

We focus on particular conditions which require specialized training, like complementary cancer treatments, Parkinson's disease, allergies, vision disorders, myofascial pain and pain in general.

Perhaps you have been treated with acupuncture before, and it didn't seem to help you. Well, did you know that there are several forms of acupuncture? We at EastWest Healing Arts & Acupuncture, LLC are constantly expanding our repertoire of modalities, so we have many options for treating your condition.

One other advantage our service offers is the merging our different perspectives on healing. While we deeply respect our patient's confidentiality, we will often confer with one another on our findings and results so that our combined experience can be applied to your particular case.

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Meet the team

Binghui Guan-Elkin, L.Ac., MS, MPA

Binghui (pronounced: “Bing way”) Guan-Elkin was born into a family of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners in China, and grew up literally on the campus of a Traditional Chinese Medical College. Her mother both taught and practiced for over 40 years. Her father was a master in the art of QiGong. When she was small, Binghui’s mother taught her and her siblings acupuncture points and Tuina (Chinese acupressure massage) for practical reasons: she needed the bodywork. Intrigued by the Traditional Chinese healing arts since early age, Binghui took a certification course in acupuncture at Guangzhou College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1984. Today, her brother and sister also practice Chinese Medicine in Canada and Australia respectively.

In 1999, Binghui graduated from Tri-State College of Acupuncture in New York City with a MS in acupuncture. She has also completed the additional two year program in Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine. She is licensed to practice Acupuncture in New York State, and nationally board certified in Acupuncture by the National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.

Binghui’s style of acupuncture has been shaped by her ongoing study with noted masters such as Dr. Richard Tan, Kiiko Matsumoto and Dr. Mark Seem. She is trained in TCM acupuncture and herbology, Balanced Method, Japanese style acupuncture, APM, auricular acupuncture and cosmetic acupuncture.

Binghui is experienced and successful in pain management, myofascial release, stress and related syndromes, eye disorders, infertility, and women’s health issues.

Binghui is fluent in English and 4 Chinese dialects: Cantonese, Mandarin, Taishanese and the Wuhan dialect.

James Elkin, L.Ac., MS, BS, BA

James began studying Jin Shin Do acupressure in 1996, and Chinese herbology shortly thereafter. He has studied and practiced many different modalities of healing, including Neuropuncture, NAET , Yin Tuina, Acupuncture for the Cancer Patient, and of course Jin Shin Do Acupressure.

Jim received his NCCAOM (now NCBAHM) certification, and a BS and MS degree from Tri-State College of Acupuncture in 2000. Since then, he has been actively practicing in the New York Metropolitan area.

Holistic Treatments

Acupuncture Physical Medicine

APM is a specifically American technique taught at our Alma Mater: Tri-State College of Acupuncture. It combines the use of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture with Janet Travell's Trigger Point Therapy to treat both deep causes and surface manifestations. This technique is frequently used for any form of myofascial constriction which could result from overusing or compressing a muscle or a group of muscles. The treatment involves locally stimulating trigger points in muscles or connective tissue, with needles. This is very similar to the form of treatment provided by Physiatrists, except that we use acupuncture needles which cause less damage of muscle tissue.

Pain and Trauma

Binghui's Trauma therapy

Japanese Acupuncture

Binghui's use of Kiiko Technique

Yin Tuina

The Parkinson's Recovery Project in Santa Cruz California has developed a technique which is effective in helping patients diagnosed with Parkinson's to find healing. While we make no guarantees, Jim has received this training and is willing to discuss it with you and schedule you for evaluation should you decide to proceed. There is a major provision: we will follow all of the rules of the Parkinson's Recovery Team, including refusing to treat anyone who has taken or is currently taking Parkinson's medication. This medication creates serious problems for our treatments. For more information, please see the free documentation at their site.

Neuropuncture

Much research has been done lately, on how to stimulate the body with various gentle electrical pulses applied in specific locations as a way to encourage healing of nerves. This has resulted in resolving neurological conditions, neurological pain and some internal conditions.

Dr Michael Corradino has developed a form of acupuncture that utilizes this research in the clinic. While he is not certified as yet, Jim has been studying and using this technique with tremendous success.

Cancer Adjunctive Treatment

Jim has completed two courses given by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Integrative Medicine Service, called Acupuncture for the Cancer Patient. This course is intended to prepare the acupuncturist to effectively treat the side effects of cancer and of the treatments that cancer patients must endure. Jim is now a certified Advanced Acupuncture Oncologist

Allergy Treatment

Jim has completed the advanced level training in NAET. This treatment method holds benefit for sufferers of the typical kinds of allergies, as well as for some of the more unusual kinds (sunlight, certain emotions...). Dr. Nambudripad has written an excellent book which is required reading for anyone desiring this treatment: Say Good-Bye to Illness. This modality uses a form of kinesiology as diagnostic, and acupressure for actual treatment. The treatment is finished off with acupuncture, but this can be replaced with acupressure for patients who prefer.