Practicing from 910 Camino Del Mar in Del Mar (92014), Patricia Blake, OMD, L.Ac. is an integrative acupuncturist and functional medicine practitioner with over 35 years of clinical experience spanning three continents. She trained at the University of Shanghai, graduating in 1986, then pursued advanced one-on-one study in Hong Kong under a master acupuncturist and completed a six-month hospital internship in Sri Lanka during wartime, where she treated up to 200 patients daily with a focus on immune system support. Blake earned her Master's degree with honors from South Baylo University in California in 1993 and completed post-graduate work at the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota. Her clinical background includes founding a successful acupuncture clinic in Peru, where she worked with the Ministry of Health under renowned cardiologist Dr. Cabieses in traditional medicine protective rights. Blake's signature technique, which she calls Mapping Systems of the Brain Acupuncture, is a proprietary method she developed from decades of studying Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and French acupuncture traditions alongside Master Tung style acupuncture. She has spent 12 years specializing in auto-immune thyroid conditions and 17 years treating patients at Project Walk, a spinal cord injury and post-stroke rehabilitation program. Her practice, Acuheart Integrative Acupuncture & Functional Medicine, combines acupuncture with functional blood chemistry analysis, herbal medicine, homeopathy, and nutritional protocols. She shares her 910 Camino Del Mar building with San Diego Reiki (Del Mar), giving patients convenient access to complementary Jikiden Reiki energy healing in the same location. Blake continues her education through ongoing research studies with Dr. Kharrazian on brain and auto-immune syndromes, and patients consistently describe dramatic results in reviews, particularly for chronic pain and menopausal symptoms. Del Mar residents seeking chiropractic care to complement acupuncture treatment can walk to Team Chiropractic, also located along the Camino Del Mar corridor.