Meet Your Practitioner

Dana Scarton

Dana Scarton

What Inspired Dana to Become an Acupuncturist

Fifteen years ago, Dana never would have imagined becoming a licensed acupuncturist.

Back then, she was a successful journalist with articles published in high-profile publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, and Washingtonian Magazine. She loved her career and expected to be in it for life.

Until the universe had other plans in her late 40s.

She started experiencing symptoms that she now helps her patients out with – fatigue after small bouts of exercise, joint aches, severe anxiety, insomnia, weight gain, and brain fog so incapacitating it took her hours to write a single paragraph.

For 18 months, she went on a mission to figure out her health, visiting specialists, enrolling in a research study, trying medications, all to no avail.

Eventually, she was diagnosed with two autoimmune conditions.

A rheumatologist said she would likely experience brief remissions; otherwise, she’d just have to “gut it out.” His words didn’t sit right.

Feeling scared yet convinced an effective treatment that didn’t involve harsh medications was out there somewhere, she decided to explore acupuncture after her primary care physician recommended it to her.
During her intake, the acupuncturist lightly rested three fingertips on her radial pulse.

“So you have a lot of UTI’s?” he asked. She nodded.

After that first treatment, she felt calm and heard.

Fast forward through three months of twice-weekly treatments and some dietary tweaks, she was feeling like herself again! Energetic. Clear-minded. Pain-free.

Thrilled, she enrolled in acupuncture school and decided to deepen her existing fascination in Chinese Medicine and other gentle holistic therapies and healthy lifestyle practices.

Where She Is Now: the Owner of the Zen Point in Bethesda, Maryland

Dana Scarton–the owner of Zen Point, an acupuncture clinic in Bethesda, Maryland–believes our bodies are wise and are always sending us signals.

What if we listened to, rather than, ignored these signals?

Come visit the Zen Point in Bethesda, Maryland, where Dana will tune into what you need to live a healthy life.

Dana Scarton