Harriet Beinfield, LAc

History

Efrem Korngold and Harriet Beinfield are two of the most experienced non-Asian providers of acupuncture and herbal medicine. Although Chinese medicine has been a complete and continuous medical system for 2300 years, its mainstream presence in the United States dates back only to the early 1970s. Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold began their practice then, as two of the early non-Asian acupuncturists in the country. Harriet and Efrem were part of the first group of acupuncturists to be licensed by the State of California in 1976. In 1996 their clinic Chinese Medicine Works was highlighted by San Francisco's Focus Magazine as the