​Some of you may know me already. I’m Jeremy Speiser, California Licensed Acupuncturist, and the owner and CEO of Eastern Essentials herbal products. I am constantly asked how I got into acupuncture and herbal medicine. Not only do my customers ask me, but people I meet in my regular daily social life ask me too. People ask me as if it is some very bizarre field of study and they want to know how one can even consider getting into something this far out.

For me, since the age of 18, it was always very logical and I never found any of it bizarre. I always found ancient Chinese and various Eastern philosophies very easy to understand, and very interesting. I also, since I was about 18, saw herbs as something one can rely on for health. When you combine the two, you have Chinese Medicine.

I was 18, first semester of college, and I want from Suburban LA to UC Santa Cruz. From living in a cul-de-sac in a nice middle class neighborhood, to living in a dorm amongst redwood trees and some very free and open-minded people that were into things I never even knew about. At one point I got sick. My first time living away from home and I got sick! Sore throat, fever, usual cold symptoms. I remember this friend I had at the time telling me to eat garlic and take some Echinacea. I never heard of garlic being any type of medicine and surely never heard of Echinacea. Someone told me I should go see this one girl, living in the same dormitory that is good at natural remedies.  I go into her dorm room, sick as a dog, and there are incense burning, candles lit, and nice meditative music playing. The walls were covered in colorful tapestries and the atmosphere was serene and calming. I was actually kind of scared at that point.  At 18 years old, I never seen anything like this. She told me to sit on the floor. She was making some tea, which happened to be Wu Long tea. You may have seen it spelled Oolong tea. This is half-way fermented green tea and is something I now regularly enjoy. When green tea is fermented fully it becomes black tea, but partially fermented becomes Wu Long tea, or Black Dragon tea is the translation. This adds a unique flavor, keeping a lot of green tea’s healthy properties that can get destroyed when turning to black tea, and increases its aid as a digestive stimulant. It is well known in China that Wu Long tea makes one hungry.

 

Jeremy Speiser, L.Ac.
Eastern Essentials, LLC.​

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9018 Balboa Blvd. #577
Northridge, CA 91325
1-800-792-5127​Mail:info@easternessentials.com

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