A Burbank Acupuncture Practice on Forest Lawn Drive
Find support with personalized acupuncture
Whether you’re going through IVF or IUI, planning to conceive naturally, or navigating perimenopause, menopause, women’s or men’s health, GI health, thyroid function, or pain, you deserve care that fits you. At Astra Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, each session is built around your health history and your goals, with a compassionate approach that walks alongside you the whole way.
How Acupuncture at Astra Can Help
Treatment combines acupuncture with cupping, Chinese herbal medicine, and TCM-based nutrition guidance, depending on what you need.
Fertility, IVF & IUI Support
GI Health and Internal Medicine
Hormone Health, Perimenopause & Menopause
Pregnancy, Labor Prep & Postpartum
What Makes Astra Different
Hands-on Support Through Fertility Treatment
Fertility treatment can be overwhelming, and many patients leave their clinic appointments with more questions than answers. Holly works closely with patients going through IVF and IUI and those trying naturally, giving information in manageable pieces so it never feels like too much at once.
- Understanding your treatment: Holly looks into the medications you’ve been prescribed, helps you understand why, and gives you clear questions to bring to your doctor.
- Planning ahead: Care is planned around your cycle and timeline, often starting one to two months before a transfer.
- Transfer-day acupuncture: Off-site treatment is available at your embryo transfer appointment in the Los Angeles area.
Meet Holly Swyers, MSOM, L.Ac
California-licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist
Holly Swyers is a California-licensed acupuncturist and herbalist who has practiced Chinese medicine since 2017. She earned her Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from Alhambra Medical University, after studying biology at UC San Diego and working in clinical research on the gut-brain connection. Since graduating, her continuing education has focused on fertility, IVF, and hormone health.
She blends evidence-based Western medicine with Chinese medicine, focusing on the connection between the brain, gut, and reproductive system. Stress, anxiety, trauma, and hormone imbalances can all affect fertility, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, perimenopause, and menopause, and her treatment plans take that whole picture into account.
Her care is education-forward and built around ongoing support, from the fertility journey through pregnancy, labor, postpartum healing, and the transition through perimenopause and menopause. In each one-on-one appointment, she takes the time to help you truly understand what’s happening in your body and why. She’s a steady, hands-on presence throughout the process, offering guidance at every step rather than leaving you to figure it out alone, and she meets you exactly where you are.
Serving Los Angeles, Burbank, and Toluca Lake
Burbank
Toluca Lake
Studio City
North Hollywood
Los Feliz
Silver Lake
Glendale
Hollywood Hills
Frequently Asked Questions
No. You can book directly with a licensed acupuncturist. If you’re under a doctor’s care for fertility or another condition, Holly is happy to work alongside them.
Astra is self-pay. A card on file is needed to book, and you’ll receive a superbill after each visit that you can submit to your insurance for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Before your visit, you’ll complete an intake form with your health history. At the appointment, Holly will ask some focused questions, walk you through what she sees, and explain what to expect from your first few treatments, including nutrition guidance based on Chinese medicine.
Yes. Holly offers off-site acupuncture in the Los Angeles area and can treat you at your transfer appointment. Book this as a separate off-site appointment so the timing can be planned around your procedure.
Holly uses only sterile, single-use needles, which are disposed of safely after each treatment.
What to expect
Start with a short call
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