Dr. Nicole Mires, L.Ac. — Local services in Washington

Look no further than Pekoe and their amazing practitioners (and front desk staff, John and Jahna) for natural healing for your body. I’ve seen Dr Chen and Dr Nicole Mires (also the owner) for a year now and can’t tell you how much they’ve helped me with my infertility issues, chronic inflammation, insomnia, indigestion and edema.

Dr Mires is the most caring and generous and loving acupuncturist; she has become a friend and a comrade in my pregnancy journey. (I’ve had three miscarriages but am now pregnant with a healthy baby!!) I tell her she’s also my therapist and counselor and better than my primary care doctor/ OBs — because she actually genuinely cares about me and knows my body well. She is a healer and a blessing to me.

I cannot recommend her and Pekoe for your naturopathic needs (they have more therapeutic services). The suite is quiet and clean and despite being in the heart of downtown, it’s easy to access (right in front of Farragut West Metro) with ample street parking when it’s not rush hour.

DO YOUR BODY GOOD and Call them to book an appointment right now! Or you can also book conveniently online!

PS I am ethnically Korean and have received the best acupuncture treatments in LA/NYC/Korea—many different styles (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, etc). So I feel strongly that I know an incredibly good acupuncturist when I receive the treatment. NICOLE IS REALLY REALLY GOOD and I urge you to see...

This is an exploitative practice. Dr. Chen and her billing team refused to submit my claim to insurance despite being an in-network provider and acupuncture being an included benefit. They're happy to charge me more than the approved amount negotiated with my insurance, however, and let me deal with tracking down the reimbursement that will come in at less than what I paid. **Response to the business’ inaccurate response: they have a copy of my official EOB which shows they are in network and my insurance will pay for the benefit. If they don’t like what my insurance covers, then don’t agree to be in their network and waste their misled patients’ time. Here is a quote from Pekoe’s last email to me: “We have received the EOB, which shows almost no pay for acupuncture codes and office codes (false, they just have a lower negotiated rate than what the office wants to charge, which is how insurance works). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. This is not because of something you did wrong, it's just that your specific plan is different and it appears to not be paying out as they should for...

Pekoe was great when I initially had sessions with Noah, but recently it's not been the best experience as others have described. My last two sessions with Noah, they felt quick and impersonal as one other reviewer described. He left a needle in my leg after one appointment, and did the same thing on the follow up which I had to remind him about. Everything seemed rushed. It also seemed like he wanted to schedule my appointments around what was more convenient for him, not me. Also, Pekoe did not alert me that my billing coverage was changed through...