Meet Milana

Milana Shaikh, L.Ac., Dipl.OM

Licensed Acupuncturist · Chinese Herbalist · Certified Sound Healer

Founder, Flora & Qi Wellness

Milana built Flora & Qi for one reason: women deserve clinical care that actually looks for the root — not just the most manageable symptom.

With a Master's degree from the New England School of Acupuncture and over 2,500 hours of clinical training, Milana specializes in the intersection where most conventional care stops looking. The gut-hormone-nervous system axis. The place where your digestion, your cycles, your stress response, and your energy are not separate problems but one pattern expressing itself in multiple ways.

When you treat the root, everything shifts.

The Approach

Most medicine is built around suppression. Lower the inflammation. Regulate the hormone artificially. Manage the anxiety. Flora & Qi is built around something different — restoration.

Chinese Medicine has understood for over 3,000 years what modern functional medicine is only beginning to map: that digestion, reproductive health, and stress physiology are deeply interconnected. That the bloating and the irregular cycles and the anxiety are rarely three separate issues. That the body is not randomly malfunctioning — it is communicating a pattern, and that pattern has a root.

Every Flora & Qi protocol begins with a comprehensive assessment — pulse diagnosis, tongue analysis, and your full health history. Not to generate a symptom checklist but to identify the underlying pattern driving your presentation. Treatment is then structured, intentional, and designed to unfold over time with clear milestones and measurable progress.

This is not a spa model. It is not a one-off wellness experience. It is clinical, relationship-based care delivered privately — in your home, on your schedule, with a practitioner who knows your chart from session one to session twenty.

Training & Clinical Background

Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS

Licensed Acupuncturist · Licensed Chinese Herbalist · Certified Sound Healer · Certified Reiki Practitioner · Registered Yoga Teacher

Clinical specialties: Women's health and cycle regulation Digestive and stress-related disorders Fertility and preconception support Constitutional and internal medicine Nervous system regulation.

This Practice Is Right For You If

You want root-cause care — not another prescription to manage symptoms indefinitely You are ready to commit to a structured treatment plan and trust the process You want a practitioner who will know your full picture and stay with you throughout You prefer clinical, natural, and integrative approaches over quick fixes You are done explaining your history to someone new every visit

This practice is not the right fit if you are looking for a single relaxation session. Flora & Qi is built for women who are ready to actually change something.

Beyond the Treatment Room

Milana leads intimate group wellness experiences centered on nervous system regulation, sound healing, and seasonal TCM practices. She hosts retreats and pop-up events throughout Central Massachusetts and beyond — bringing the same clinical intentionality that defines her private practice into collective settings.

Outside of practice she spends her time hiking, practicing yoga, cooking nourishing food, and studying the intersection of classical medicine and modern longevity research. Everything she brings to her patients is something she lives herself.

Ready to Find Your Root?

New patient consultations are available virtually nationwide and in-home throughout Central Massachusetts and MetroWest.