Meet Milana

Milana Shaikh, L.Ac.,Dipl.OM

Licensed Acupuncturist · Chinese Herbalist · Certified Sound Healer · Reiki Practitioner
Founder, Flora & Qi Wellness

Too many women leave appointments feeling rushed, unheard, and handed a plan for one symptom while the rest goes unaddressed. Milana built Flora & Qi so care could feel different: unhurried, personal, and focused on the whole picture.

With a Master's degree from the New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS and over 2,500 hours of clinical training, Milana specializes in the place where most care stops looking: the connection between your gut, your hormones, and your nervous system. Your digestion, your cycles, your stress response, and your energy are not separate problems. They are one pattern showing up in different ways.

When you treat the pattern, everything starts to shift.

"I built this practice the way I live: honestly, freely, and true to what I believe healing should feel like."

The Approach

Conventional care is often built to manage symptoms. Flora & Qi is built to restore balance, and it works alongside the medical care you already have, not against it.

Traditional Chinese Medicine has understood for over 3,000 years what modern research is now beginning to confirm: digestion, reproductive health, and stress physiology are deeply connected. The bloating, the irregular cycles, and the anxiety are rarely three separate issues. Your body is not randomly malfunctioning. It is communicating a pattern.

Every Flora & Qi plan begins with a comprehensive assessment, including pulse diagnosis, tongue analysis, and your full health history. The goal is not a symptom checklist. It is understanding what is driving how you feel. From there, treatment is structured and intentional, with clear milestones along the way.

This is not a spa model, and it is not a one-off wellness experience. It is clinical, relationship-based care, delivered privately in Milana's studio or in your home, with one practitioner who knows your history from your first session to your twentieth.

Training & Clinical Background

Masters of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS
Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)
Licensed Acupuncturist · Licensed Chinese Herbalist · Certified Sound Healer · Certified Reiki Practitioner · Registered Yoga Teacher

Clinical focus: fertility and preconception support, women's health and cycle regulation, digestive and stress-related concerns, nervous system regulation, and constitutional internal medicine.

This Practice Is Right for You If

You want care that looks at the whole picture, not another prescription to manage one symptom indefinitely.
You are ready to commit to a structured plan and give your body time to respond.
You want one practitioner who knows your full history and stays with you throughout.
You prefer natural, integrative approaches that work alongside your medical care.
You are done explaining your history to someone new at every visit.

Flora & Qi is not the right fit if you are looking for a single relaxation session. It is built for women who are ready to feel a real change.

Beyond the Treatment Room

Milana leads intimate group experiences centered on nervous system regulation, sound healing, and seasonal Traditional Chinese Medicine practices. She hosts retreats and pop-up events throughout Central Massachusetts and beyond, bringing the same care that defines her private practice into shared settings.

Outside of practice, she spends her time hiking, practicing yoga, cooking nourishing food, and studying where Traditional Chinese Medicine meets modern longevity research. Everything she offers her patients is something she lives herself.

You Don't Have to Wait to Feel Better

Private acupuncture and herbal care are available in-studio and through concierge house calls across Central Massachusetts and MetroWest. Not local? Virtual wellness consultations are available nationwide.