Biography
Wisdom Wellness clinic was established by Claudia Johnson Benvegnu, a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist near Stanford University in 1996. She practices using the best of both western and eastern medicines.
Her professional background includes receiving her doctorate from Cellular, Viral and Molecular Biology, University of Utah (’88). She did medical research for 10 years, with positions at Stanford University (NIH fellowship) and University of California, San Francisco. This scientific experience allows her to better understand a patient’s western medical diagnosis and other cellular and immune aspects of a patient’s condition.
Following her medical research, she studied at Meiji College of Oriental Medicine in San Francisco (now called Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley). She was very inspired by learning the system of Chinese Medicine. She gained new insights about mind-body wellness and she found treating patients to be very fulfilling.
Claudia has specialized in herbal prescription, studying privately with Dr. C.S. Cheung. Dr. Cheung is a Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbalist, U.S. licensed M.D., and a founder of American College of TCM, San Francisco.
Claudia has been devoted to the research and practice of Chinese Medicine in treating menopause and aging complaints with a special emphasis on nutrition and herbal supplements to naturally improve the supply and balance of hormones and other nutrients necessary to maintain balanced health in past the age of 30 years old.
Many patients come to her seeking alternatives to conventional medications that cause negative side effects and are ineffective at treating complaints that they have been told are “untreatable”. Many experience significant improvement from herbal treatment.
Claudia has successfully treated over 10,000 patients in her clinic.
Her research and clinical practice have provided extensive knowledge and direct experience of what works for treating menopause and aging in our current culture.
The formulas offered on this website have been "fine tuned" to be appropriate to the specific symptoms and imbalances Claudia has treated in over a decade of clinical practice. Every culture produces different needs for balance. This website is an effort to make this kind of Chinese Medicine Herbal supplements more available to the public.