Real healing happens naturally
Treat The Cause,
Not The Symptom
Blending Integrative and Traditional Chinese Medicine to assist your body in healing at the source of the problem.
Gut Health
Restore digestion and heal the gut to reduce inflammation, clear brain fog, and support natural detoxification.
Brain Health
Improve focus, memory, and mood by addressing inflammation, circulation, and the root causes of brain fog and fatigue.
Lab-Testing
Stool, urine, and hair tissue mineral analysis testing uncover hidden imbalances and guide precise, personalized treatment.
Alex Tuggle L.Ac.
“My approach to healing focuses on uncovering and treating the root causes of your health issue.”
At Golden Wellness Center, we create personalized treatment plans that address the root cause of your condition, not just the symptoms.
Using an integrative, whole-body approach, we uncover the hidden imbalances affecting your nervous system, digestion, hormones, and energy.
By restoring balance across these systems, healing becomes natural, sustainable, and long-lasting.
We also use advanced functional lab testing to uncover hidden imbalances and guide precise, personalized treatment.
Treatments that we provide:
Craniosacral & Gentle Bodywork
Light-touch techniques that calm the nervous system, release tension, and restore whole-body balance.
Shiatsu and Trigger-Point Therapy
Relieve muscle knots, improve mobility, and reduce pain by releasing deep tension patterns.
Chi Nei Tsang (Visceral Organ Massage)
Abdominal therapy that supports digestion, detoxification, and the gut-brain connection.
Phone & Zoom Consultations
Personalized guidance and treatment planning from your home.
2nd Generation Acupuncturist and Functional Medicine Practitioner
Alex Tuggle L.Ac.
Owner of Golden Wellness Center
Alex Tuggle L.Ac. grew up immersed in Traditional Chinese Medicine and integrative healing. Today, he blends acupuncture, functional lab testing, nutrition, and bodywork to address the root causes of complex health conditions.
With over a 17 years of clinical experience and advanced training in both Eastern and Western medicine, Alex creates personalized treatment plans that restore energy, balance, and long-term wellness.
He helps patients overcome fatigue, inflammation, brain fog, digestive issues, and stress physiology, so the body can heal naturally.
Helpful Articles & Resources
Personal Story
Discover how I experienced a neurological breakdown after using certain ‘health’ supplements, and the journey I undertook to fully restore my brain and body to optimal health
Dietary Principles
The foods you eat play a vital role in the health of your organs, cells, and gut flora, which in turn affect your energy, mood, fertility, and mental health. Discover how your diet influences your overall well-being
Stress-Free Lifestyle
When you constantly adapt to stressful situations, your body develops coping mechanisms that can trap your mind and nervous system, leaving you feeling stuck. Learn how to break free and live a stress-free lifestyle
Path To Wellness
Through a structured treatment plan, personalized diet, targeted supplements, and specific lab testing, we can optimize your body and mind to help you become the best version of yourself
Copper Toxicity
Copper overload is a common condition where excess copper is stored in the liver, brain, and cells, leading to various health issues such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, eczema, infertility, and even Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and seizures
Adrenal Fatigue
Adrenal fatigue occurs when chronic stress overwhelms your adrenal glands, leading to exhaustion, low energy, difficulty handling stress, and a range of physical and emotional symptoms.
Toxins and Heavy Metals
Environmental pollutants and toxic heavy metals can infiltrate our bodies from our food, water, air and personal environments. After a years of bioaccumulating in storage sites, such as the cells of the Liver and fatty tissues such as the brain, these poisonous substances can start to cause many symptoms and health issues.
High Quality Supplements
Natural medicine has been around longer than other type of healing modality. Vitamins, Minerals, Herbal extracts, Amino Acids, and other natural compounds can be formulated together to help eradicate the underlying causes to your health issues, rather than just masking the symptoms temporarily.
CONDITIONS WE COMMONLY TREAT
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Personalized care for hormone balance, detoxification, digestion, pain relief, and long-term wellness.
HORMONES
Our hormones govern every cellular pathway in our body, from improving fertility to relieving depression.
- PCOS
- Infertility
- Menopause
- PMS/Menstrual issues
- Hot flashes/Night sweats
- Low libido/Sex Drive
- Hormone related Acne
LIVER FUNCTION
Your Liver is the guardian of every other tissue in the body, from your brain, to your immune system, thyroid and hormonal balance, your Liver is central to keeping all nutrients activated, minerals bound properly, and toxins eliminated
- Hepatitis
- Pain in the Liver
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Heavy metal Detoxification
- Hormonal Balancing
- Digestive issues
ADRENAL HEALTH
Your Adrenal glands sit on top of your kidneys and help give you the energy you need to function and get through your day. With too much work, stress, over-excitement or inadequate amounts of sleep and rest, the Adrenal glands get exhausted and the rest of your body will suffer as a result.
- Chronic Fatigue
- Brain Fog
- Weak Immune System
- Weak Digestive System
- Hypothyroidism
- Muscle weakness
- Low Blood pressure
- Wired and Tired
GUT HEALTH
Gut health is such a crucial component to the health and proper functioning of the rest of our body, that you could say that all disease originates in the gut.
- Gas and Bloating
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Leaky Gut Syndrome
- SIBO/Dysbiosis
- Candida Overgrowth
- Parasites
- H. Pylori
- GERD/Acid Reflux
- Constipation/Diarrhea
BRAIN HEALTH
Your brain is the master controller of the whole body.
Unfortunately, too many detrimental factors are causing damage and dysfunction to the brain and nervous system.
These factors include food nutrient deficiencies, problems with our blood circulation, overgrowth of candida along with other gut infections, compression and blockages in our cranial or cervical bones, the bio-accumulation of environmental toxins, food allergens, bacteria, heavy metals, and synthetic chemicals building up in the body can all cause inflammation in the brain tissues.
- Brain Fog
- Declining Memory
- Difficulty focusing
- Difficulty finishing sentences
- Head injuries
- TBI/Concussion
- TIA/Stroke rehabilitation
- Parkinson’s
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Dizziness
- Neuropathies
INFLAMMATION
Inflammation is such an important factor in health conditions such as joint pain, muscle aches, digestive health, Liver conditions, skin issues, brain health and autoimmune conditions.
In order to resolve chronic inflammation, Toll-Like Receptors on the surface of immune cells need to be regulated, intestinal lining may need to be repaired, and gut bacteria, candida, and other toxins may need to all be eliminated from the gut, colon, liver and various target tissues throughout the body.
PAIN CONDITIONS
SLEEP DISORDERS
WOMEN'S HEALTH
AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS
SKIN CONDITIONS
Acupuncture Treatment
Calm the nervous system, reduce pain and inflammation, and restore the body’s natural healing response.
Acupuncture is very effective at treating:
- Neck Pain
- Arthritis
- Skin conditions
- Insomnia
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Poor memory
- Low energy
- Weak Immune system
- Liver and Digestive issues
Chi Nei Tsang (Organ Massage)
Chi Nei Tsang is an ancient technique that can resolve many gastro-intestinal disorders, improve fertility, regulate women’s health issues, and support Liver detoxification.
Some of its many benefits include:
- Relaxing the Nervous system
- Improving Sleep
- Increasing Serotonin production
- Promoting peristalsis
- Increasing Digestive enzyme secretion
- Treating Leaky Gut Syndrome
Health Consultations
Comprehensive health consultations can be done in person or over the phone or Zoom and we will be able to go over all of your health symptoms, look at your lab test results and provide you with a treatment plan that will resolve what is causing your symptoms or disease.
- Gut Health Issues
- Autoimmune conditions
- Hormonal imbalances
- Thyroid Conditions
- Adrenal Burnout
- Brain Fog and Poor Memory
- Low Energy
Deep Tissue & Trigger Point Massage
Therapeutic Bodywork are a combination of massage techniques such as acupressure, trigger point, Postural reeducation, traction, rotation, and stretching to help release muscle spasms, reduce pain, relieve pinched nerves and improve range of motion in the muscles and joints of the body.
Therapeutic Bodywork is very effective at treating:
- Neck Pain
- Back pain
- Sciatica
- Stiffness
- General tension
- Limited Range of Motion
- Poor posture
- Stress related tension
CranioSacral Therapy
CranioSacral therapy is a specialized treatment style that helps to release compression and blockages in the intracranial tissues taht can lead to fascial adhesions, blocked flow of cerebrospinal fluids and lead to loss of functions in peripheral nerve branches or central nervous system activity.
Some of its many benefits include:
- Relaxing the Nervous system
- Improving Sleep
- Increasing Serotonin production
- Promoting peristalsis
- Increasing Digestive enzyme secretion
Herbs & Nutritional Supplements
To go along with your health consultation, we can start to remedy the true cause of your symptoms and lab test results with high quality nutritional and herbal formulas that can actually help resolve the root cause of some of the symptoms you are experiencing. By combining a few products together into a treatment protocol, your body can get the support it needs to work properly and resolve the imbalances that can lead to disease.
These supplements help to resolve:
- Gut Health Issues
- Autoimmune conditions
- Hormonal imbalances
- Thyroid Conditions
- Adrenal Burnout
- Brain Fog and Poor Memory
- Low Energy
Reviews
Real Testimonials
” After several months of treatment along with a nutritional program I am feeling much better! My energy level is up. My focus and concentration have improved immensely. Alex’s treatment and guidance program has been awesome. I feel very lucky to be one of his clients! “
” I worked with Alex Tuggle long distance (over the phone) and he helped me based on a hair analysis.
I went to Alex with all kinds of issues and he was knowledgeable about every single one of them. These were all things that regular doctors overlook or medicate you for life. Alex explained how all my symptoms were scientifically related to stress and worrying too much. He prescribed me Chinese herbs and medicine that WORKED.
I’ve only been on his program 6 weeks and 90% of my symptoms are gone and the rest are diminishing! It’s amazing, and improving my health has given me confidence to go after other areas in my life that I’d previously been putting off. I’ve started exercising and pursuing goals that I couldn’t before because I was simply too stressed out and tired all the time! I’ve never been this healthy, not even as a child. Thank you, Alex, for all of your expertise and wonderful help! “
” Great experience. Received hair analysis results and than had a very well informed consultation with Alex. He put me on a regimen which drastically helped to improve my metabolic state. Feeling better both mentally and physically because of it.
” I have seen great results working with Alex!
My allergies are almost 100% gone, and I feel healthier now than I ever have as an adult.
Alex is extremely knowledgeable and patient, and willing to explain everything that he is doing to treat me, so that I feel comfortable and empowered! “
” Alex has done wonders since I have been receiving services from him this past year and is by far the best acupuncturist and primary health care provider I have ever come across!
I knew from the first session that Alex really cares about his patients and wants to see them reach their healthy state, I have never had any health care provider take the time that Alex did to answer all of my questions and be there via email or phone if I needed to follow up after our initial consultation.
Not only do I receive acupuncture during each visit, I also have a follow up discussion with Alex to express any concerns and my progress.
I originally came to Alex to perform a hair analysis test as I was constantly feeling exhausted and I had visited many doctors throughout the past few years where I didn’t feel as though I was getting the answers I needed.
When my hair analysis results came back I was shocked!
Alex walked step-by-step through my results helping me to understand how my adrenals are functioning and the levels of heavy metals in my system amongst various other findings – adrenal exhaustion and thyroid problems is what was causing the imbalance in my body.
Alex is very warming, welcoming and is very educated, he has given me various exercise techniques to help with my symptoms along with been a therapist by helping me open up about the problems I have faced in life and how to best handle them so they do not haunt my body long term.
The above is just the beginning of the many wonders Alex has blessed my life with during this past year. Alex is changing my life on so many levels. I highly recommend Alex, his help is becoming a life changing experience for me and can for you too! “
” Alex is WONDERFUL! I found him a few years ago through a Groupon and haven’t bothered using another masseuse since. Although my first contact with him was for casual massages, I was in a traumatic car accident a year ago. I was suffering from severe whiplash and lower back pain. Alex’s expertise in manual therapy and acupuncture, in addition to all the other amazing things he knows about the human body, has helped me regain my life again, literally.
Besides being extremely proficient in his work, he is a genuinely kind and compassionate person. I not only enjoy our sessions together, I look forward to them. “
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GOLDEN WELLNESS CENTER
SERVICES
Hair Analysis Testing
Functional Lab Testing
Identify hidden mineral imbalances, adrenal stress, and toxic burdens so we can treat the root cause — not just symptoms.
Acupuncture
Nervous System Reset
Calm stress, reduce inflammation, improve circulation, and activate your body’s natural healing response.
Chi Nei Tsang
Abdominal Therapy & Gut Health
Release stored tension, support digestion and detox, and restore the gut–brain connection.
Long Distance Consultations
Virtual Functional Medicine Consults
Personalized care, lab testing, and treatment plans — wherever you live.
Trigger Point Massage
Deep Tissue & Myofascial Therapy
Relieve chronic pain, tightness, and postural strain to restore mobility and comfort.
High Quality Supplements
Professional-Grade Supplements
Targeted, high-quality formulas designed specifically for your body and labs — not guesswork.
How Can I Help You?
We uncover the root causes of fatigue, brain fog, hormone imbalance, and chronic stress — so your body can heal naturally.
I commonly help patients with:
• Fatigue and burnout
• Brain fog and poor focus
• Hormone and thyroid imbalance
• Digestive and gut issues
• Anxiety and sleep problems
• Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
• Detox and heavy metal burden
• Women’s health and cycle changes
👉 Not sure where to start? Book a consultation and we’ll map out the right path for you.
Experience True Healing — Not Symptom Management
At Golden Wellness Center, we specialize in treatments that address the root causes of stress and imbalance, helping your body shift out of the “fight-or-flight” mode.
Using techniques that activate the parasympathetic nervous system—often referred to as the Gut-Brain connection via the Vagus nerve—we create the conditions for deep relaxation, allowing your body to rest, heal, and regenerate naturally.
Our integrative approach balances critical neurochemistry by supporting neurotransmitters, replenishing essential minerals, and detoxifying harmful heavy metals.
This comprehensive care helps your brain release toxins such as mercury, copper, and aluminum, which can contribute to mental and emotional distress.
The result? A lasting resolution for conditions like:
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Heart palpitations
- OCD
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Panic attacks
- Autism
We use clinically tested, science-backed herbal and nutritional therapies designed to resolve the underlying causes of your health concerns—never just masking symptoms.
Every formula and recommendation is tailored to your unique needs, empowering your body to heal itself.
Whether you’re seeking support for adrenal health, thyroid balance, digestive wellness, liver function, immune resilience, respiratory health, or inflammation reduction, our treatments are here to restore your body’s natural harmony and vitality.
Your journey to balanced health starts here.
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Brain & Body Recovery System
This Premier 8-Month Brain health protocol slows down cognitive decline by reversing all of the known 12 major contributing factors, such as inflammation, cellular energy metabolism, placque formation, and low brain oxygen levels, as well as many others that all work synergistically to provide your brain cells with the right nutrients and hormones that your brain requires for optimal functioning!
- Weekly Motivation and Implementation Calls
- All lab-testing and Consultations included
- 5-Step System and treatment plan for achieving optimal Brain health, improved Memory, All-Day energy and motivation without using medications, stimulants or dangerous products that can have serious side effects.
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Between our expert service, our relaxing and healing massage and acupuncture treatments, along with a full line of Integrative Health and Natural Herbal supplements, you will enjoy each time you visit the Golden Wellness Center. We hope to see you soon!
(530) 409-9612
344 Placerville Dr. Suite 1 Placerville, CA 95667
info@goldenwellnesscenter.com
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HEALTH SOLUTIONS PODCAST
Alex Tuggle discusses his own trials with brain fog, stress, diet and environmental toxins to help his listeners have more tools in their toolkit that will allow them to have a breakthrough and give their body and brains what they need to heal with the power of natural medicine.
