Supplemental or Holistic Treatment Centers

This is an excerpt from There is Hope: Learning to Live with HIV, 2nd Edition, written by Janice Ferri, with Richard R. Roose and Jill Schwendeman, a publication of The HIV Coalition.

AIDS Alternative Health Project
4753 North Broadway
Suite 1110
Chicago, IL 60640
312-561-2800
312-561-8225-FAX

• Massage therapy and bodywork, craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, chiropractics, and nutritional counseling. All clients must have a primary-care physician.

American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
450 Connecticut Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-282-9603

• Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicines. Financial assistance available for those with HIV. Multilingual.

Center for Natural and Traditional Medicines
PO Box 21735
Washington, DC 20009
202-234-9632
202-332-2132-FAX

• Offers an information and resource center on the use of natural and traditional healing methods from various cultures worldwide.

Living Beyond
8112 South Champlain Avenue
Chicago, IL 60619
312-483-0874

• Not-for-profit community-based organization helping economically disadvantaged HIV-infected people. Information on non-traditional treatments such as massage, vitamin therapies, and acupuncture, Sliding scale fees.

Northside HIV Treatment Center
4753 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
312-271-6335
312-275-8874-FAX

• Complementary therapies including acupuncture, massage, and Chinese herbs.

Vida/SIDA
2048 West Division Street
Chicago, IL 60622
312-278-6737
312-278-6753-FAX

• STD/HIV prevention project and alternative health clinic. Library, condom distribution, acupuncture and chiropractic services, peer education training. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.