about

We are a traditional healing arts studio and small scale apothecary offering in clinic and mobile acupuncture services as well as herbal consultations and traditional herbal remedies.

Guided by seasonal availability, we offer small batch, high quality herbal remedies crafted from locally grown, sustainably foraged, or sustainably sourced high quality plant medicines.

We offer acupuncture services at a sliding scale to increase accessibility to evidence based natural medicine and traditional healing modalities.  We recognize that not all people have the means to afford quality healthcare services and through our organizing efforts, we seek to address the disparities we see marginalized communities experience in the field of healthcare.

Our mission is to help people cultivate balance within and with the planet by connecting people with small batch sustainable plant medicines and traditional healing modalities that nourish strength and resilience.  At the center of our work, we aim to simultaneously promote ecological balance and inner wellness that is accessible to all.

About Dr. Xeo Thuy Tien DAcCHM Dipl. O.M., L.Ac.

The founder of The Wild Violet – Dr. Xeo Thuy-Tien is a licensed acupuncturist, multigenerational plant medicine practitioner and community organizer with over 10 years of experience as a traveling herbal clinician and medicine maker.  Xeo has undergone extensive training and apprenticeship in both "western" and "traditional Chinese" herbal medicine.  Xeo earned their Doctorate of Acupuncture with a Specialization in Chinese Herbal Medicine from ACAOM, where they focused their research on the use of traditional herbal medicine for the prevention and treatment of food allergies.  Xeo earned their master's degree in Acupuncture with a Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialization and Bachelors of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Texas Health & Science University. 

Xeo has spent over 10 years organizing and facilitating free and sliding scale herbal and wellness clinics, centering frontline communities facing resource scarcity paired with a lack of access to quality healthcare.  Xeo continues to offer free evidence based natural healthcare services with the PEACE Collective, who partners with Austin Public Health to offer free acupuncture at public health events in the Austin area.  Xeo created The Wild Violet as an outlet to share the fruits of their labor more widely while creating a sustainable income to support the longevity of their unpaid community work.  Every purchase from The Wild Violet supports our ongoing mission to connect people with plants, regardless of resources or financial access.