Welcome to American Chinese Medical Center, acupuncture division. We
have founded this division mainly focusing on the holistic approach to illness
and health. We are trained physicians who see a variety of different illness in
our office. One unsatisfied aspect of our western medicine practice is the huge
gap between what we call disease and illness. Disease is what we can define by
western terms and abnormality found on blood tests and diagnostic tests.
Illness is what patient feels, such as fatigue, back pain, and chest pain.
Sometimes, we can diagnose the underlying etiologies of patients’ illnesses,
such as anemia or low thyroid state for fatigue. But more often than not,
despite a very extensive medical work up, no diagnostic abnormality can be
uncovered for that particular illness. Both the physician and the patient are
very frustrated. By integrating western medicine and eastern medicine and
making sure no major disease is missed, we have been able to help our patients
suffering from all kinds of illness such as pain, allergies, migraine, obesity,
multiple sclerosis, infertility, etc. When you come for the visit, we will go
over your western medicine diagnosis and make sure no major diseases are missed
and then propose the course of treatment. (Please read about our patients’
feedback.) We now have state-of-the-art
diagnostic machine which enables us to pin-point which meridian is blocked
inside the body. Based on the elegant ancient Chinese concept of “If there is
no blockage, there is no disease”, we have been able to open up the specific
blockage and achieve healing in some of the very-tough-to-treat diseases, such
as fibromyalgia. For those who are afraid of the
acupuncture needle or the pain (albeit minimal), we offer the alternative of
laser acupuncture, achieving comparable therapeutic effect without the needles
or pain. Laser acupuncture has also been very helpful in helping our patient
with obesity, allergy, and hair loss (either alopecia areata or age-related
hair loss). We have two convenient locations in Newton Highlands and Brighton Center, Newton Highlands Office – across the street from Newton Highlands T station and Brighton Center Office – across the street from St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. A little bit about ourselves: Dr. Howard Liu is the President of American Chinese Medical Center. He graduated from New York University School of Medicine with election to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He finished his medical residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Harvard Medical School. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Acupuncture Course for Physician. He specializes in integrating both Eastern and Western medicine. Dr. Lydia Liu graduated with high honor from Guangzhou Medical College in China and has been integrating both Western Medicine and Eastern Medicine in her acupuncture and herbal medicine practice since 1991.
We strive to provide a warm, caring and comfortable
treatment atmosphere. Our services include Acupuncture, Herbal
medicine, and Tai Chi. We offer Saturday hours for the busy working
class. We invite you to experience with us a whole new way of holistic healing
and health! With our best
wishes,
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