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Dr. Wang, a medical doctor from China, is a master acupuncturist licensed in New York, Connecticut and Wisconsin. He is a former Columbia University Medical School visiting professor and research scientist (1991-2004) with more than 30 medical and acupuncture publications to his name and has been featured in numerous TV shows, such as CBS News, as well as radio shows, magazine articles and medical journals. He was invited to talk about acupuncture and Chinese herbs by many medical schools and universities and well-known companies, including Harvard University, Columbia University, NYU Medical School, Mt. Sinai Medical School and the Colgate Company. Dr. Wang graduated from Henan and Guangzhou Chinese Medical Schools under an eight-year full-time medical program that included Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and modern Western medicine. Currently, Dr. Wang is also a Chinese Herbal Medicine and acupuncture consultant at Mount Sinai Medical School. You can learn more about Dr. Wang’s education, background, academic appointments, and honors as well as his ground-breaking specialty treatments for specific ailments here. Ask us any questions relating acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. www.Acupuncturechineseherbs.com

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Acupuncture Shaobai Wang's (王少白) Tang Zhen(糖针) System (Part IV) Clinical Experience: Trigger finger by Tang Zhen

Acupuncture Shaobai Wang's (王少白) Tang Zhen(糖针) System (Part IV) Clinical Experience: Trigger finger by Tang Zhen Generally speaking Trigger finger appears when local related joint tissues are inflamed. For some cases in the United States trigger finger always end up with surgery, however, if you are treated with Tang Zhen(糖针) acupuncture, surgery can be avoided for most cases. So far in our clinic we have helped trigger finger from just helping one to all fingers: 1. Preparation: Routine acupuncture preparation. 2. Point selection: 1-6 Ashi points selected depending on how many joints and fingers are involved, plus 1-3 points between the elbow and the wrist acupuncture channel line accordingly. And select Yangling Quan either on one side or both. 3. Methods of needle insertion: Tang Zhen acupuncture method. 4. Detailed procedure: After routine sterilization, insert needle to the Ashi points 1 to 1.5mm deep. All the other points the needle will be inserted about 0.5cm deep. Use TDP for Ashi points, until the patient feels comfortable for the remainder of the time during the session. Do not put TDP to close, otherwise the patient will get burned, so be careful. 5. Acupuncture Needle Duration: 30 to 45 minutes. 6. Results: Generally, after 3 to 6 sessions you will see good results, however for few patients they will only need 1 to 2 sessions, while for the other few, they will probably need 6 to 9 sessions to feel better. 

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Acupuncture Shaobai Wang's (王少白) Tang Zhen(糖针) System (Part III)

Diagnosis and TCM pattern differentiation are both important in the Tang Zhen((糖针)  system.

               As an independent TCM/Acupuncture Practitioner in the United States, we don't have the rights yet to prescribe a X-ray, MRI, lab test request, etc.  like we do in China, we must first make sure what kind of  diagnosis the patient you're going to see has. Very often we need to send the patients to the correspondent specialist to have a diagnosis first and then we can see if we can help the problem/disease or not. In this way not only do we take responsibility for the patient, but also for ourselves. Plus, we must also know the patients family history, genetic issues, disease history, hobby, profession, etc. to judge how much we can help this patient. On the other hand, sometimes more importantly we need to figure out what is the pattern differentiation by  asking the patient accompanied symptoms. As soon as the diagnosis and the pattern differentiation are made,  then the principle of the treatment will be easy to figure out and then of course you can easily make a selection of acupuncture points and/or TCM herbal medicine if necessary. In this way, the patient can get the most benefits in your clinic for their condition/disease.

               Nothing is perfect, as we usually say. In the same way acupuncture and TCM herbal medicine have their limitation too. Very often it is important to know what  condition and disease which we cannot help, even though it is scientifically proven that acupuncture and the TCM herbal medicine can help about 455 disease and/or conditions. As a patient it is also important to know very often many disease and conditions,  in reality, acupuncture and TCM herbal medicine can give you better and quicker results than modern western medicine.

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Acupuncture Shaobai Wang's (王少白) Tang Zhen(糖针) System (Part II)

Tang Zhen Needle Insertion Method

               Traditionally, there are different ways to distract patients at the moment of needle insertion. All the classic acupuncture books such as Ling Shu(灵枢 ), Nan Jing (难经 ) etc. stress the cooperation between the acupuncturist's hands even though there is a distract way by asking patients to cough when inserting the needle. But  the most famous and popular method is known from the book, Biao You Fu(标幽赋) indicating the detail of the cooperation between the acupuncturist's left and right hands. All the books stress the importance of the left hand.

                Based upon the above information, we found our way of no pain needle insertion is better . It is simple and easy to master even for beginners.  Here are the detailed steps:  1) Ask patient to choose a position they are most comfortable in. 2) Avoid blood vessels in the area of needle insertion 3) When inserting the needle with right hand, use the left hand to tap another part of the patient's body (except sensitive/private area) about less than a quarter second before you  insert the needle into the patient's body.  For the acupuncturists who are left handed, just do it the opposite way.  Step 3 happens very quickly, in less than half a second. If it is not done quickly, the left hand will be unable to distract the patient. The purpose of this step is to take advantage of the patient's reaction time, the patient will focus on the area you tap as opposed to the area of needle insertion.

               Occasionally, you will see nervous or sensitive patients. To relax these types of patients, the acupuncturist could conversate with the patient during needle insertion in every way, as long as the patient can be distracted as much as possible.

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Are there any side effects of acupuncture?

It depends on what the definition of side effects is for the acupuncture treatment procedure. For some, bruises from the needles or prolonged sensation from the needle can be side effects. However, for someone else these effects could be positive because they will maintain the acupuncture function until the bruise or prolong sensation disappears.

In general, when talking about the side effects of acupuncture, people usually mean bruises, pain, etc. If the acupuncturist follows the restrictions and contraindications of acupuncture, there should not be any side effects unless the patient is really sensitive or something else. There are many factors that should be considered when doing acupuncture treatment, these contraindications influence the patients reaction to acupuncture. The following factors should be avoided: 1. Patient is too weak, nervous, tired, hungry, sweaty 2. Patient has an empty stomach or just finished a big meal 3. Patient is experiencing too much diarrhea or bleeding, etc. 4. Just had sex 5.Just drunk too much alcohol 5. There is terrible weather. However, if it is really necessary, the acupuncturist can still do acupuncture purposely but he/she should wait until the patient eases up or should start with gentle acupuncture first. On the other hand, when dealing with these type of patients, the acupuncturist should be concentrated on the patient’s reaction and use the most suitable acupuncture treatment accordingly. These contradictions should not necessarily prevent an acupuncturist from doing acupuncture. The acupuncturist should be aware to take more caution when treating this kind of patient, as acupuncture can be used to relieve of most these contraindications.

Traditionally, to obtain the best results, many acupuncturists do needle manipulations to tonify or reduce according to the patient’s pattern differentiation and diagnosis. Occasionally, when doing manipulation on certain acupuncture points improperly, meaning too strong in which patient cannot take, and the acupuncturist did not realize, this would be an accident but not side effect. This is because even if you do manipulation you are supposed to continuously check the patients reaction and you are not supposed to manipulate too strongly if the patient cannot take it.

In past decades, rarely there are reports of accidents caused by acupuncturists, just as in all other therapies. However, the chance of these accidents are much less than other therapies. As long as the acupuncturist is well trained, knowledgeable, and following the guidelines of acupuncture, there shouldn’t be any side effects or accidents at all.

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Acupuncture Shaobai Wang's (王少白）Tang Zhen(糖针) System (Part I)

I started to practice medicine in China in 1982. After becoming appointed by the Chinese government as the official successor of acclaimed Professor Jin Rui, famous for his acupuncture system called "Jin San Zhen(靳三针)," I came to the United States in 1991 as a visiting professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In1993, I received my acupuncture license in New York State, USA. Ever since then, I started practicing acupuncture in the United States. At the beginning, I found that most of my patients do not like the strong sensation of acupuncture needling, even though it brings good results. Therefore, I adapted a new methodology  of acupuncture(Tang Zhen). This method partially includes my previous mentors , top acupuncture Professors Situ Ling and Jin Rui's experiences, bringing similar results in American patients.  

Tang (糖) in Chinese means "Sugar," while Zhen (针) means "Needle or Needling."  The idea of this system is making acupuncture a minimal or no sensation procedure, to treat almost any kind of acupuncture  indications. This system is different from "Gentle Acupuncture", which is used by my friend, one of the best acupuncturists and pathological dermatologist, Dr. Yongming Li, MD,  because gentle needle system does not stress needling technique, holism, pattern differentiation, etc. at all.  

Recently on WeChat, I have spoken on two occasions to two groups of acupuncturists and herbalists, who are formally educated in China for 5 years or more in Medical school MD and/or Ph.D. program, regarding my acupuncture career and experience: Application of experience based on later professors Situ Ling(司徒铃)and Jin Rui(靳瑞) to American patients -- Tang Zhen system. The majority of the audience on WeChat loved this idea and said that they are unintentionally using this system in their daily practices and almost all of them are getting great results.

Now you must be wondering what the Tang Zhen system consists of and how to apply it in your practice. We will tell you this next time.

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Q: How safe is it to treat: (1) Pain Due To Sciatica  (2) Cervical Spine (3) Pain Due to Frozen Shoulder? What is the duration of Treatment required?

A: The cases in the first question (1, 2, 3) have the same answer, which is: It is pretty safe. Unless the acupuncturist made a mistake. Sometimes if the acupuncturist used too thick of a needle, or overly strong stimulation for better/quicker results then the sensation of the needle could last longer which means, if you do not like strong stimulation or thick needle, notify your acupuncturist  as your acupuncturist should have different needle sizes in length and diameter for personal preference.

In terms of the duration of treatment, again it would depend. Traditionally, it's about half an hour or more. However, according to modern research on acupuncture, the maximum effectiveness of acupuncture is achieved at 18 minutes. After 18 minutes, the effectiveness of acupuncture, for most people, will decline. Of course, there could be a few people that need more or less of the average time to reach a maximum effect.  

If you want to know how many sessions or how long you would need to take acupuncture for the situations above, it would be difficult to say because it is dependent on how serious the problem is. Over all, you would probably need about 6 to 20 sessions in the period of 2-9 weeks. Additionally, it is also depended on how skilled and experienced your acupuncturist is.

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Q: Does acupuncture relieve scrotum pain?

A: Generally speaking, yes. The only thing you need to know is that it would not be a good idea to do acupuncture if the pain is due to cancer or cancer related issues. Don't be confused, acupuncture can still help the pain brought by cancer however, it would be better to obtain permission from your oncologist before taking acupuncture.

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Does Acupuncture hurt?

It is almost 100% guaranteed that acupuncture will not hurt unless you want to have strong traditional acupuncture manipulation, you have a bad acupuncturist, are too nervous or the needle has touched the pain nerve or vein, etc.

Generally speaking, there are several different ways to do acupuncture such as, gentle acupuncture or strong acupuncture, etc,  depending on your preference. We found that in the gentle acupuncture methodology, there is a 100% guarantee of no pain, but the effectiveness will be the same or maybe a little bit less, depending on how good your acupuncturist is. I named this kind of methodology "sugar" acupuncture/"糖”针疗法, which I will talk about in ten days, in our expert acupuncturist group on WeChat. If some patients do not mind strong manipulation, that is a different story.

There is a phenomena for some patients in our office, that the more you take acupuncture, the more sensitive you will become, and the better results you will have. Why? Because at the beginning, according to Chinese medicine and acupuncture, your channels are blocked, your whole body is not balanced well, which is the reason you go to an acupuncturist. After acupuncture treatment, your channels are unblocked and your body becomes well balanced. Thus, you will feel more sensitive to acupuncture, which is good but is contradicting to what you may want. That's why in our office, some people like and "hate" acupuncture. Jokingly, our patients have always said, "How could you Chinese invent this "torture," which we love so much.

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What are the basic acupuncture techniques for daily life? 

  Generally, there are many acupuncture techniques used to fit different situations. Basically, these techniques can be divided into three categories. 1) Toning, which is good for deficiency or if you are weak 2) Reducing, which is good for decreasing unnecessary energy and 3) Evening, used to regulate the flowing of energy and circulation inside the body, if it is not flowing smoothly (not toning or reduction technique). As you can see, the techniques used here in acupuncture are done to rebalance our body. Based on the needle technique category you fit into, the techniques within that category would be good for you. 

Usually in acupuncture, if you want to keep your body healthy and maintain it's well being, it is obvious you have to use the even techniques. Additionally, acupuncture techniques are not the only way to help people with their health conditions. There are many other acupuncture ways that do not involve acupuncture techniques. These ways include:  moxibusion, cupping, blood leading, etc. You can actually use acupuncture without any techniques by just simply inserting the needle into the points according to TCM organ pattern differentiation theory, as most points have their own characteristic, which means that some points are for toning, some for reducing, and some are for evening.

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What is the science behind acupuncture?

To answer this question, you need to understand two concepts: 1. Acupuncture has been proved to help people in many ways with different conditions and diseases <See for more info on Health Organization (WHO)> 2. For thousands of years, Chinese have relied on acupuncture for many diseases and well being. From the middle of the previous century, scientists have studied how acupuncture helps people. Eventually, they found that acupuncture can regulate our body on every level and every way. 1) For CNS, it can regulate the neurotransmitters such as, serotonin and endorphin, etc. 2) For the endocrine system, it can regulate all the grand functions such as, adrenal glands, pituitary glands, etc. to hormone levels . 3) All the other systems such as immune system, reproductive system, etc. can also be affected dramatically. Here I just list a few examples. Unfortunately most of the research has been done in China and the publications of the results are in Chinese. It is difficult for the results to spread due to the language barrier. The good news is, if you are really interested and want to know further, there is a top acupuncture journal in English titled, "Acupuncture and Anesthesia" published by one of the top Chinese Academies for Medical research. And nowadays, most Chinese medical journals are actually published with an English abstract, if the editors-in-chief consider the articles are important. I would like to say a few more words about the scientific research in Western society on Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs. From time to time, you can read some publications regarding acupuncture and Chinese herbal research. You can see contradictions in the results. Some professionals just use one result to either support or argue against acupuncture and Chinese herbal medication which shouldn't be because you need more proof to prove the previous researchers results. Second, you don't know if the procedure within the experiment is correct. Third, acupuncture and Chinese medicine are a very unique system. One really needs to spend time and energy to learn about what is truly occurring. For example, for most Chinese herbs, you cannot use them as soon as you collect them from the field like fruits. You must prepare them first. Some are required to be dried, baked, steamed, or baked and steamed, or even steamed various times. Others need to be steamed and dried 9 times. Some you can only use for a certain length of time. For some, even the location of growing them makes a difference. In terms of acupuncture, the season, the time of the day, the depths of the needles, etc. can also make a big difference. We really have a long way to go for research on acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Before that time comes, we can only follow the ancient Chinese rule for treatment because for thousands of years, Chinese medicine and Acupuncture have only been studied through trials on human beings. No animals are involved in these trials. This model is different from modern medicine, where trials are done from animals to human beings.

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Can acupuncture help with insomnia?

Definitely! We usually  use acupoints in the head, facial area, extremities  and  back. Sometimes it is a good idea to  combine  Chinese herbs along with acupuncture and patients get good results.  Our office has helped patients with 20 years of insomnia.

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How effective is acupuncture for back pain?

When people ask this kind of question, it is obvious that acupuncture is very new to them. The fact is, acupuncture started as a way to help people with pain, specifically back pain. There are so many acupuncture points which can help  back pain immediately or with a few sessions, depending on the cause of pain . Here, we are not referring to back pain associated with any internal organ issues : 1. If you begin treatment immediately after straining your back, one or two sessions would be enough. The good thing is, the needle does not necessarily need to be put in the troubled area for improvement. This also true for back pain associated with stress, pregnancy, etc. 2. If back pain is caused by disc(s), vertebrates, etc. then more sessions of acupuncture are needed. 3. If the back pain is associated with cancer, the patient should go to an oncologist first.

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How can you treat eczema naturally?

What do you mean by naturally? If you consider Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture are naturally, than I can answer your question. The Chinese Herbalist  and Acupuncturist will treat your eczema in the following way : They first of all figure out what is your pattern differentiation and then they give you Herbal prescription or Acupuncture prescription to fit your pattern differentiation. Plus, they sometimes give you something specifically good for eczema. For further information about pattern differentiation in TCM and Acupuncture please visit Dr. Wang's Blog on Acupuncture NYC, Acupuncture New York, MD from China

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Does acupuncture work to prevent/cure acne?

Yes it does. Acne mainly occurs from an imbalance of hormones during early adulthood. Other causes include stress, diet, and infection, etc. Scientifically, acupuncture is proved to regulate and balance hormone levels, relieve stress, and reduce infection. This has also been proved clinically. Sometimes people of all ages have skin carbuncles, blisters, etc. Acupuncture is good for those as well. However, the results will be better if acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medication treatment and a diet change, as certain foods can trigger or cause skin issues including acne.

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Can acupuncture completely heal a herniated/bulged disc?

It depends, if there is only one hernia, generally speaking - yes. If there are two discs involved, it would need more sessions. If there are more than two hernias involved then, it is better to combine with other therapies.

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Can acupuncture stop overeating and help with weight loss?

About 60-70% guaranteed, according to our clinical experience.

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Can tension and headache be cured through acupuncture? What does acupuncture actually do and how can headaches be cured through it?

Acupuncture can relieve tension. If the headache is caused by tension, acupuncture can definitely help. So far, we found that acupuncture can regulate every part of the body in every level, from system, organ, tissue, cellular and molecular level. Anatomically, more than 95% of points are more or less related to the nervous system. It can directly regulate the concentration of neurotransmitters. Firstly, it can increase our ability to tolerate the pain by increasing the level of endorphins in our CNS. It can also decrease the concentration of the pain substances in the painful area.

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