Professor Guanhu Yang is an internationally trained clinician-scientist bridging TCM and modern biomedical research. Holding an MD/PhD and U.S. postdoctoral fellowship, he serves as professor and PhD supervisor at Macau University of Science and Technology, with additional professorial appointments worldwide. His career spans China, Japan, and the United States, including leadership in acupuncture education and multidisciplinary academic mentorship. Licensed in multiple U.S. states, he specializes in complex internal medicine, diabetes, pain syndromes, reproductive health, and digestive disorders. His research integrates acupuncture, herbal medicine, multi-omics, bioinformatics, machine learning, and translational biomarker discovery. With 210+ SCI publications and substantial citations, he contributes actively to international standards and professional societies.
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) affects more than 15% of the U.S. population but evades most practitioners’ radar. Just five years ago, it wasn’t even on my radar, despite already having 20 years of experience as a clinician at that time. The more I dug (similar to leaky gut and post-COVID syndrome), the more I found my patients were suffering from this disorder.
Research supports the effectiveness of selecting the distal acupuncture points for the treatment of microtrauma and for relieving pain, particularly in cases of chronic shoulder pain. But to make the treatment results long-lasting, clinical experience and research suggest that instead of treating the most painful structure first, we identify the inhibited driver, restore reliable recruitment, confirm it with immediate re-testing, and only then address the painful area as a branch of a deeper pattern.
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The motivation behind our practice of medicine is important, impacting not just our experience but also the experiences of those we treat. It is perhaps for this reason that the aspiration to help not just some, but all beings heal, has historically been an important part of the medical tradition. To explain this, we need to consider how medicine is interwoven with other social domains.