Dr. Jing Liu, OMD, LA., PhD, China, has almost 11 years of schooling in Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).Upon completion of her initial residency in the 1980's, she was chosen for her unique talent and abilities and was trained to work on high government officials in China. She then completed a 3 year Ph.D. program under Dr. Shi Xue Min who is the Father of Acupuncture and the world's #1 TCM doctor. Dr. Shi has called Dr. Liu "The Master of the Masters." Dr. Liu has studied under many top doctors in their respective specialites in both Eastern and Western medicine for the last 20 years and continues her education in China every year. Dr. Liu's extensive knowledge is well rounded and her areas of expertise encompass the treatment of common illness, pain management, cancer support, men and women's health issues as well as neuropathy.
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.