Dr. Joseph (Changqing) Yang received his bachelor's degree in TCM and master's degree from Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China, in 1984. In 1998, he earned his PhD degree in neuropsychiatry from Kobe University, Japan. Dr. Yang is the president and founder of the American Institute of Mental Health in Traditional Chinese Medicine (AIMHTCM). He also is the vice director of the mental health committee and the vice director of the psychosomatic committee of the World Federation of TCM. He has a private clinic in West Los Angeles. 
Structured water (H3O2) can be considered a fourth state of water between liquid and solid. It has the hexagonal structure of ice; however, missing a critical bond, it behaves more like a gel than a solid, but retains some of its crystalline structure.
In the past five years of my clinical practice, I have seen an astonishing upsurge in the chronic use of proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) medications for the gastrointestinal issue diagnosed by allopathic medicine as GERD. It is not uncommon to encounter patients taking these prescriptions for five-plus years.
Working with chronically ill patients entails acknowledging the reality that not all patients will survive their diagnosis. Chinese medicine and acupuncture play a crucial role in palliative and end-of-life care, addressing medication and disease side effects, alleviating pain associated with death, reducing anxiety and stress, and helping patients find peace during the dying process.
