Kun Liu, LAc

Kun Liu is a licensed acupuncturist in the State of Arizona and in the State of California. She is an active licensed Traditional Chinese Doctor in China as well. Kun Liu was born in a traditional Chinese medical family and raised in China. She is the third generation in her family to practice acupuncture and herbal medicine. She has an ideal goal that she wants to treat all of her patients both physically and psychologically. After she finished her 5 years of training in acupuncture to receive her Bachelor's degree in China from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, she came to the U.S. to get her Master's degree in Psychology from California State University. Kun Liu has experience in treating stroke and stroke sequela patients and was trained in Dr. Shi Xue-Min's University and Hospital, which is the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and No.1 Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM. She is proficient at treating insomnia and depression patients and has had great success in treating pain problems, such as headache, shoulder pain, lower back pain.

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Dr. Shi Xue-Min and the Xing Nao Kai Qiao Legacy
March 2012 (Vol. 13, Issue 03)
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Acupuncture & Acupressure
It’s Time to Stop Prescribing Points
It's Time to Stop Prescribing Points

A student stands over a patient, needle poised. They have a “perfect” prescription: a textbook combination of points harvested from a lecture slide on chronic lower back pain. But as the needle meets the skin, the student hesitates - the symptom of a quiet habit that has taken hold of our profession. We routinely say we “prescribe” points. It sounds efficient. It echoes the authority of biomedical culture and fits neatly into the insurance field. But vocabulary is never neutral; repeated long enough, it dictates behavior.

Bruce W. Park, DACM
Acupuncture & Acupressure
Open the Orifices: Point Combinations for Allergy Presentations
Open the Orifices: Point Combinations for Allergy Presentations

Acupuncture can be highly effective in cases of nasal congestion so common in allergy presentations; so much so that I often treat such issues using acupuncture protocols alone. In cases of seasonal allergies with highly predictable causes such as obvious elevations of environmental allergens, I use a skeleton acupuncture prescription that can easily be fleshed out to target potential underlying patterns and effectively customized to the patient.

Craig Williams, LAc, AHG
News / Profession
Profession at a Crossroads: What Must Change
Profession at a Crossroads: What Must Change

The field of acupuncture in the U.S. continues to grow in visibility, patient demand and clinical effectiveness. Yet behind the curtain, many acupuncturists are quietly struggling to keep their doors open. While the profession is rooted in centuries of healing tradition, modern economic pressures – particularly those driven by insurance limitations, low reimbursement rates and job-market saturation – are making it increasingly difficult for licensed acupuncturists to thrive.

Shabnam Pourhassani, LAc, QME, DACM