Steve Liu received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from San Jose State University and graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is the founder and president of the American Society for Laser Acupuncture Therapy; president emeritis of the Arizona Society of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine  and the North American Association for photobiomoduLation Therapy; and a board member of the International Society for Medical Laser Applications. Steve is also the founder of HanLing Acupuncture Healing Center and the Integrative Brain Healing Institute, and has a private practice in Tucson, Ariz.
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.
