I am a registered Acupuncturist licensed by the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia (CTCMA).

I first became interested in Acupuncture during my teens in Inner Mongolia, watching my mother, a Western trained nurse who was also a respected Acupuncturist. She turned to the methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat her TB patients during the Cultural Revolution in China, when money and supplies from the West were non-existent. I learned much from her, but continued to study on my own, and have been a practising Acupuncturist since then.

My clients generally don’’t like needles, so I have switched to Acupressure massage, which is actually the precurser to Acupuncture. I also believe that massage is more effective because there is immediate feedback between the client and me. Acupressure is based on the same system of Meridian pathways and pressure points as Acupuncture. For my Auricular therapy, I use seeds taped to the pressure points of the ear. My clients can apply pressure to the seeds over a period of up to four days, thus prolonging the treatment.

Besides my busy practice based in greater Vancouver, I also teach Qi Gong, a form of meditation related to Tai Chi and I’m working on a book about staying healthy using my system of massage, diet and herbal foods.

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