Chinese Acupuncture & Wellness is an acupuncture and herbal medicine clinic located in north Coral Springs, near Parkland. There are two acupuncture physicians in our office: Yu Qi, MD (China), acupuncture physician, has been practicing 42 years including 22 years in hospitals; and Chunhui He, MD (China), acupuncture physician and RN, has been practicing 32 years including 13 years in hospital.
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Acupuncture is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which has originated long, long time ago. Generation by generation Chinese people keep using acupuncture to treat diseases and maintain health, now it spreads all over the world because of its efficacy.

Acupuncture is based on self healing ability of our body. By putting very thin, sterilized acupuncture needles into certain points on our body, acupuncture can relieve pain, balance immune function and hormonal level, reduce stress, relieve anxiety and depression, etc.

​We hope that our MD background and long time hospital working experience can help you to maintain health and relief suffering with shorter time and better effect.  

Our office is located in Coral Springs Professional Campus, on the southeast corner of University Dr. and Westview Dr., and south of the Sawgrass Expressway. You can come in the campus either from University Drive entrance or Westview Dr. entrance.
Due to the pandemic, please wear mask to come. When you arrive, please stay in your car in stead of waiting in waiting area with others, and call us at 561-303-6943. 

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FAQs

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a well of medical knowledge gained from over several thousand years of observation, investigation and clinical experience. TCM has evolved as an empirical medicine and its theories and treatments have been repeatedly in use and refined over this long period of time. In the USA, TCM is regarded as an Alternative Medicine by the definition coined by Center of  Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institute of Health (NIH).

The history of TCM can be traced back to the New Stone Age over 10,000 years ago. TCM practices developed in an empirical manner through the observation of the effects they produced on certain parts of the body and on specific ailments. 

​Early acupuncture was carried out using sharpened bone fragments prior to the development of other tools. The first and most important classic text of TCM had been completed in about 200 BC. This book, known as the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, discussed the theory and philosophy of TCM as well as the therapeutic benefits of acupuncture, herbs, diet and exercise. 

By the Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.), another valuable classic, the Treatise on Diseases Caused by Cold Factors (Shang Han Lun) had been written by Zhang Zhongjing. This classic is an authoritative practical guide to the treatment of illness even to the present day. Another well-known Chinese medical works is the Materia Medica (Ben Cao Gong Mu), compiled in the Ming dynasty (1368- 1644 A.D.) by Li Shizhen. This encyclopedic work includes descriptions of almost 2,000 different kinds of medicines and forms an important framework for TCM herbology.

What Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is one of the oldest forms of healing art known to mankind and it was originated in China nearly five thousand years ago. The word “acupuncture” is divisable in two parts, acu- and -puncture. Acu- in Latin means needle and puncture comes from Latin to pierce with a pointed instrument. It is a practice of insertion of needles into specific exterior body locations to relieve pain, to induce biological changes, and for therapeutic purposes.

 Acupuncture points are located and joined together in “channels” or “meridians”, along which Qi (life energy) flows. The points used in treatment are carefully chosen by acupuncturist to disperse any blockages and to bring the patient's Qi into balance.Most acupuncturists in the USA are now using fine, sterilized, and disposable needles in practice. The needling induced pain is minimal and adverse reaction is very rare.Moxibustion is the process whereby a dried herb is burnt, either directly on the skin or indirectly above the skin over specific acupuncture points to warm the Qi and Blood in the channels. In modern clinic, a substitute device called TDP lamp is often used for the very same purpose of moxibustion.

What Is Herbal Medicine?
Herbal Medicine in traditional Chinese medicine describes formula which are made from the roots, stems, bark, leaves, seeds or flowers of many plants, as well as some mineral and animal parts.The herbs are usually decocted into a decoction. Some come in ready-prepared pill or powder, called “patent” herbal formulas. 

The herbal medicine is usually taken in the form of a “recipe” called a prescription. To make up a prescription, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine carefully blends together a number of herbs which have specific functions. Most Chinese 

​​medicinal herbs are regarded as dietary supplements in the USA. 

A professional herbalist needs to go through about 5 years medical education and additional clinical training, just like other medical specialties. By the principle of Chinese medicine, personalized formula should be given to each individual based on clinical presentations and results of pattern analysis. One has to talk to a herbalist in person to understand if the herb supplement will fit your conditions.
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Is acupuncture painful?
Acupuncture is not painless treatment, but it is less painful than injection. On average, it is like mosquito bite. Actually when we were studying acupuncture we did a lot for our selves before treating patients.