Treatments

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with a handful of methods that sit alongside them.

Dr. Liu treats from one room on Baltimore National Pike, and she is nationally certified in both of the treatments below. Everything else on this page supports one or the other rather than standing on its own. If you are not sure which fits what you have, the phone is answered in the office, and you can read more about her training on the about page.

NCCAOM certified · Maryland licensed

Acupuncture

The needles are very thin, made from stainless steel, sterile and used once before they are thrown away. Inserting one is not painful. Most people feel a slight sting as it goes in and nothing more than that. Electro acupuncture is also offered. Treatment can run at the same time as the medicine you already take, and Dr. Liu will ask you to keep seeing your own physician alongside it.

The World Health Organization cited 104 conditions acupuncture can address in a 1979 report, the FDA classed the acupuncture needle as a medical device in 1993, and the US National Institutes of Health found clear evidence for its use in postoperative and chemotherapy nausea, nausea in pregnancy and postoperative dental pain in 1997. Those are the positions of those three bodies, not a claim made by this clinic.

What a session involves

The in house herb shelf at Acuherb Clinic

NCCAOM certified in Chinese herbology

Chinese herbal medicine

Herbs are given as a formula rather than a single herb, because people's constitutions and patterns differ from one person to the next, and a formula is tailored to yours. They are collected from unpolluted mountain forest, then imported and inspected by the US authorities. You do not need to stop your current medication to take them.

A simple problem may settle with one visit and three to five doses of herbs. Chronic disorders usually take longer, and tend to start at one or two visits a week. The five methods below sit alongside the herbs in the same room, and Dr. Liu decides what your visit needs.

How a formula is written

Alongside the herbs

Five methods used with acupuncture and herbal medicine, not instead of them

None of these is booked as a treatment on its own. They are the other tools Dr. Liu reaches for during an acupuncture or herbal medicine visit, drawn from the same training that sits behind the two treatments above.

Cupping: Used alongside acupuncture and herbs rather than on its own, as part of the same treatment plan Dr. Liu writes for you.
Diet and lifestyle adjustment: Part of how a course of treatment is built here, alongside the needles and the formula, not a separate program.
Gua Sha: One of the methods Dr. Liu draws on in the treatment room, offered alongside acupuncture and herbs as your case calls for it.
Moxibustion: Another of the methods kept in the same room, used with acupuncture and herbal formulas rather than in place of them.
Tuina: Offered as part of the same visit, alongside the needles and the herbs, at Dr. Liu's judgment.

Not sure which one you need?

Call the office during opening hours and describe what you have. Dr. Liu decides in person whether acupuncture, herbs, or both fit your case, rather than booking you in blind. You can also read about her own training and the clinic's history on the about page, or find hours and directions on the contact page.

Call (410) 313-8226