Looking for acupuncture in Pasadena, Arcadia, San Gabriel Valley area?

You can now look at http://acuchu.com for more information!

Our clinic is at:

1028 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 107
Pasadena, CA 91104

Pasadena Acupuncturist and Herbalist Robert Chu will help patients with infertility, Cancer treatment related side effects, cardiovascular problems, diabetes, thyroid issues, and pain.

Clinic hours are by appointment, please call (626)345-0441 to schedule.

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http://acuchu.com

Or call us at:(626) 487-1815 Cell phone/Voice mail

Interview conducted by Namwook Cho, Reporter from Comprehensive Medicine News (a Korean Language journal) .

1.    How long the externship has been running in Disney Cancer Center, and how many students are participated in and how many patients are treated by acupuncture?

The externship from Emperor’s College at the Disney Family Cancer Center Integrative Medicine Clinic has been in existence since the beginning of this year.  Thus far, 5 students have participated in the externship program and they get to experience acupuncture and Chinese medicine in an integrative medical setting with roughly 8 – 10 patients per shift.

2.    What are the major symptoms of patients whom wanted to be treated by acupuncture?

Since we are seeing all types of patients, we get all types of issues ranging from side effects of cancer treatment like nausea, vomiting, headaches, dizziness, loss of appetite, weakened immunity system, fatigue, lethargy, and pain.  We also do a fair amount of neuromusculoskeletal pain disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, gynecological diseases, stress, insomnia, poor memory and the like.   Modern living itself is a major problem, and people like to get acupuncture to simply relax.

3. How is the externship in the hospital is operated?   For example, any in or out patients of the hospital can be treated by their needs or patients should be advised by doctors in the hospital and get permission to be treated by acupuncture?

No, the clinic is the Integrative Medicine Clinic and they can be self- referred.  In California, Licensed Acupuncturists are primary treating physicians, which means we diagnose and treat according to Traditional Chinese Medicine principles.  Anyone can walk off the street, and if we’re available, we can see them, but we usually suggest they make an appointment.  Some are referred by doctors at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, with specific problems and we see them, of course.

3.    Why do you think Emperor’s College of TCM could get a chance to have externship in Disney Cancer Center?

Well, Emperor’s College of TCM is one of the nation’s oldest and prestigious schools of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has a long standing reputation in the community, so when this opportunity came up, the school was a natural choice to offer externship for its students.  Emperor’s boasts a high ranking pass rate of students that excel on both the NCCAOM® and California Acupuncture Licensing Exams and is always seeking to enrich educational opportunities for their students.

4.    What’s reaction of patients who are treated with acupuncture by the students in the hospital?

The reaction is favorable.  Since I am the supervisor of the externs and we use both the Master Tung Acupuncture and traditional points, we have amazing efficacy with acupuncture.  I teach the students to have logic in selecting points, not just go by rote memorization.  By identifying the patient’s signs and symptoms with the acupuncture channels, we have almost immediate effect.  Pain disappears almost instantaneously, and complaint symptoms subside.

5. What is your personal opinion on working with western doctors and acupuncturists?

Acupuncture in China is already modernized through what is called “Traditional Chinese Medicine” (TCM).  We are already a modern paradigm, as TCM is the system of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal therapy that stems from the 1950’s, widely taught in schools, and practiced in hospitals in China, and is the leading form of Acupuncture practiced worldwide.  So for us to be put in the modern integrative medical setting is already natural.  We already work side by side with doctors, read diagnostic tests, blood work, reports of findings, do orthopedic tests, refer to a patient’s health history and in addition, do our Chinese medicine diagnosis of inquiry, tongue diagnosis, palpation of channels, and pulse taking.   All acupuncturists should be familiar with Western Medicine diagnosis, even if we do not treat with western medicine.  I can only see more and more hospitals doing this, as patients are often looking for a more natural method of healing, want to lessen side effects from taking multiple drugs, and perhaps in the case of cancer, strengthen their immunity system and combat fatigue.

6. Dr. Chu, you are famous worldwide for lecturing on acupuncture, could you tell us a little about your teachings?

Yes, I just came back from lecturing for a week in Paris, France, and I am asked to lecture in various countries through Europe, Canada and the United States, where I teach the Master Tung and Optimal Acupuncture systems.  I provide continuing education to MD’s and Acupuncturists, since 2005, and founded ITARA – International Tung’s Acupuncture Research Association, to preserve, standardize, educate, and research new applications of the Tung family system of Acupuncture with integrity, and open sharing.   ITARA has now grown with branches internationally.  My lectures are always filled with humor and clinical anecdotes, where I hope my colleagues can find a more effective approach in the clinic, and their patients benefit.

7.    Where can we reach you Dr. Chu?

Currently Monday afternoons at the Disney Family Cancer Center from 1:30 pm to 6 pm, at the Integrative Medicine program at the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center in Burbank, CA, please call 818-748-4751 to schedule an appointment with my interns, or at my private practice during the week in Pasadena at 1028 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 107, at (626) 345-0441.  You can look up more information at http://acuchu.com.

Thank you for your time.

Many thanks!

Its well known that Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can treat Seasonal Affective Disorder to help with depression, sadness, moodiness, loss of interest, Withdrawal from social situations, and an increase in ingesting carbs.

You can read more here:

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120104/HEALTH/201040310/-1/SITEMAP

Since I deal with many cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as well as surgery, and my position as Clinical Supervisor for Emperor’s College Acupuncture externs at the Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center in Burbank, as well as in my own Pasadena private practice, I am often asked, what can Acupuncture do for cancer patients?

My response is typically we can promote a sense of well being and quality of life, boost the immunity system, and treat naturally the signs and symptoms of those undergoing conventional treatment and their side effects, including:

Anxiety

Back Pain and Sciatica

Constipation

Diarrhea

Dizziness

Ear Pain and Ringing

Eczema and other Skin Problems or rashes

Edema

Headaches

Infections

Insomnia

Migraines

Nausea and Vomiting

Numbness and Neuropathy

PAIN of all types

Stress

Weight problems

The advantage is huge – offering patients to empower themselves in their treatment, treating side effects without additional drugs, and overall, giving them a better quality of life.

Often, patients ask me if acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help treat stress and anxiety.  There was stress and anxiety in ancient China, too, so the answer is, of course!  Acupuncture can have a direct effect of calming the mind, body and spirit, and often, nothing is more relaxing than an acupuncture session with soft lights, beautiful music, and warmth.  Chinese medicine in the form of natural herbal therapy can also reduce stress and anxiety and promote a sense of well being, without  the dangerous and sexual side-effects of anti-depressant drugs.

There’s a new study out:

http://technology.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980981911

Read about it here:

http://www.healblog.net/health-news/pain-accompanied-by-chemotherapy-might-be-relieved-by-acupuncture/

You don’t have to believe in fairies for Tinkerbell to live!

Acupuncture is used successfully on cats, dogs, horses and other animals, and as far as I know, they don’t have a belief system, yet they benefit from Acupuncture.

Many people don’t have a belief pattern and they still get results.  The NIH has dozens of cases which are documented and China has millions of cases documented.

Medical Doctors don’t always understand the mechanism of many drugs they administer, but they still get an effect.

It’s no different with acupuncture…you don’t have to believe in anything.

http://emperors.edu/tag/roy-and-patrica-disney-family-cancer-center/

Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center 

In her article “Saint Joseph’s turns to the East”, Burbank Leader reporter Gretchen Meier featured the new partnership that Emperor’s College formed with the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. The partnership provides students in the master’s program at Emperor’s College the unique opportunity to complete clinical training at a state-of-the-art cancer center that combines the latest technology and most advanced treatments with a commitment to evidence-based, quality care for the whole patient – body, mind and spirit.

In her article, Meier quoted to Dr. Robert Chu, who supervises the acupuncture interns from Emperor’s College.  She also spoke with the medical director of the integrative medicine program at the center, Dr. Lisa Schwartz. And Christopher Ruth, one of Emperor’s College interns participating in the externship, speaks to Meier about his experience working in an integrative medicine department at a major Western clinic.

You can read the full article on the Burbank Leader website.

From the Burbank Leader

http://articles.burbankleader.com/2011-02-16/news/tn-blr-cancer-20110216_1_cancer-patients-offering-acupuncture-acupuncture-sessions

Saint Joseph’s turns to the East

The hospital’s cancer center now offers supplementary treatments beside chemotherapy and radiation.