
Hello, my name is Chen XIA (pronounced sha). I received seven years full time education in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine that includes acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine), and seven years of clinical practice in China. In 1999, I graduated with MD, recieved Ph.D degree from Kyoto University, Japan, major in aging study, and came to US for medical research training at the Texas Medical Center.
I realized that the modern diseases are very different from what is 50 years ago. Many people are aging with life style related health problems. The problems are caused by various interior means. In other words, the disease is caused by from within us, not from exterior threats like bacteria.
TCM uses acupuncture and herbal medicine to perform diseases treatment and healthcare improvement. The treatment is not designed directly to heal the patient. Instead, we use approaches to strengthen and regulate the body energy, in order to resist and eliminate both the external and internal pathogenic factor, to keep our bodies in healthy condition.
You are welcome to visit my office to address your concerns. Let us try to find what I can do for you and what can you do by yourself.
Chen Xia, MD, PhD, LAc
May, 2005