Dr. Willow Liu

Recently, I have successfully treated three patients with severe hemifacial spasm. I want to share with you the etiology of hemifacial spasm, its treatment in both Western and Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and present these three cases treated with a combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine. Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is an involuntary, intermittent contraction of the muscles on one side of the face. It typically begins around the eye and gradually spreads to the chee

On March 26 this year, Ms. ZM, a 60-year-old patient, came to my clinic. She reported that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2022 and underwent surgery and chemotherapy at that time. In 2024, she experienced a recurrence and received chemotherapy again. In October 2025, a second recurrence occurred, and she had no choice but to undergo another round of chemotherapy. After completing six cycles of chemotherapy this past March, her CA125 level returned to norma

A Patient with Unexplained Symptoms: How Chinese Medicine Provided Answers On April 27, 56-year-old Ms. LM was accompanied by her husband on a several-hour drive from San Jose in Northern California to my clinic in Diamond Bar, Southern California. She reported that she had recently seen her primary care physician (PCP) due to dizziness, headache, brain fog, extreme fatigue, poor concentration, memory decline, nighttime dry mouth and bitter taste, frequent hiccups (which bro

Many people think acupuncture can only treat pain conditions. In fact, acupuncture can effectively treat diseases in various medical departments: digestive system, respiratory system, urinary system, reproductive system, circulatory system, immune system, nervous system, as well as conditions affecting the skin, bones, tendons, and ligaments. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a saying: " Internal injury to the Spleen and Stomach gives rise to numerous diseases . " In TCM

This blog was written in Chinese on November 28, 2023. Here is the translation. On March 31, 2021, 77-year-old Mr. L came to the clinic accompanied by his wife due to neck and shoulder pain and dizziness caused by herpes on his head. I noticed that when he walked, his head and chest were bent forward at nearly a 40-degree angle, staggering like a drunkard who might fall at any moment, so I asked what the reason was. His wife explained that it was partly due to dizziness fr

August 2025, a 62-year-old female patient living near Chicago contacted me. She said she had read my blog titled "Acupuncture Effectively Treats Type 1 Progressive Neurogenic Peroneal Muscular Atrophy and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy" on wenxuecity.com (in Chinese) and wanted to consult me about whether I could treat her Small Fiber Neuropathy. After a phone consultation, I told her that although I had not treated this specific condition before,

“Modern interpretation of meridians” has long been a topic of heated debate between traditional TCM practitioners and modern TCM...

In recent decades, an increasing number of American patients have embraced acupuncture therapy. At the same time, more and more clinical...

On April 26, Mr. MT, 74 years old, came to the clinic and reported that he had asthma when he was young. He was diagnosed with COPD and...

On February 21, a 52-year-old patient, Ms. T, came to the clinic. She reported that she had been experiencing trigeminal neuralgia on the right side of her face for over five years. Initially, the pain was tolerable and did not significantly affect her daily life or work. However, after undergoing a mastectomy and radiotherapy for breast cancer five years ago, the pain in her right cheek, temple, eyebrow, area beside the nose wing, and jaw gradually worsened, becoming almost

Recently, I successfully treated three patients with severe chronic rhinitis accompanied with headaches. One of them had obvious...