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Ying-Ju Huang

Acupuncturist

Ying-Ju Huang is an acupuncturist practicing in Acton, MA. Dr. Huang evaluates and treats patients based on the concepts of oriental medicine. Acupuncturists complete their evaluations by getting a patient history and looking at and touching the body. Then, they place very fine acupuncture needles into specific points on the body. Stimulating these points and nerves is how Dr. Huang treats the patients condition. Many of the bodys systems respond to acupuncture, and it can treat physical pain as well as emotional stress.
Ying-Ju Huang
  • Acton, MA
  • Accepting new patients

Can acupuncture fix insomnia?

Traditional Chinese Medicine include acupuncture and herbs . And it did help insomnia a lot. There are several reasons cause insomnia. TCM tries to figure out the root of what READ MORE
Traditional Chinese Medicine include acupuncture and herbs . And it did help insomnia a lot. There are several reasons cause insomnia. TCM tries to figure out the root of what causes your insomnia instead of giving you sedatives for the superficial presentation.

Can I get acupuncture for pain?

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American National Institutes of Health (NIH), based on a series of clinical trials designed with strict methodological criteria, published READ MORE
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American National Institutes of Health (NIH), based on a series of clinical trials designed with strict methodological criteria, published a list of indications of Medical Acupuncture, which has also been accepted by IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain).

Diseases, symptoms and conditions for which acupuncture has been proved effective with controlled, clinical trials are:


• Stroke
• Headache (including migraine)
• Facial pain (including trigeminal neuralgia and temporomandibular joint disorders)
• Toothache
• Neck pain
• Low back pain
• Sciatica
• Knee pain
• Sprain pain
• Shoulder periarthritis
• Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Post-operative pain
• Epigatric pain (peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis)
• Renal colic
• Biliary colic
• Dysmenorrhea
• Chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced side effects
• Nausea and vomiting
• Morning sickness
• Leukopenia
• Allergic rhinitis
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Correction of the fetal position
• Induction of labor
• Depression

So acupuncture does help relieve the pain.