About Us

Shuyuan Hong, LAC, MS, brings an extensive depth of education and experience to Precision Acupuncture and is fully prepared to assist you with all of your health issues using both acupuncture and various other aspects of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) methodology.

ACUPUNCTURE AND I

I was born and grew up in China, where both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and western medicine played important roles in health care, I never had any doubts about either medicine until I had to choose my own profession in my senior year of high school.  In to the Chinese system, students go to medical school directly from high school.  My father, an artist, encouraged me to be a doctor, especially that I practice both TCM and western medicine. He often told me that the philosophy in TCM was just like the art of oil painting. He felt strongly one cannot be a modern TCM practitioner without a profound understanding of modern medicine. With my father’s encouragement and hope, I started my journey to become a doctor in both TCM and western medicine, and never looked back.

I felt like a time traveler for the first two years, having to travel from modern to  ancient times.  Our coursework included Anatomy, Physiology, Biology, and more in biomedicine, as well as the foundation of TCM theory, Meridians, Acupuncture Points, and more in TCM. Very often, we spent the whole morning in the anatomy lab to study the bones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. Then, I had to imagine how vital qi travels in the body as we discussed Meridians in the afternoon; We learned the function of heart, lung, liver, kidney, spleen in physiology one day.  The following day, I had to figure out how each organ mentioned above represented a functional group in TCM foundation class. Sometimes I made conscious effort to forget the modern science when studying TCM, as if I traveled back to the ancient time without X-rays, CT  scans, or MRI. I didn’t have any difficulty understanding either medicine alone, but I had an extremely hard time understanding both medical systems at the same time. Two years later, I started to be able to find the bridge between the two medical systems. Everything started to make sense.  The nervous system, hormones and enzymes in biomedicine could explain many pathological conditions diagnosed by the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theories in TCM.

I have been an enthusiastic practitioner of TCM since I immigrated to the USA. I worked for 2 years back in China as an MD as well as an acupuncturist.  I was using western medicine, herbs and acupuncture to treat patients. After moving to the USA, I was convinced more than ever by the excellent results from Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs. Often, my patients call me a miracle worker, I am happy to hear that, but I know it is not me that creates any miraculous results, but the powerful ancient Chinese medicine.

I am looking forward to team with you, to create the 

“miracle” you need to improve your health and wellbeing.

Hello. I’m Lauren Lumia, a 24-year old college graduate who is helping Dr. Shu with the Precision Acupuncture website by writing blogs to inform the public about the wonders of Traditional Chinese Medicine and document the incredible healing stories of Dr. Shu’s patients. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA from Northern Arizona University in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Strategic Communication. I started out as a journalism major but chose to pursue the broader field of public relations and communications. I’ve always been passionate about reading, writing, and health, which is why I’m grateful and honored to have the opportunity to be working with Dr. Shu in this capacity.