
EHE Clinic & Wellness
Emotions Health Enlightenment
Located at VT CRC

Joy Yang
Joy Yang obtained her medical degree in China. Her studies and training include both Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, and she had experience working at a hospital in China as a doctor. For more detail, please look here.
Dr. Yang's approach to diagnosis and treatments is unique:
1. Doctor-Patient - Two way treatment:
Unlike many Doctors and acupuncturists who use the same treatments on the same symptoms regardless individual differences, Dr. Joy Yang's treatments vary based on individual differences even with the same symptoms. Furthermore, she also checks patient's physical reactions to confirm her diagnosis and adjusts the treatments based on her knowledge and experiences. The approach results in more accurate and effective treatments.
2. Mind & Body together - For both doctor and patient
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Dr. Joy Yang thinks just using brain to do analysis and diagnosis is not enough. Doctors should find the true causes and right treating methods by using their hearts to feel and sense what is going on with the patient’s emotions, thoughts, and subconscious mind, or even those in spiritual world.
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For patients, real healing is from treating both mind and body, because emotions and physical body are interconnected, and affect each other all the time.
Medical Background



Dr. Joy Yang holds a medical degree from one of the top four Traditional Chinese Medicine Universities in China . Her studying and training including both Chinese medicine and western medicine . She has worked at teaching hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the hospital of Department of Civil Affairs at Chengdu. She was also an editor of national Chinese Medicine Journal <<TCM & Dialectics>>, and a member of Sichuan Psychology Association in China. Dr. Yang has lectured at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, and now is Adjunct Professor of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (one of top four Chinese Medicine Universities in China), Guest Speaker at Virginia Tech each semester, and Clinic Supervisor of students'field studies from Virginia Tech. She is currently a licensed acupuncturist by the Virginia Board of Medicine and certificated by National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Dr. Joy Yang is an adjunct professor at the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and she goes to traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China almost every year to learn from experts in China as well as to keep her updated on the latest knowledge and skills of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Most of Joy's college classmates are well known doctors in various hospitals in China now, including 6 of them are presidents of hospitals. They use weechat (like whats up in US) to share information and help each other for treating patients to reach best results.
Dr. Yang's approach to diagnosis and treatments is unique:
1. Doctor-Patient - Two way treatment:
Unlike many Doctors and acupuncturists who use the same treatments on the same symptoms regardless individual differences, Dr. Joy Yang's treatments vary based on individual differences even with the same symptoms. Furthermore, she also checks patient's physical reactions to confirm her diagnosis and adjusts the treatments based on her knowledge and experiences. The approach results in more accurate and effective treatments.
2. Mind & Body together - For both doctor and patient
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Dr. Joy Yang thinks just using brain to do analysis and diagnosis is not enough. Doctors should find the true causes and right treating methods by using their hearts to feel and sense what is going on with the patient’s emotions, thoughts, and subconscious mind, or even those in spiritual world.
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For patients, real healing is from treating both mind and body, because emotions and physical body are interconnected, and affect each other all the time.
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As required from the TCM University for Chinese Medicine Doctor in China, Western medicine study and training are mandatory.
Some Study and Training Details:

5 years of intensive study at TCM University

Strict training on how to insert needles without tubing guider. Learned over 100 different ways to twist needles such that they have various effects on patients.

Study Ancient Chinese Medicial Books

Pulse Diagnosis - studied 28 different human pulses and learned how to identify them for patients.

Herbology

Tongue diagnosis - one of the four diagnosis methods used in Chinese medicine. A patient's tongue can tell determine organ problems.
Western Medicine Study & Training:

Western Medicine Diagnosis

Western Medicine Pathology

Study anatomy to know the human body and to accurately locate acupuncture points.


Study x-rays, Ultrasound, etc.

Residency at outpatient department

Residency at Inpatient Department

Perform surgery
Practice Experiences
My treatments results surprised me
The first time I realized that I could do something better than my colleagues, as well as my professors, was when I was in residency at the Internal Medicine Department of my college's teaching hospital. It was a Monday morning, and I got up late because of a busy weekend. It was the time that the Director of the department checked the results of our previous work. About 20 people were there, including doctors that worked at the hospital, visiting doctors from other hospitals, and residents. I tried to sneak into the large group without being noticed, but the Director called my name as I joined the group. "I am dead", I said to myself. Usually, if you got called by the Director, the punishment was very severe. To my surprise, instead of criticizing me for being late, or asking me difficult questions, he praised me that I did a very good job in front of everyone there. Later, I found out why:
There was a stage IV liver cancer patient. All the pain medicines were administered but gradually became useless in treating her. So, acupuncture was used to stop her pain, and I was the person who performed the acupuncture on her. Nobody realized anything special until after I took off for the weekend. After I left, she started to have severe pain again, and everyone in that department tried acupuncture to stop it, but failed. She cried all weekend, and her families kept asking doctors to do something for her pain. Everyone that worked that weekend tried the most advanced pain medicine, with no avail. This situation became a headache for the Director, and thatwas why the director was so happy to see me on Monday morning, even though I was late. It seemed that I was the only person who could help her! From that day, I realized that I have something that is different from others. What it was, I didn't know.
Later during my residency at the same hospital, I was able to quickly obtain good results quickly with the patients that my professors struggled to treat. One of my professors even wrote a report about this.
After I graduated and became a doctor, I noticed that my customized prescriptions could reach "miracle" results too. A patient just came to see me once and never came back. Later, when I saw him, he told me he fully recovered. Usually, patients need to see doctors at least several times for a full recovery. Another time, a man came to me asking for acupuncture. I noticed his pain was not normal, and insisted he go to the ER. Later, he came to my office to express his gratitude, he said I saved his life.
Was it because of my skills? I don't think so because I have the same knowledge and tranings of medicine as my classmates.
My explanation: I always keep close relationship with nature, and try to understand natural laws.
The person who knows physics better can make a better airplane, and similarly, the person who knows the natural laws better can have better treatment results.
To understand the natural laws and the Creator better, I read all kinds of philosophy books, and tried to learn about different religions. For a period of time in college, I spent 2 hours by bicycle every Sunday to ride to a famous temple with two other classmates to learn Buddhism and acupuncture from a monk. Though I didn't learn anything special from him, the temple's environment gave me lots of inspiration.
I have lots of friends that practice Qikong, and knew many masters. I learned from them and practiced Qikong for a while with my brain, but didn't get good results. Later, I realized that I automatically practiced Qikong by myself with my own special way.
I met masters, and had friends with some super-natural powers. I experienced lots of special things.
All of those personal experiences let me understand the nature laws and the Creator more and more...

This is my residency hospital

That Monday was similiar to this, but with more people

Anatomy

acupuncture meridian
I have done lots of reserch on the differences of Western Medicine & Chinese Medicine. These are two totally different systems based on two totally different thinking philosophies.

Universe

Close to nature

Everyone has their own unique way to understand nature laws and its creator.