Time-Tested Medicine

Chinese medical techniques have had long history of use

For more than 2,000 years, Dr. Sae Eun Lee says, people have been practicing some form of Chinese medicine with success.

“People say it doesn’t work,” Lee says. “If that were true, how did it last more than 2,000 years? People don’t believe what they can’t see.”

Often called Chinese medicine — Lee says the preferred term is Eastern or Oriental medicine — Lee says the techniques are effective to treat medical problems from anxiety to chronic pain, despite skepticism and a lack of scientific evidence in the West.

“Just because you can’t explain in a scientific way, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work,” he says. “There are many theories (in science) that aren’t 100 percent proven.”

As a doctor of Oriental medicine in Nevada, he is able to practice various methods. One of the most common is acupuncture, which uses needles along various points of the body to alleviate certain ailments.

Lee says the body is governed by 14 meridians, which are sections of the body that promote energy flow. In each section, there are various pressure points to designate functions. A needle is used on those points to help with health problems.

“I would say 70 percent of people come in for pain,” Lee says. “They have an achy lower back problem or a pinched nerve. They might have shoulder pain.”

Other patients come to Lee’s Oriental Medical Clinic to reduce stress and anxiety or combat insomnia.

Dr. Huiwen Zhang has operated Legacy Oriental Medical Center since 1995 offering acupuncture.

She says other problems people come in for include digestive problems, chronic sinus issues, to stop smoking, weight loss, arthritis, and respiratory conditions such as asthma.

“We treat female problems, sports injury and auto injuries,” she adds.

Depending on the problem, clients come for stages of treatment.

“For some conditions, people come in three times per week,” Zhang says. “Other conditions, they might come in once a week.”

Lee says many people who come to his facility have already tried Western medicine.

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