About Dr. Zhu
Whole Body Care To Healing Within
Authentic healing means integrating the modern science of Western medicine and the ancient wisdom of Eastern medicine. A true healer does not just treat symptoms, but rather identifies and resolves the cause of suffering, thus restoring and rebalancing the body to prevent future occurrences.
Taught by the masters in authentic healing art of acupuncture, herbal medicine, cupping, traditional Chinese orthopedic manipulation, Dr. Zhu has influenced many people’s lives worldwide. She was a licensed medical doctor in China, and is a practitioner, professor, researcher, author, and passionate healer. Her works are to enhance the immune system so that illness won’t occur. She believes in “the body knows best” and uses power of the body to heal itself.
In Dr. Zhu’s practice of 36 plus years, she has accumulated abundant clinical experience in treating patients with an array of health issues, such as skin diseases, allergies, infertility, migraines, stress disorder, respiratory distress, digestive disorders, women’s illnesses, and more.
Dr. Zhu received her M.D. from Gansu University of Chinese Medicine in 1983, since then she has taught Chinese medicine and served as Director of the Acupuncture Technique and Research Unit at the University. She has completed post-doctorate program at Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine in 1985. In 2000 she was hired by Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, Israel, and established the Integrative Complementary Medical Center there. From 2003 to 2006, while continuing her private practice, Dr. Zhu served as chair of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) department at Atlantic University of Chinese Medicine in Ashville, North Carolina. She currently teaches at National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois. Since 2006 Dr. Zhu has been practicing in Arlington Heights and Willowbrook as a top-reviewed and highly-recommended acupuncturist.
In addition to her teaching and clinician career as a Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist, Dr. Zhu has also published 18 academic papers and co-authored 5 books on different topics of TCM, and has taken graduate courses in educational psychology.