Our Story

Holistic Healing Professionals

Our mission at Cai's Clinic of Acupuncture & Herbs is to provide our patients with an integrated and holistic approach to healing. We do not fix problems. Rather, we enrich our patients’ lives by teaching them how to self-heal and by helping them unlock their healing potential.

Cai's Clinic of Acupuncture & Herbs in 2000 in order to fill a gap in the world of modern medicine practices. Our staff at Cai's Clinic of Acupuncture & Herbs considers each patient individually in order to determine a series of treatments that will encourage each individual body to heal itself. Book your appointment today or feel free to give us a call to learn more.

 DR Cai is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.A.c) and  Doctor of Herbalist. She graduated from the Five branches University In CA and earned Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine ( DAOM). She also graduated from the South baylo University in CA and earned Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine ( MSTOM ). She is a California Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist and Diplomate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Dipl.O.M.) from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine ( NCCAOM )

She Specialized in pain management ( RA, OA), Diabetes & Diabetic Complications, Mental problems, herbal medicine, she is practices the integration of Oriental medicine and Naturopathic medicine modalities which include personalized health assessment and wellness program, acupuncture, herbal formula (TCM, and botanical medicine)

Doctor Cai currently researches and studies Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Chinese Formula & herbs) to treat Diabetes and Diabetic Complications and Mental problems what like PTSD, Depression & Anxiety and sleep issuers. She is successful treating Diabetes patients who stopped drugs and insulin, and keep good blood sugar numbers. She also helps Mental Issuers patients to stop over 20 years medications used, and keep good conditions in mental health.

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She is from China. she grew up in the area around Dongting lake where over 400 years ago Li Shizhen wrote his famous book the Compendium of Materia Medica. she read this book in 2008 and was fascinated by the descriptions of the appearance, smell and taste of different herbs.

Her grandfather was a Chinese herbal doctor and he taught her mother who in turn taught her. She learnt Chinese herbs when she was child. As children she would collect seeds from dried flowers to eat as snacks, later learning that these seeds could also be used to treat insomnia. In her home town every spring families would cook rice with artemisia annua, a herb that Tu Youyou( NOBEL PRIZE WINNER) later showed contained a substance that can help treat malaria.

She is interested in the medicinal properties of plants and read Compendium of Materia Medica. she studied online and followed the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine course on acupuncture and moxibustion by professor Tang Lixin and the Chengdu University of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) course on Chinese herbal medicine by professor Zhang Tingmo 10 years ago.

She studied an online course from Beijing University in prescribing herbal medicine about a 1,700 year old book called Shanghan Lun, taught by Prof. Hao Wanshan in 2010.

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She graduated college with a BS in Accounting, a Masters in Project Management and later qualified as an accountant and loss estimation licenses in China. She worked in this industry for 20 years, becoming a Vice President in a insurance estimation company.

In 2012 she enrolled at Santa Ana Beauty College and South Baylo University to study  Acupressure treatments, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The course was bilingual (Chinese and English).

During her time studying she had many opportunities to develop her practical skills through two internships. she treated a hemiplegic patient for one year who has now completely recovered. Before treatment patient couldn't talk, walk or write but after a year of treatment, she is now a quick runner, clear speaker and can write clearly. she also treated a patient with Rheumatoid arthritis who hadn’t been able to make a fist with her hands for over 19 years. After 6 months of treatment her hands were much more flexible and she could again make a fist with her hands.

After 4 years studying she graduated and was awarded the Dr Dean award. 

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After graduation she visited China over 6 months to one year to study with an 80-year old traditional doctor in her hometown and to visit the Wudang mountains to visit a Taoist doctor. There she learnt acupuncture and pulse diagnosis and Folk Chinese medicine.

In her own clinic. she has successfully treated numerous patients including her husband who had diabetic neuropathy and was taking insulin before every meal. He had recently lost feeling in his legs and for 20 years had suffered tingling and numbness. After 6 months of treatment feeling returned to his legs and he stopped requiring insulin and other expensive medicine to manage his pain. Another patient was a 72-year old man who had a similar problem to my husband and had varicose veins. After 6 months of treatment his tingling and numbness were also cured and his varicose veins were also much improved.

She treated a patient who had molluscum contagiosum, a skin condition where hard warts had formed over his body for two years. He had visited the hospital many time and tried numerous medicines, but the treatments were not conclusive and the condition returned. After six month of  treatment he was clear of warts

she has also treated many RA and OA patients who have told her how she treatments have changed their lives. Before treatment they were very limited and unable to perform many routing tasks, after treatment they were able to cook, clean their houses, do yard work and their families are much happier.

One patient who had suffered bad neck pain for over 30 years had tried taking opioids to handle the pain, but after some years even these drugs didn’t dampen the pain. After acupuncture treatment his pain was reduced and he was able to stop taking opioids.

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One patient who had suffered Diabetes over 20 years, he had tingling, numbness legs and cold feet, he even took insulin 5 times day and took drugs 3 times day, but his blood sugar was still high, plus HBP. After 6 months acupuncture treatments, he was achievement to stop insulin and medications, and keep very good blood sugar numbers and Blood pressure numbers.  

One patient who had suffered Mental problems over 30 years, since he was 19 years old, he took medications to control his depression and anxiety.  Later he took 6 medications to help him sleeping and control his depression and anxiety, but he was very tired to take many medications and got very bad of side effects, what like urination retention, swollen legs & feet, and shaking hands and many kinds of side effects he has.  After 2 months Chinese Herbs treatments, he was successful  to stop all medications and keep good healthy in his mental issuers. 

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