World Class Acupuncture in
The Woodlands

Considered the most
studied form of
alternative medicine

Acupuncture is one of the quickest ways to start feeling relief sooner.

Houston weMED Health Dr. Bing You AABB Certified Cellular Therapy Provider

Dr. Bing You
M.D. (China), D.A.A.P.M., M.S., L.Ac.
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3115 College Park, Suite 106,
The Woodlands, TX 77384

World Class Acupuncture in The Woodlands

Considered the most studied form of alternative medicine

Acupuncture is one of the quickest ways to start feeling relief sooner.

Dr. Bing You is the founder and one of the major Integrative Medicine
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Marie P. Fruchtnicht-Wellness Manager-team- weMEDClinics
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Acupuncture as a lifestyle upgrade!

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“Researchers have found that acupuncture produces significant neuro-immuno-endocrinological changes in the human body. Specifically, researchers have found that acupuncture calms areas of the brain that register pain and emotion, activates those areas involved in rest and recuperation, increases blood flow in the treated area, reduces inflammation in the body, and produces long-lasting improvement in the immune system.”

Decoding an Ancient Therapy. The Wall Street Journal. March 22, 2010

Acupuncture treatment explained

Dr. Bing discusses Acupuncture in detail and shares some actual patient case studies.

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Acupuncture in The Woodlands: Treatment for Wellness

Developed nearly 3,000 years ago in China, acupuncture is today among the most studied practices in complementary and integrative medicine, and many patients notice changes early in their care. Acupuncture has three primary goals, all of which build toward a cumulative effect on your wellness:

  • Alleviate immediate symptoms, like mood swings, pain, craving, and allergies.

  • Promote wellness and eliminate the underlying cause of your symptoms.

  • Maintain wellness and prevent future issues.

Better yet, acupuncture fits in well with our custom nutrition plans as well as proper exercise and meditation. By itself, Acupuncture unlocks 30-50% of your healing potential, and when used as part of comprehensive, holistic treatment, the results are much stronger.

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Alleviate symptoms

Eliminate the underlying cause of your symptoms.

Maintain wellness

Supporting the Five Pillars of Health

Detoxification

Acupuncture detoxes your body by flushing out inflammatory chemicals, unblocking the nerve and circulatory system, and restoring and improving liver and kidney function.

Nutrition

It improves your nutrition by correcting malabsorption and digestive disorders.

Brain Health

It boosts your brain health by treating symptoms and preventing the underlying causes of stroke, dementia, and depression.

Balanced hormones

Just as it detoxes your body by unblocking nerve signals and blood flow, acupuncture uses that same mechanism to balance your hormones.

Fitness

Acupuncture also enhances the effectiveness of your exercise by increasing blood flow and improving mobility.

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A 2007 clinical study published in the Archive of Internal Medicine demonstrated the benefits of acupuncture to treat lower back pain. The study involved over 1100 participants, all of whom were currently undergoing treatment for lower back pain. The researchers assigned the participants to three different treatment groups, wherein participants would receive either real acupuncture, sham acupuncture, or conventional treatment consisting of medication, physical therapy, and exercise. After six months, researchers found that participants in the real acupuncture group showed the most improvement.

These results demonstrate acupuncture’s effectiveness and explain its popularity as a non-invasive solution. It’s no wonder that acupuncture has entered the mainstream and garnered close attention from the medical community. Distinguished institutions, such as Harvard Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center, have researched and incorporated acupuncture into their medical curriculum.

Our highly trained professionals utilize acupuncture alone or in combination with other services as part of your wellness plan. Specifically, acupuncture can be used for:

  • Asthma and allergies (Food and Seasonal)
  • Acute and chronic pain management
  • Autoimmune disorders
  • Blood pressure and cholesterol reduction
  • Cravings and addictions
  • Digestive disorders
  • Infertility
  • Neuropathic pain and nervous system disorders
  • Stress and chronic fatigue
  • Sleep disturbances and mood disorders

Based on its official review of many clinical studies, the World Health Organization found that acupuncture is effective in treating over 100 conditions. For a comprehensive list of clinical studies that informed the WHO’s decision, please see their 2002 report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials.

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A 2007 clinical study published in the Archive of Internal Medicine demonstrated the benefits of acupuncture to treat lower back pain. The study involved over 1100 participants, all of whom were currently undergoing treatment for lower back pain. The researchers assigned the participants to three different treatment groups, wherein participants would receive either real acupuncture, sham acupuncture, or conventional treatment consisting of medication, physical therapy, and exercise. After six months, researchers found that participants in the real acupuncture group showed the most improvement.

These results demonstrate acupuncture’s effectiveness and explain its popularity as a non-invasive solution. It’s no wonder that acupuncture has entered the mainstream and garnered close attention from the medical community. Distinguished institutions, such as Harvard Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center, have researched and incorporated acupuncture into their medical curriculum.

Our highly trained professionals utilize acupuncture alone or in combination with other services as part of your wellness plan. Specifically, acupuncture can be used for:

  • Asthma and allergies (Food and Seasonal)
  • Acute and chronic pain management
  • Autoimmune disorders
  • Blood pressure and cholesterol reduction
  • Cravings and addictions
  • Digestive disorders
  • Infertility
  • Neuropathic pain and nervous system disorders
  • Stress and chronic fatigue
  • Sleep disturbances and mood disorders

Based on its official review of many clinical studies, the World Health Organization found that acupuncture is effective in treating over 100 conditions. For a comprehensive list of clinical studies that informed the WHO’s decision, please see their 2002 report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials.

NOTE

At weMED Clinics we know that acupuncture in the Woodlands can seem intimidating. We assure you that acupuncture is safe and painless. We urge you to ask questions and try acupuncture for yourself. However, we also offer acupressure. This modification isn’t as effective as acupuncture, but it’s a good fit for people who don’t like needles and can be useful in combination with your overall wellness plan.

Conditions

The diseases or disorders for which acupuncture therapy has been tested in controlled clinical trials reported in the recent literature can be classified into four categories as shown below.

1

Diseases, symptoms, or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved–through controlled trials—to be an effective treatment:

Allergy

Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)

Cancer

Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, Leukopenia.

Cardiovascular

Hypertension, essential. Hypotension, primary.

Digestive System

Biliary colic. Dysentery, acute bacillary. Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastro spasm). Nausea and vomiting

Mood Disorders

Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)

Neurological

Stroke

Pain Management

Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders), Headache, Knee pain, Low back pain, Neck pain, Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction), periarthritis of the shoulder, Postoperative pain, Renal colic, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sciatica, Sprain, Tennis elbow, TMJ

Women’s Health

Dysmenorrhoea, primary, Induction of labor, Malposition of a fetus, correction of, Morning sickness

2

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:

Addiction

Alcohol dependence and detox, Obesity, Opium, cocaine, and heroin dependence, Tobacco dependence

Allergy & Asthma

Bronchial asthma, Whooping cough (pertussis)

Cancer

Cancer pain, Sjogren syndrome

Cardiovascular

Cardiac neurosis, Hyperlipaemia, Raynaud syndrome, primary

Digestive system

Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation, Cholelithiasis, Gastrokinetic disturbance, Hepatitis B virus carrier status, Ulcerative colitis, chronic

Endocrine system

Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent

Ent & Eye

Earache, Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease). Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection. Meniere disease. Sjogren syndrome. Sore throat (including tonsillitis)

Infectious Disease

Epidemic hemorrhagic fever. Herpes zoster (, shingles, human (alpha) herpesvirus 3). Whooping cough (pertussis)

Men’s Health

Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic. Prostatitis, chronic

Psychiatric Disorders

Schizophrenia

Neurological

Bell’s palsy. Craniocerebral injury closed. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Tietze syndrome. Tourette’s syndrome. Vascular dementia

Pain Management

Abdominal pain (acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm), Fibromyalgia and fasciitis, Gouty arthritis, Neuralgia, post-herpetic. Osteoarthritis, Pain due to endoscopic examination, Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans, Radicular and pseudo radicularpain syndrome, Spine pain, acute. Stiff neck, Temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Post-op

Postoperative convalescence

Sleep

Insomnia

Skin Disorders

Acne vulgaris, Neurodermatitis, Pruritus

Stress

Competition stress syndrome

Urinary Tract

Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection, Retention of urine, traumatic. Urolithiasis

Women’s Health

Female infertility, Female urethral syndrome, Hypo-ovarianism, Labour pain. Lactation, deficiency. Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein- Leventhal syndrome), Premenstrual syndrome

Others

Postextubation in children. Sialism, drug-induced

3

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which there are only individual controlled trials reporting some therapeutic effects, but for which acupuncture is worth trying because treatment by conventional and other therapies is difficult:

Chloasma. Choroidopathy, central serous. Color blindness. Deafness. Hypophrenia. Irritable colon syndrome. Neuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury. Pulmonary heart disease, chronic. Small airway obstruction

4

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture may be tried provided the practitioner has special modern medical knowledge and adequate monitoring equipment: Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Coma, Convulsions in infants, Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris), Diarrhoea in infants and young children. Encephalitis, viral, in children, late stage. Paralysis, progressive bulbar and pseudobulbar

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“I have found Dr. You to be a responsible, caring, dedicated medical professional who is diligent in his pursuit of his patients’ well being and developing more collegial relations between western and eastern medical disciplines. He is in the forefront of helping to educate the community of western physicians.”

William Riley, MD, Neurologist

“What a delight it is to watch my patients improve under the skillful care of Drs. You and Ma. When what I have to offer through Western medicine holds considerable risk, both my patients and I are grateful for the non-invasive alternatives of acupuncture and herbal medicine.”

Margit Winstrom, MD, Family Practitioner

“Dr. Yu cured me from 100% debilitating pain to 100% pain free.”

Jill Barris, Google Reviews

“Couldn’t recommend a better place. Accupuncture can seem kind of daunting at first, but I couldn’t have felt more comfortable at weMED. The people there are so nice and the atmosphere is very clean and relaxing. Great bedside table manner! I was able to get relief from some of my smaller problems like a headache one day when I went in and also some of my larger problems regarding stomach issues and anxiety. Everyone is very credible and I would trust any of the doctors in the office. Also, their reception desk is extremely responsive in a good way and you almost never have to talk to an answering machine. A must go for anyone looking for relief!”

Claire D., Yelp Reviews

“Definitely Recommend Dr You , Dr Ma, and other Oriental medical Medicine Practitioners here. Dr You have treated so many patients We referred to him with miracle result, saved so many people’s surgery and big money with his small tiny needles by doing acupuncture.
Our therapists use their fingers to do acupressure massage to help many people with their pain management, but fingers could not work as good as the needles, (those small tiny needles are not painful at all, because it is inserted in the acupuncture points in your body), for the benefit of the acupuncture, please google it, for the Master of Acupuncture, you can come to this clinic.”

All Is Well Massage & Spa, Google Reviews

“weMED has helped me get closer to my old self again. I suffered from a brain injury 5 years ago.  I have been to 3 different rehab facilities, in-patient and out-patient, where only westernized medical treatment therapies are offered.  Sure they helped but it’s not a totally comprehensive type of care. For my treatment plan, cupping, acupuncture and herbs are used along with teaching me Tai Chi.  weMED’s staff is kind, helpful, and knowledgeable. I’ve never waited for treatments in the two months I’ve been going.  The building is very handicapped accessible. There is a paid parking garage or free street parking on Drexler Street next to the Art Institute with sidewalks to cut through. It’s nice when leaving the office that other clients have smiles on their faces and look to be generally happy. I’m only two moths into my treatments and see and feel results.”

Joe W., Yelp Reviews

“Dr You is the best Acupuncturist I have had , he heals my migraine with his tiny needle.”

F.J L, Google Reviews
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3115 College Park, Suite 106, The Woodlands, TX 77384

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FAQs About Acupuncture in The Woodlands

Does acupuncture hurt?

Most people feel little or no discomfort. Acupuncture needles are hair-thin, sterile, and single-use, and they are nothing like the needles used for injections. You may feel a brief tingle or a dull, heavy sensation at some points, which practitioners consider a normal response, and many patients find sessions relaxing enough to doze off.

When performed by a licensed acupuncturist using sterile, single-use needles, acupuncture is generally considered safe and is well tolerated by most people. The most common effects are minor, such as brief soreness or a small bruise at a needle site. At weMED, every treatment is provided by licensed practitioners, and we review your health history before your first session.

The strongest research evidence supports acupuncture for chronic pain, including low back pain, neck pain, and osteoarthritis, and for reducing the frequency of tension headaches and migraines, as well as managing chemotherapy-related nausea. Many patients also use it as part of care for stress, sleep, digestive comfort, and overall wellness. Whether it fits your situation is exactly what a consultation is for.

It depends on your condition, how long you have had it, and how your body responds. Some people notice change within the first few visits, while longstanding conditions are often treated over a series of sessions. At your consultation, we will recommend a realistic plan and adjust it based on your progress.

Your first visit begins with a conversation: your health history, your symptoms, and your goals. Your practitioner then examines you, explains the recommended approach, and, if you proceed, provides your first treatment. Wear comfortable clothing, eat something light beforehand, and plan to take it easy afterward. Most patients leave feeling relaxed.

Take it easy for the rest of the day. Most practitioners recommend drinking plenty of water, avoiding strenuous exercise and alcohol for several hours, and giving yourself time to rest, since many people feel deeply relaxed after treatment. Mild soreness or a small bruise at a needle site is normal and passes quickly. If anything feels unusual, call the clinic and we will gladly advise you.

Both use thin needles, but they are different practices. Acupuncture is performed by licensed acupuncturists trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, uses established point systems, and takes a whole-person approach to pain and wellness. Dry needling is a narrower technique, often performed by physical therapists, that targets muscle trigger points. Acupuncture training is typically far more extensive, which is one reason many patients seek out a licensed acupuncturist such as our team at weMED.

Yes. Our practice is rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and our training lineage is genuinely Chinese: Dr. Bing You trained as a physician in China before becoming a licensed acupuncturist in the U.S., and Marie P. Fruchtnicht completed clinical training at the Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Luzhou Medical College in China. If you are searching for authentic Chinese acupuncture near The Woodlands, our College Park clinic brings that tradition together with modern, evidence-informed care.

Acupuncture does not replace your physician’s care, but it is widely used within integrative chronic disease management to help with symptoms, comfort, and quality of life. At weMED, chronic disease management in The Woodlands is central to what we do: acupuncture works alongside nutrition planning, lifestyle support, and our physician-directed integrative programs, including our work with patients managing diabetes, hypertension, and chronic pain, always coordinated with your existing medical care.

Integrative medicine combines conventional medical care with evidence-informed complementary therapies such as acupuncture, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine, treating the whole person rather than a single symptom. weMED is an integrative medicine clinic serving The Woodlands, founded by Dr. Bing You, a physician trained in China, and The Woodlands acupuncture is one part of a broader care model that spans chronic disease programs, hormone balance, and holistic healthy aging.

Most adults can receive acupuncture comfortably, and we adapt treatment to each patient. It is important to tell your practitioner if you are pregnant, take blood thinners or have a bleeding disorder, or have a pacemaker, since certain techniques are adjusted or avoided in those situations. We review your full health history before your first treatment, and if acupuncture is not the right fit, we will tell you honestly and discuss alternatives, including acupressure.

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