Kao Hui-Chuen Lee

Dr. Lee has helped over the past 20 years. I am always so thankful to her knowledge, experience and skill. Experience makes the difference. My experience with acupuncture has been doctors in San Francisco and Oakland. I was delighted to find someone with her knowledge and experience here in Sacramento. So glad I found her.

Dr. Lee is fabulous. I’ve been going to her for years and have been impressed by her ability to boost me back to health quickly (on many occasions, I’ve gone in with horrible flu symptoms and left feeling remarkably improved), her concern, her probing questions that help isolate possible contributing factors to one’s health problems etc. Her skill at cupping is impressive — the best I’ve ever had. I’ve been to other acupuncturists and have never felt the kind of positive results I’ve had from Dr. Lee. Her treatments were an important source of support when I was undergoing chemotherapy several years ago. She is a trained MD and is able to provide useful direction on how to combine acupuncture with conventional medical treatments. Dr. Lee is caring and knowledgeable and brews some great Chinese herbs — the real deal.

Dr. Lee’s approach is far different from most acupuncturists. Instead of once-​a-​week 30-​minute needle treatments, for acute symptoms like my sciatica (pinched sciatic nerve in my lower spine) she started out with daily treatments, gradually tapering off. She spent a good hour each time, with not only needles but also a heat treatment and suction «cupping.»
I could only afford six treatments, which she did over two weeks. At the start, I couldn’t stand up straight or walk without excruciating pain; two weeks later, I could do both, and the radiating pain down my leg was almost gone.
I still have stubborn pain in my hip and groin, but her regimen allowed me to work again — very important for me, since I own my own home-​based business (no sick pay, no vacation pay — no pay at all without work) and I had several big deadlines in the second week.
Dr. Lee doesn’t just go through the motions. She really listens when she asks where it hurts, or how well you slept (or didn’t), and she adapts her treatments accordingly. Trained as a medical doctor in China, she keeps a pile of medical reference books handy on her desk, and I often see them open from recent study.
Dr. Lee is a scholar and a true healer — knowledgeable, thorough, and kind. I highly recommend her.