Dr Valen Yang (Traditional Chinese Medicine) — Belmont Principal

Born and raised in Taiwan and trained there in Chinese medicine, Dr Valen Yang has been practising classical-formula acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine since 2003 — over 23 years of continuous clinical work — and serves as the Principal Practitioner at our Belmont clinic in Perth. He brings a focused, systematic approach built on two specialised acupuncture systems: Master Tung’s Acupuncture and the Dr Tan Balance Method, applying both based on each patient’s specific pattern rather than a fixed protocol.

Like Dr Fu Fu Yang (Traditional Chinese Medicine), he trained directly under Master Ni Hai Xia, and his practice is built on jīngfāng, classical-formula medicine — the approach developed by Zhang Zhongjing roughly 1,800 years ago. Two of Zhang’s texts still shape how he works today: the Shāng Hán Lùn (“On Cold Damage”) gives him the Six-Meridian framework — a six-stage map of how illness moves through the body — for diagnosis, while the Jīn Guì Yào Lüè (the “Golden Chamber”) guides how he prescribes for more complex, internal conditions. Every treatment decision, from acupuncture point selection to herbal formulas, traces back to this framework.

His clinical focus includes musculoskeletal pain, sports injuries, sleep and stress issues, and digestive complaints, with particular interest in cases where other approaches haven’t worked. He also uses the six health gold standards framework to help patients track their recovery with objective markers, not just how they feel day to day.

• Registration: AHPRA-registered Chinese Medicine Doctor under the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA), maintaining continuous registration with annual CPD in classical formula medicine, acupuncture safety, and clean-needle technique as required for CMBA Registered Practitioner status.
• Practising: 23+ years of clinical practice in Chinese medicine (since 2003)
• Education: Bachelor of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Specialisation: Master Tung’s Acupuncture and Dr Tan’s Balance Method, selected by pattern presentation rather than protocol — each consultation begins with a pulse and channel-palpation assessment, with point selection adjusted at every visit based on how the body’s regulatory response has shifted since the last treatment.
• Diagnostic Approach: Six health gold standards framework — appetite, sleep, bowel rhythm, energy stability, sweating pattern, and temperature regulation — recorded at intake and reviewed each visit so patients can track their own recovery against objective markers rather than relying on symptom relief alone.
• Clinical Focus: Musculoskeletal pain, sports injuries, sleep and stress patterns, and digestive complaints — with particular interest in cases where conventional pathways have plateaued, where assessment focuses on identifying which regulatory function (circulation, fluid metabolism, or stress-response capacity) is under-performing and limiting recovery.
• Herbal Medicine: TGA-compliant high-quality herbal extracts prescribed only when a patient’s pattern calls for systemic support beyond what needling can address; every prescription is matched to the classical-formula tradition’s pattern logic, reviewed against the six gold standards every two weeks, and adjusted or discontinued based on documented change.
• Patient Education: Most patients leave the first consultation with a clear written summary of which regulatory mechanism is involved, what to track week by week, and which daily-life factors — sleep timing, cold-food intake, stress load — are reinforcing or undermining the body’s own correction process.
• Chi Gong Practice: 25 years of daily Chi Gong practice in the internal cultivation tradition; trained breath and intention work is integrated with needle technique so that point stimulation produces a distinct propagated sensation along the channel rather than only local pricking — a hallmark of classical acupuncture lineage transmission.
• Classical Lineage: Disciple of Master Ni Hai Xia — classical-formula medicine rooted in the foundational Chinese medical texts, refined over nearly 2,000 years
• Languages: Mandarin and English — clinical consultations, written treatment summaries, and herbal medicine instructions are delivered in either language, supporting Perth’s Mandarin-speaking community as well as English-speaking patients across the eastern suburbs and broader metro area.

Medically reviewed by Dr Valen Yang (Chinese Medicine), CMBA Registered Practitioner. Last reviewed: March 2026.

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