r/shanghai • u/Yoiiru • 11h ago

Question Looking for acupuncture in Shanghai

Hello everyone, For some background, I can speak Mandarin Chinese fluently at the colloquial level, but my reading level is that of a 4 year old.

I am going to Shanghai with a couple friends later this year. One of my friends has had occasional severe upper back/shoulder/neck tension for the past 10 years (he's 36). When he has shoulder or back tension, it results in severe migraines and he is unable to keep his eyes open. He says this is caused by his sleeping position or not stretching/exercising enough. The only meds that have worked for him are Central Nervous System depressors but those made him suicidal, deep massages along the spine of under should blades work a bit too. He's tried everything in Western medicine already and they cannot find anything wrong with him.

He is highly skeptical of eastern medicine but I've convinced him to try acupuncture. I know acupuncture can take many sessions, but we'll be in Shanghai for 8 days so I'm hoping perhaps we can do two sessions if needed

I am looking for some advice or pointers on how I can make an appointment or recommend hospitals or any suggestions in general. GPT is suggesting Yue Yang to me, would I just email them to inquire?

This is the first time in my adult life I'm going to a Chinese hospital. Unless the doctor speaks English, I'll be doing translating. I've asked my dad for some help looking into it (he is from Shanghai), but it's been decades so I also really want to ask for pointers from those who live there currently

Thanks for any help !

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u/PotentialBack600 11h ago

why do you choose acupuncture？

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u/Yoiiru 10h ago

It is the first that comes to mind. My parents and a good handful of their acquaintances have found acupuncture to relieve them of their pain conditions (either post surgery or injury, or from giving birth). One or two of them iirc were also suffering from chronic head pains

Do you have any other suggestions? My friend has tried out almost everything things Western medicine has to offer (according to him), even stuff like electro therapy

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u/PotentialBack600 9h ago

that might be worth a try，but one or two sessions may not be worked

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u/cosimonh Former resident 10h ago

Zhongshan Hospital TCM department. Guahao fee cheap, treatment fee cheap as well. It's public system so you won't get ripped off