Min Jian Li

He inserted a needle into a tendon in my foot and I almost went through the roof with pain. The site was bleeding profusely. He grabbed a dirty paper towel and began wiping up the blood. This man does not know his anatomy very well. I still have a hardened wound on my foot where he incorrectly inserted a needle (1 year later). Buyer beware.

First off, this review is so overdue!
I have been sick on and off for a year. Got a cold and felt better and got the cold again to a point that it drained down my health. Coughing for two months and I also got cold sores, rashes here and there cause of my low immune system. Trust me, I’ve tried every single thing that I could imagine, from going to different western doctors for antibotics to Vitamin IV, vitamin injection, etc. Vitamin injection and IV only work while it last in my body for a few days. And I even went to some natural medicine western doctors like some new-​age-​hippie thing to seek for natural healing. And guess what… nothing helped and I was still sick like a dog all the time!
And finally I surrendered and took the advice from my friend about going to see a Chinese medicine doctor for those stinky herbal drinks, I was skeptical at first but Dr Li and his Chinese herbs work like magic. Chinese herb is not like Western pill that you pop and feel ok in a few hours, but after 2 weeks of herbal drinks that were custom made by Dr Li, I finally feel a lot better now from the inside out for the first time in a long time. I feel like he cleansed out all my «heat» and virus that was trapped inside my body for years. It feels like the western medicine is good at surpressing the sickness, but Dr Li and his chinese herbs cleanse out those viruses and sickness and cure from the root. I am still in the middle of healing but I feel much better, and each day I feel lighter and more energetic. I will keep going to see Dr Li.
If you want a quick fix for your high fever or emergency, ER or Urgent care is where you should go to, but if you are sick on and off like me and feel very weak and sicky all the time, I can’t suggest you enough to go to see Dr Li!

I absolutely adore this man!
Besides his genius insight on the body, his magical way of diagnosis and healing… He is unassumingly charming and sweet.
He knew what I needed to become balanced and healthy again.
We managed to have plenty conversations, however broken they are. Lets just say, we figured it out. Also, his daughter works there on certain days and she’s wonderful at translations, if needed.
I hope he knows how grateful I am to regain my sleep, diet and energy again. My weekly visits combined with his real-​deal Chinese herbs are customized for me and are revolving based on my progress.
Thank you, Dr. Li!!!

Dr. Li is very good at what he does. He has helped me with a myriad of problems and I have recommended him to several friends and family members. He does not speak very good English, and his office is not plush, but that is fine with me. He uses pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis, so the language barrier is not much of an actual barrier unless you feel that you must talk a lot to be healed. So if you want/​need a spa like setting, or a counselor, then Dr. Li would not be your best choice. But what he does, he does well and that includes acupuncture and herbs. So go in, relax, enjoy the acupuncture and follow his advice with the herbs.

Dr. Lin is excellent. Very diligent and dedicated to diagnosing and treating — seems quite gifted and intuitive.

Ok I was first introduced to Acupressure about a year or two ago in Asia. And it was an amazing extraordinary healing process to me for my injured areas, but painful. And it healed me without acupuncture.
So today was my first time trying it in the U.S. I walked into Dr. Li’s office and was impressed by him feeling my pulse and knowing what was wrong with my body.
However, I did not like his real fast treatment I should say, especially for $ 70!!! I had two old injuries that are about at least 3 – 5 years old, and a recent one. The recent one he treated and made me feel better, but he barely spent any time on my older injuries.
I was basically in there for only 30 mins or less when I was expecting at least a hour treatment, and I just felt that was not worth my $ 70.
Don’t get me wrong, this Dr. knows his stuff and seems good, but I’ll try other places and see if I can get a better price and treatment. Especially when it comes down to a guy like me who only makes $ 13 a hour after tax without health insurance.

Dr. Li should be way busier. No, he’s not a boutique acupuncture spa, nor is he a hip community acupuncture coop (both of which are fine! calm down.). He has a small, unassuming shop on Irving Street, with a sandwich board outside listing his services… and he has mad skillz, yo. He takes insurance, but his rates are extremely reasonable without it.
He gets more about you (physical, mental and emotional) from your pulse, appearance, and whatever he’s feeling when he touches your skin than you could possibly remember or imagine to say to him about why you showed up in his office. Just let him do his thang.
I walked in with neck/​head pain that was getting distracting (I’m a little dense and will just live with pain ~sigh), and it’s gone after 3 sessions. I’m not «done» yet — I have a few decades-​old injuries/​issues from not knowing how much doing and running around is too much. Today I witnessed a man who had come in with severe sciatic pain walk out of the office feeling noticeably better, and then turn around and come back into the office to tell Dr. Li he couldn’t believe just how much better he felt.
He helps babies appear where they weren’t appearing before, he helps your vertebra remember where it’s best for them to line up, and he helps your body and emotions return to health. And he doesn’t do it with an unnecessary amount of force or tons of needles — he works with your system, not against it. (he’s only ever used between 4 and 6 needles on me, but he knows which points are best to use according to the time of your appointment. it doesn’t take much.)
(p.s. don’t go to your Chinese medical practitioner only when you’re manifesting symptoms. go in for tune-​ups! preventive medicine… plus, to me, his tui na plus acupuncture treatments are way more relaxing and rejuvenating than any spa experience I’ve ever had. normal feels good.)

update:
I sent my mom to him! She has been suffering with knee and back pain for a year or so now, and Dr. Li has been instrumental in her recovery! She is still not 100%, but has seen a serious improvement!

I injured my foot during a race this year. I saw 2 podiatrists, wore a cast, avoided walking, and still my foot didn’t heal. It wasn’t until I started visiting Dr. Li that my foot got better.
I had to suspend disbelief a bit, having never tried acupuncture, but sure enough, my foot healed after a month of treatment. I felt the improvement slightly after each session. Aside from the benefit for my foot, the treatments were great for me in general. I left each session feeling very calm, very relaxed.
I like Dr. Li. I’m pretty sure he has a 6^th sense of some sort. He’s definitely on another wavelength.
His office is not what I would call modern. It has a very mom and pop feel to it. I really like the Chinese chanting music they play. It is extremely soothing.
Two thumbs up.

OK, first let’s just say that I signed on to Unilocal just so I could write a review about the man. He is a superstar of Chinese Medicine. If there were an Olympics for Acupuncturists, he would definitely be on a podium, with a medal around his neck, holding a bouquet up in the air, crowd chanting «Min Jian, Min Jian!» Enough already you say?
Drove past his place a couple of years ago and my boyfriend saw his herbs in the window. Just a normal looking place really, no frills or anything (but we all know that’s not what acupuncture is really about, don’t we?) Anyway, he bought some herbs from Min Jian and I decided to go back for acupuncture. I can’t say I’m the queen of acupuncture connoisseurs, but I’ve seen quite a few practitioners, and acupuncture is my first stop for any ailment or preventative medicine.
AWESOME! He seems to have some insane intuition in addition to his minimal assessment that informs him of what is going on with you. He usually guesses correctly (with a few hints), and has some metaphorical explanation that makes you laugh, too. There is somewhat of a language barrier, but he gets his translator out (I believe it’s a Casio) if there is anything he doesn’t understand. He also tries fervently to express differently if there is something YOU don’t understand.
If you opt for the massage (Tui Na, or Chinese medical massage, used to loosen up and relax the body before placing the needles) he will massage all of your tendons. Yes, it hurts a little… you must «man up» as my brother would say. As he massages the tendons on either side of your spine, he can tell you what tendons correspond to what organs, etc. The tendons corresponding with my stomach area are almost always tight, explaining my crappy (no pun intended) digestion…
You are now ready for needle placement, laying on a heating pad and starting to relax. He has only ever placed needles in my right hand and left foot, which I first thought wasn’t enough, until I realized it works! After the needles are placed, he gives you a cover for your eyes and makes sure you are comfortable. I don’t think I’ve ever rested so well as I have on that table. I never want to get up, just stay in the half-​dream half-​wake state, listening to the meditation music that he plays (which I have yet to tire of), cozily letting the needles do their work. So comfortable! Afterwords, I wake up feeling slightly tired and sore, I usually get a very fitful sleep that night, and my aches and pains, or whatever it is I’ve been complaining about, magically disappear! I’ve been seeing him monthly or bi-​monthly for almost two years now, and I commonly refer to him as «the master» or «chi master». Nuff said? Hell yeah! Go see the man:)

It never ceases to bewilder me how acupuncturists can diagnose all my aliments (pretty accurately) just by feeling my pulse and glancing at my tongue. I wonder if they just go ahead and treat everything in addition to the reason I go in there for. I walked in with no appointment and was a bit nervous about the possible language barrier.
Dr. Jian said I had «no energy» and had to use his electronic translator when I told him I’ve been feeling cranky. He laughed and said it’s the ‘fire’ in my belly. So much for the language barrier.
Anyway, the place is clean and divided by what looked like office cubicle dividers. Even though he told me to relax as the 4 needles in my foot and 2 in my hand were doing it’s thing, all I could think about was how I would redecorate the place. I appreciate that he told me which each needle was for and checked if there was any pain.
The tension in my neck and huge knot in my arm felt better after the first treatment. I was surprised he didn’t arm me with packets of herbs or anything for my ‘weak liver and kidney’ when I left. He recommended a few more treatments for me to get my balance back but didn’t pressure me to make another appointment.
Initial consult was $ 20 and the treatment $ 50. Pretty decent considering I was trying to make a same-​day appointment with another (posher) place that would have charged me double that.

I am from Taiwan, and I like Chinese medication because it’s very natural. Me and my husband had been trying to conceive, I had a miscarriage before and it took us a long time to get a second pregnancy. I went to Doctor Li (he is not a MD in U.S., but he was a licensed traditional Chinese medical doctor in China, GuanZou). We had acupuncture and herbs for 3 months, then I got pregnant. I am now 8 months pregnant! We are so happy and thankful. I definitely recommend Dr Li to people who want to conceive. I know there is another French couple helped by Dr. Li as well. They are now expecting their second baby. Those herbs and acupuncture really worked its magic!

I’m gonna give it the thumbs up.
I’ve got this nagging back pain from snowboarding a few years back. Dr. Li gave me a… well, it ain’t exaclty a massage, ’cause it hurt like hell. But It takes pain to heal pain, and this man is serious. Don’t be a wussy. It’s for your own good.
Three visits later my back felt way better.

Dr. Li is patient, gentle and knowledgable. He accepts insurance and is otherwise quite affordable anyway, which is a good thing for those of us addicted to his healing, magical needles.