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2.3 Mr. Yang Shang Xing
Hometown: Lijiang, Yunnan

Ethnic group represented: Naxi
Years of practice: 40 years
Area of expertise: Rheumatoid bone diseases, tuberculosis

Previous award or recognition received: Awarded special
diagnosis and treatment expert certificate in 2007; awarded as
outstanding worker by Yunnan national medicine
Educational background and work experiences: Although his
highest education is high school, he worked hard on studying
herbal medicine; therefore, he finally opened a clinic which
provides both western and eastern herbal medicine (but in fact
western herbal medicine is rarely used). His clinic welcomes 20
patients per day and according to his policy, the poor patients or
the elders over 80 years old will get free service. Not only working as a doctor, he also does
some research on medicinal plants, especially those growing in the mountainous areas.

Knowledge transfer: He learned traditional medicine knowledge 60% from his mother and
40% by self-study.

Treatment process: After diagnosing his patients with TCM diagnostic technique and
looking the x-ray films, he treats his patients by acupuncture, massage, or herbal medicine.
To follow up after the treatment, he calls his patients by phone and gives them some useful
advice such as the kind of food they should avoid.
Guru worship: He usually pays respect to the god of medicine regularly and makes a
sacrifice to gods and his ancestors three times a month.
Professional attitude: He is always proud and happy when his patients recover and
become healthy again.
Showcase summary: He showed the unique YANG’s Diagnosis and Treatment Methods
with the theory, the results of modern biomedicine and over 40 years clinical practice.