Our Clinic
Dr. Bindi Zhu, owner of the Austin Acupuncture & Herb Health Center, takes a holistic approach to wellness using acupuncture that encompasses both conventional and traditional medicine. By combining the information made available through modern diagnostic methods and traditional Chinese medicine, a wealth of knowledge is made available for diagnosis. With 28 years experience, Dr. Zhu is a pioneer in the integration of conventional and Chinese medicine. By combining these two approaches and working with your foundation of caregivers, Dr. Zhu can help you reach your health potential.
Dr. Bindi Zhu has been a mentor for the residency programs in acupuncture and integrated medicine at the University of Texas at Galveston Medical School, Galveston, Texas, and Southwester Medical School, Dallas, Texas, since 2002. He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, as an instructor for the Informal Classes program. He incorporated his private clinic, Acupuncture & Herb Health Center, in 1999. He became a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Texas in 1995. He taught as a professor and clinic instructor at the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Austin, Texas, from 1992 to 2000. He taught as a professor of internal medicine and served as director of the Department of Integrated Medicine at Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Heilongjiang, Harbin, China, in from 1991 to 1992. Dr. Zhu worked as a physician from 1983 to 1989 at Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Medical Center.
“Dr. Zhu has established himself as a distinguished visiting professor who is providing his skills in traditional Chinese medicine to complement western medicine in the treatment of patients…Dr Zhu adds a body of knowledge and experience supported by his research and clinical applications that is unique. I have received several letters from physicians and community leaders in this community supporting the research and adjunctive therapy Dr. Zhu is providing to patients who might otherwise not respond to traditional Western medicine alone.”
– Lloyd Doggett, Congressman, D-Texas
“ …Dr. Zhu is a highly regarded visiting professor teaching traditional Chinese medicine and herbology in Austin, Texas. Dr. Zhu has worked with my office, using Chinese herbal formulas in the care of patients…and has eagerly assisted us with knowledge gained from these studies. I feel this has expanded the resources available to me to treat…patients.”
– Donald R. Counts, M.D.
“…I am impressed with Dr. Zhu’s credentials and dedication in achieving his numerous degree[s]…[making him] one of a very few individuals in the US and the world to hold such a title in his field and due to the specialized research performed to attain such.”
– Joseph Juliano, M.D.
“Dr. Zhu is distinguished from the majority of other practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine by having earned a Ph.D. in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Until 1992, only five students in Heilongjiang province achieved this honor. Dr. Zhu’s career has been characterized by his commitment to a balance between practice, teaching, conducting research, publishing and facilitating the flow of professional information through journals and conferences.”
– Dr. Bing Shan Huang, Professor, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Jose, CA
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the medical attention you have given us in the last months, and to ask you kindly if you would like to share your knowledge and experience in acupuncture and Chinese medicine with our Mexican community here in Austin.”
– Rogelio Gasca Neri, Consul General of Mexico
“I appreciate your outstanding support of the Family Practice Residency Program at Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas, on November 13, 2002. Your superb efforts in educating our houses staff in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture has made a significant impact on their training and appreciation of the full spectrum of care available.”
– Lt. Col. Brian C. Harrington, Medical Corps Director, U.S. Army
“I want to thank you for using acupuncture to treat Dr. George Kozmentsky for ALS [ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis] for nearly two years. Although ALS is a terminal disease, the alleviation of pain, the physical and psychological comfort you provided for Dr. Kozmentsky through acupuncture were of great service to him. Your invaluable counseling and expert advice were extremely helpful to him in maintaining good spirits and intellectual spark. Every time after his treatment sessions he felt more relaxed and more energized to face another day.”
“You know for a fact that Dr. Kozmetsky respected you very much and had a special consideration for you. Again, thank you very much.”
– Dr. Abdu Megateli, long time collaborator and close friend of Dr. George Kozmetsky
“On behalf of the medical staff at University Health Services, I would like to thank you very much for your participation in our continuing medical education program for the academic years 2006-2007.”
“We appreciated all the time and effort you devoted to preparing and presenting you program.”
– Dr. Karen L. Lee, M.D.
