ATP Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Me and my wife have taken treatment from both the doctors and I am very happy with the results. I highly recommend them.

Dr. Ping & Dr. Tao are great! They were my teachers in acupuncture school in 10 years ago and their depth of knowledge is a treasure for any community where they practice. I have been their patient both during and after graduating. When my 3 year old was sick, I took them to her b/​c I knew I could rely on their experience to give her the right herbs.

I have had a pain under left rib for years. MRI shown some trauma in pancreas and overall I had all the symptoms of chronic pancreatitis.
I could not sleep because of the pain. Any beer, coffee, chili, fat food made the pain barely tolerable.
I’ve been to many doctors including Stanford. They just told me to keep very strict diet and pray.
Dr. Tao dramatically improved my condition in about 10 visits and I was almost completely recovered a year after (still have to limit coffee and beer but not totally).
Yes it may be impolite, they forgot about me once, it may be expensive, but it worked for me.

Two words… «INSURANCE FRAUD.»
Had nearly $ 600 billed to my insurance company for what amounted to less than 30 minutes of needles.
I looked more closely at the billing and it includes things that never took place: infrared therapy, two acupuncture procedures while only one took place.
One office visit billed separately from the two acupuncture procedures… what does this charge for… stepping into the door?
I will be going to the better business bureau with this information also.

After coming to ATP Acupuncture, I was completely cured of early stage appendicitis with 3 acupuncture sessions and a week of herbal tea. In addition they have successfully treated me for back and shoulder pain. They provide excellent service and they have my 100% endorsement.

These people are very rude and condescending. If you want your money swindled from you without the guarantee of healing, then you should go here.
Assholes.

I am very pleased with ATP. They have become family to me. They helped me through my pregnancy with back/​hip pain, were able to get my son to turn around from a breech position, treated my Bell’s Palsy and severe breast engorgement and prevented me from getting mastitis. Now I just need to get Kaiser to keep referring me as I have been able to keep from having to take major pain killers, antiobiotics and prednisone and having a c section because of them. They are wonderful with my five children patient and doting. I was once somewhat sceptical about acupuncture in the beginning but now a believer of it. My kids are even doing acupuncture on their stuff animals as part of their pretend play. It is really cute.

I am updating my review, Dr. Ping Wu is very professional and treat her patience very nice, and also so knowledgeable. ATP totally deserve a 5-​stars from Unilocal

Had shin splints for a month after running a half marathon and was in horrible pain. Went to get the pins stuck in and felt so much better after. He also gave me herbs to cook (smell and taste sucks) but it truly helped me. I was a skeptic before and now ive been sold on the healing properties of chinese medicine.

i did my homework and checked out reviews before choosing to go to this clinic. Not only was it close to where I was (as i was traveling) but it had great reviews.
In the past I’d had excellent experiences with acupuncture. With a broken sacrum, an acupuncture treatment was enough to make me able to walk despite the previous pain. I am a believer and ardent supporter of acupuncture. That being said, this visit was anything but the typical (for me) experience.
While this wasn’t a total disaster, I found that the clinician who worked with me could barely communicate, It was a total waste of time to write out the medical history as requested because Dr. Tao didn’t bother to read it.
Although the experience didn’t actually damage me, it also didn’t help me. I am no newcomer to acupuncture and have been to many who are very exemplary in their practice. If this had been my first time, I would never give it another try.
In addition to being unhelpful, the billing was … absurd. I have NEVER been billed $ 600 for a single visit. They also claimed my insurance company didn’t respond, so they asked me to pay $ 100 upfront, which I was desperate enough to do. When the insurance company paid partially, they did refund me $ 40. But seriously. $ 600 for a single visit lasting less than an hour? On what planet?
I would never return to this office. It would be more helpful to stick my own needles into my body.

wonder why there’s so many great reviews. I got treatment from the old female accupuncturist-​forgot her freaking name. I walked by one day and told her about my pain and she told me i just needed 3 treatments to get rid of the pain. I thought it’s worth trying out since it’s just 3 treatments. My pain worse after the 2^nd treatment, so when the old woman asked about my pain, I had to tell her it gotten worse since my treatment. she was so offended and kept defended herself and said «i’ve never heard of that… u can only get better, u can’t get worse with my treament… no such thing, it can’t happen.» And she kept repeating herself a few times” I should have told her to shut the F up but she was poking me at the time… i didn’t want her to poke me hard. So after my 3^rd treatment she told me to come back for more treatments and that i needed 10 more treatments. Well I’m not that stupid to come back and pay to worsen my pain. I’m sure she’d tell me i needed 20 treatments if i had another 10… how else can she make money?
avoid this place!!!

I just want to say that ATP Acupuncture saved me a few times already.
It happened at work i injured my back and i could not walk to my car. I barely got to the clinic recommended to me by a friend and amazingly 30 – 35 min. later i was able to walk normally and a couple of days later a was working again.
I only was not careful what i do at work and it happened again after 3 weeks. Sure enough i went strait in the ATP clinic again. So they help me one more time. And this time i am more careful what i lift at work and how i do it.
Very happy whit there services, if necessary i will go again.

I had a pinched nerve in the outside of my right thigh I guess. Not totally sure, but I couldn’t stand up straight or walk very far. I was in constant pain and would have to go a little ways and sit down, then go a little further. I’m a female, a walker, in my late 50s, and about 20 lbs. overweight, but otherwise normally in good health. This was excruciating. Drugs were prescribed by my doctor, but didn’t even mask the situation very well, let alone alleviate the underlying problem. This was the third time this had happened over the last 4 yrs. or so and the first time a pin in my ear inserted by an acupuncturist in San Francisco had fixed it. This time my Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation doctor referred me to ATP Acupuncture for a series of treatments along with some pain meds.
I could barely walk from the parking lot to the clinic just behind Bed, Bath, and Beyond in the Fremont Hub and couldn’t lie on my stomach for the first two treatments so Dr. Ping could treat my back directly. Following two acpuncture treatments a week for the first four wks., several pins in my right ear, and eventually some Chinese herbs, I was doing MUCH better. This began around Thanksgiving and got worse and worse during December. I started treatment in January and by the middle or end of February I was going once a week until I was complete back to my old self.
The middle of May I walked the 100^th anniversary of the Bay to Breakers. Thank you Dr. Ping and ATP Acupuncture!

I came to ATP because I had Bell’s Palsy 3 weeks ago and after searching online and compare the treatment option. I decided to go for Acupuncture.
I am not a big fan of needles. But I have to try this to speed up my recovery and indeed it helps a LOT!
I found Dr. Tao on Unilocal and he has cross reference with my Insurance company «BlueCross». I see the rating is great. I took a dive and try.
The fact, Acupuncture is not pain free but it is at the minial. If you really can’t endure a little prick on your skin, don’t try because you ended up giving bad review.
Dr. Tao is a great doctor. Very detail orientated and careful. If you asked him a question and he will explain in detail. He does his best to make you as comfortable as he can.
After 1 week of treatment„ 3 times a week, I can eat without biting my lips. After 2 weeks of treatment, I can have little movement on my face and my eye close a lot better. I can start wearing my contact again.
I am really happy about the service they are giving and medication is the traditional Chinese Herb. So beware it is the worst thing to taste on earth in my opinion.
Besides my Bell’s Palsy, the acupuncture treatment also fix my pain on my ankle and toe which has been bugging me for months and the Primary doctor told me to take pain killer. Well, that didn’t help.
So I am saying is when the traditional medication didn’t work for you go try Acupuncture and you need to find a good one. I would recommend Dr. Tao to my friends and family.

Dr. Ping helped me with my chronic headaches that I’ve had since I was 13. She is very nice and she listens to your needs. Acupuncture is generally expensive but worth it. Dr. Tao saw me for a few sessions while Dr. Ping was away, and he is so gentle; I felt comfortable with him. I really appreciate the treatment I received here.

This is what a guinea pig feels like, poor things. I felt like a pin cushion.
I went twice to treat a muscular pain and can not wait to get out of there fast enough on my second visit. Dr. Tao was professional and polite on the first visit, but dropped all good manners on the second visit. I hate the bait and switch that businesses tend to do. He was pushy about selling herbal supplements. The supplement I took did not work at all, like a placebo. The week before he told me that I only need to take supplement for 4 days and no more. Yet he tried to sell them again to me the following week. He got upset when I reminded him what he said the previous week. What a salesman, unethical.
First time he was all soft spoken and polite, told me to breath deeply before poking me with the needles. Second time, no warning at all, no mental prep, just stuck them into me while I was still talking. To make things worse, he forgot about me on the treatment table with needles in me. The timer rang and he did not come it. I waited more than 10 minutes to see if he would remember, but he did not come in, so I had to press the emergency button. I also bleed this time. It seems like he was not focused. He was too busy selling herbs for the patient outside.
Yes, acupuncture for muscle issues hurt and can cause bleeding. The needles has to go deep, 3 inches, and it is turned. He even stuck a couple in too deep that I had to tell him to lift it. This sucks. It really feels worse than getting a flu shot.

I had a condition with a wart that was on my foot and my middle finger for years. I tried seeing a dermatolgist, spent lots of money and she gave me Gordafilm and Nitrogen treatments to try to burn off the wart. However, that treatment went for several months and the warts were still stubbornly around.
I mentioned this problem to Dr Tao and he took care of them. Within a couple weeks, the wart condition improved tremendously and they are all gone by now.
The only thing I am not excited about is that the treatment comes with Chinese herb prescription which is too bitter for my taste. I ended up opting for the pills which I heard might not be as effective. However, I really don’t like they pushing for the herb selling.

For anyone interested in trying acupuncture, or if you are just looking for a REAL acupuncturist (not a boutique-​y spa acupuncturist that doesn’t really cure much,) I HIGHLY recommend both Dr. Ping and Dr. Tao.
I started coming to Dr. Ping about two months ago for several conditions, including an auto-​immune disorder linked to my thyroid, and heart problems, and she has been completely amazing. I have spent the past year looking for a good acupuncturist (everywhere from San Jose to San Francisco since I am in Palo Alto,) and so I was so relieved to have stumbled upon Dr. Ping. She is attentive, competent, and gentle, and is always willing to explain what she is doing and what herbs she is giving me. There has been vast improvement with all of my conditions, which I really never thought possible.
I got a cold about a week ago, and rushed in to ATP, but Dr. Ping was not in that day, so I saw Dr. Tao instead for the first time, and he was also fabulous. I felt very at ease with him, and he clearly knew what he was doing since my sinuses cleared by the end of the session, and I felt about 80% better by the next day.
Both of them are friendly and accommodating, and are a wonderful balance of warmth and clinical professionalism. They are conscientious and make you feel like they care about your well-​being.
I am only sad that I will have to stop seeing them because my insurance doesn’t cover acupuncture and I cannot even afford the package price :(I wouldn’t deduct a star for that, though, because the cost is pretty comparable to other places, and I think they really are worth it. I just wish I could afford it :)

I would trust both Dr Ping and Dr Tao with my life … as indeed I have. I studied acupuncture and herbs under both of them, and when I returned from an overseas trip with a spinal infection from three different strains of bacteria, it was the acupuncture and herbal-​medicine advice from these two top-​notch physicians that helped me recover in a shockingly short period of time. Literally, my western physicians were amazed with the speed and degree to which my injuries responded. We’re very lucky to have such a calibre of physicians in our midst, and I would recommend them without hesitation.

UPDATE: Dr. Ping is great too! I see her too sometimes if my schedule shifts and they are just as knowledgeable and awesome. So glad to have a local expert!
I came to this place as my last resort. My doctor had recommended me to have my gallbladder removed bc I have 4 stones. However, some drs said it’s not my gallbladder and some said it is… so I wanted to make sure before removing organs! On my first visit Dr. Tao asked me lots of questions and I filled out lots of pages, I was happy though bc most doctors never take the time to do so.
I could write lovely comments until it won’t let me write more. Today was my 3^rd visit. It also helps for cramps!!! I could never repay Dr. Tao for this.
As for the gallbladder issue, I definitely feel way less congestion. I ate two slices of pizza the other day and got no severe pain! However, I’m not going to say they’re gone and rule it out until I’ve gotten another ultrasound and confirmed they’re gone… But I haven’t felt this great in 2 years since my breathing issue/​shoulder pain arose.
Dr. Tao is so nice and so accomodating to your schedule. The cost is way reasonable compared to other places, and here he actually treats you! He’s so knowledgeable about all his herbs and friendly and contacts the insurance for you. I am definitely continuing to come here and hopefully avoid surgery! Definitely check this place out for any health concerns you have :)