From life science to the practice of Chinese medicine, Dongfen Zhang’s work has been guided by a continuing exploration of life and a commitment to caring for health.

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In her clinical practice, she approaches health and illness from a whole-person perspective, with careful attention to each individual’s unique condition and needs. With complex symptoms, she looks for connections among them to find the underlying health concern. Based on each person’s individual presentation, she develops personalized treatment plans to address discomfort, improve well-being, and help patients return more comfortably to their daily lives.

 

Dongfen Zhang earned her Ph.D. in Genetics from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences. She then conducted postdoctoral research in cancer biology at the UC San Diego School of Medicine before returning to IGDB to continue her research in the life sciences.

 

As her research deepened, a question gradually emerged:

As we study health and disease and explore how life works, do we truly understand life itself?

 

Later, with more time devoted to her family, she had the opportunity to slow down and study classical Chinese medical texts, including Huangdi Neijing and Nanjing.

 

There, she encountered a way of understanding life that was profoundly different from modern biomedical science—and yet deeply complementary to it.

 

After completing her formal education in Chinese medicine, she became a California Licensed Acupuncturist. Along the way, she studied with experienced practitioners of Chinese medicine and explored how the rigor of modern scientific thinking can be integrated with the holistic perspective of classical Chinese medicine.

 

In 2026, Dongfen Zhang founded Zhong He Tang Acupuncture.

 

If you are looking for a natural, whole-person approach to healing, welcome to Zhong He Tang. Here, she draws upon the time-honored practices of acupuncture and the wisdom of Chinese medicine to help restore balance, address health concerns, and allow the body’s own capacity for regulation and healing to function more fully.​

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