About Us

Providing innovative treatment programs and training, leveraging photobiomodulation therapies, acupuncture, and integrative medicine.

A pioneer in the therapeutic use of laser therapies, Steve Liu trains practitioners and treats patients with his unique methods for healing pain, slowing and reversing degenerative diseases, and increasing healthy longevity.

Behind the Name “HanLin”

HanLin in traditional Chinese characters are two words –  翰林

The first character pronounced “han” in Chinese pinyin. It means writing brush or writing pen.

The second is pronounced “lin” and it means forest.

Together the two characters refer to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Chinese Tang dynasty onwards, forming the great Hanlin Imperial Academy.

The Hanlin Imperial Academy was an academic and administrative institution of higher learning founded in the 8th century China by Tang’s Emperor Xuanzong in the capital Chang’an. The academy’s name has also been translated as “College of Literature” and “Academy of the Forest of Pencils.” Membership in the academy was confined to an elite group of scholars, who performed secretarial and literary tasks for the royal court.

I loved the image of “Forest of Pencils” to imply professionals who seek higher levels of learning. So I decided to use the academic’s name for my center to teach the integrative medical approaches I adopted to treat my patients for the last twenty-five years. The formal name of the center is HanLin Center for Integrative Medicine (www.HanLinCIM.com).

The HanLing CIM’s vision is to mimic what the ancient Chinese academy tried to accomplish, brought to the modern age with TCM 4.0.

I aim to establish a center to educate acupuncturists and health practitioners about the science and benefits of PBM therapy in healing, especially with chronic pain conditions in soft tissue injury.

In addition to integrating PBM/Laser Acupuncture into TCM care, I wish to educate TCM clinicians about modern Lifestyle Medicine and Functional Medicine to form the basis of the unique integrative medical model that HanLin CIM teaches for the new generations of TCM clinicians to treat many challenging modern medical conditions successfully and in the meantime make a decent living.

Meet Steve Liu, L.Ac., BSEE

Founder of HanLin Center for Integrative Medicine and the co-creator of the FAST method

Steve Liu is a licensed acupuncturist from Tucson, Arizona. He was an electrical and laser engineer in Silicon Valley. He has combined photobiomodulation (formerly called low-level laser/LED) therapy with acupuncture to treat acute and chronic pain condition since 2000.

Steve is a member of the North American Association for photobiomoduLation Therapy since 2001 and became its president from 2008 to 2010. He was the President Emeritus of Arizona Society of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture. He also Serves as a board member of the International Society for Medical Laser Applications.

He founded American Society for Laser Acupuncture Therapy and serves as its president since 2006.

Besides practicing acupuncture, laser acupuncture, photobiomodulation therapy, Functional Medicine, and Chinese herbal medicine, Steve also coaches patients on whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. Steve is a vegan marathon runner, and he wishes to run his 100th marathon on his 100th birthday.

He has uniquely developed treatment protocols that integrate Chinese Medicine, Laser Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine to successfully treat chronic soft tissue pain, peripheral neuropathy, age-related macular degeneration, slow progression of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Heal Pain with the FAST Method

Discover how to heal soft tissue pain effectively within 5-10 sessions with an innovative integration of therapies in our FAST method certification program for acupuncturists. And have a unique and valuable service to grow your practice.

Discover How to Heal Soft Tissue Pain Consistently and Effectively within 5-10 Sessions, and Grow Your Acupuncture Practice

The FAST method certification program with Steve Liu teaches you his innovative method that combines acupuncture, laser therapies, and bodywork into a treatment that resolves soft tissue pain. When patients feel persistent relief, they spread the word. This has created a busy and profitable practice for Steve for over 25 years.