In 1986 by chance he found a medical doctor who successfully treated a patient with severe back pain with a single needle. The quick and excellent effect of acupuncture left a deep impression for him and since then it changed his life for the future. He made up his mind to learn acupuncture because acupuncture takes effect so quickly and is safe and natural, with no side effects.

In 1987 he started to follow the world famous medical doctor Yong-Jian Xiao, who specialized in acupuncture. He studied acupuncture with him for 3 years.

In 1990 he became an acupuncture specialist in China.

In 1996 as a leading acupuncture professor in China, the Menesze medical school in Brazil invited him and his colleagues to train Brazilian medical doctors to practice acupuncture for one year.

In 1998 he went back to the neurology department of the Shandong Medical School to be trained to specialize in neurology because he found the close relationship between nerves and acupoints.

In 1999 the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCTCM) in Austin invited him to teach and instruct students in the school. There, he served as the acupuncture director and clinical director.

Jian-hua Mu, in the past few years, has been working on several important topics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with widely recognized achievements both in China and in other parts of the world. He participated in several projects involving the treatment of some diseases with acupuncture, such as treatment of stroke with acupuncture, treatment of coronary heart disease with acupuncture, treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acupuncture, and treatment of high cholesterol with acupuncture. He finished several academic books and numerous academic papers with his teachers and colleagues. He is the first scholar in the world to determine the location of the auricular point of the heart with an Electrocardiogram. This method was published by the leading journal of acupuncture, the World Journal of Acupuncture, which is sponsored by the World Acupuncture Association. Because of his outstanding contribution in the academic field he became a member of China Acupuncture Association in 1991, the most authoritative professional organization in the field of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the world. Since he came to the United States he was invited to give academic seminars for licensed acupuncturists in Austin, Houston, and Dallas many times a year on topics such as Treatment of Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral Disk with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, Treatment of Bell's Palsy with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, Treatment of Impotence with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, Treatment of Infertility with Acupuncture and Herbs, and Treatment of Herniated Vertebra with Acupuncture and Herbs. All of these lectures incorporated Jian-hua Mu's experiences from many years of practice. All of them were approved by the Texas Medical Board to serve as Continuing Education Unit credit for Licensed Acupuncturists.

Jian-hua Mu currently focuses on acupuncture treatment for pain management, emotional disorders, and women's diseases.

Membership in Professional Organization

Member of China Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association, which is the most authoritative professional organization in the field of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the world

Member of the Jinan China Research Institute of Human Body, one of the best research institutes in China which focuses on the science of the human body.

A senior consultant of acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for the Zi Bo China Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine

A visiting professor at Menesze Medical University, Brazil (1996 - 1997)

A reviewer for the International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, New York, U.S.A. which is the most prominent academic journal of acupuncture in the United States

A reviewer for The Journal of Holographic Biomedicine, which, sponsored by the Academic Medical Center of the U.S.A., and also by the Shandong Institute of Acupuncture Science, publishes the papers concerning the new theories and clinical practice based upon Holographic Biomedical Theory

In 1999, Jian-hua Mu's work was recognized as part of the collection in the Book of Contemporary Chinese People and Scientists by the China Scientific Institute, located in Beijing

Books by Jian-Hua Mu

A member of China Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association, which is the most authoritative professional organization in the field of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the world

Jian-hua Mu has published several academic books and papers with his teachers and colleagues. These tittles include:

Chinese Auricular Acupuncture

The first, most systematic, book on auricular acupuncture, it has been written by Jian-hua Mu together with his colleagues, for which work he was a lead author. This book has been honored as an important book in the recent history of acupuncture, by the Vice President of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (now named as China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), Professor Weiheng Li. This book also was acclaimed as the 2nd best scientific book in 10 provinces of North China.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion

This book was written by Jian- hua Mu together with his colleagues, for which work he was a lead .This book has all of Jian-hua Mu clinical experience and his own theories on some points. The book was published by Science Press in Beijing, which is the leading science and technology press in China, and is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology. This press has a reputation for only publishing the leading papers or books written by prominent scholars in their fields. The prescriptions and formulas from this book have been adopted in many other acupuncture books and are widely used in clinics.

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The Chinese-English Bilingual Glossary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This book was written by Jian-hua Mu along with several other distinguished scholars in the field of Chinese medicine. It was published by Science Press in Beijing. This book was one of the most influential dictionaries of Chinese Medicine published in China. It has also been an important literary text in the history of the development of the field of Chinese medicine in Western countries.