I didn't receive treatment here and this review is for the administration. I called to schedule an appointment and the first thing the receptionist asked me for, after telling me she had to check the schedule and call me back before she could book me, was my credit card number. Why would I give my CC # without an appointment booked? We settled on what I thought was my appointment date and time, but I never got an email confirmation. There was clearly a mix up as they thought I was coming in at 3pm whereas I had calendared 3:50pm (again, email confirmation would have fixed this earlier). The receptionist called me to tell me I was late, then when I explained the mix up she was extremely rude to me saying "no you're wrong it was this time" - really poor customer service. At that point, I did not feel comfortable going into this office and said I would cancel. The receptionist then said "fine, I'm charging you the cancellation fee" and hung up. FYI that was a HSA card and I'm going to dispute the charge. Now I've got a pain in my neck and in my ass. Thanks for the service. read more

Fertility care. Friendly staff and quality care. Wholesome care experience. Will highly recommend.

Holy moly this experience was life changing! I was having some period and other issues and they were all solved within 12 weeks! Dr. Wu is a miracle worker - she is gracious, introspective, funny, intelligent and magical. She even fixed my 7 year old c-section scar! It went from red, angry and puffy to hardly visible now. Plus the forced meditation really helped my healing journey. So grateful to have found this gem of a spot!! read more

Finally getting this review out of my head and appropriately so, making my 50th review! Once upon a fine cold morning in the Inner Richmond, whatever doubts I had went out the window the minute Dr. Wu felt my pulse and asked suspiciously, "Do you still smoke?" Huh? Haven't had a cigarette in more than 6 years. Sensing my bewilderment, she cried out, "Because your lungs are still on fire!!" In that very moment, I was READY, ready to surrender myself, my wallet, ready to "empty my cup." My crash course of Wuism, 10 intensive days of treatment tailored specifically for out-of-towners, was a PT job. My 9 year old nephew was enlisted to help pack the prescribed 30+ herbal tablets into neat daily plastic packets. Gave up coffee, all wheat, uncooked veggies, ice cream, anything "cold." I was determined to have a successful pregnancy this time around. By stroke of luck, her long time disciple had relocated to Honolulu so I was able to continue with my Wu regimen upon returning home. Those 10 days of initiation had changed my life. read more

I've been going to Wu's Healing Center since 2000 and have recommended many people ever since. I should really get a referral fee for the amount of people I have sent there, but I digress. Dr. Wu and her staff are great and have treated me and my family for years. I have gone to Dr. Wu for everything from allergies to nerve damage to stress and back pain and she always fixes me right up. They are on the pricey side if your insurance doesn't cover any portion of acupuncture but it is well worth it. If you are looking for a new acupuncturist or just want to try it out for the first time, I would definitely recommend Dr. Wu. She is friendly, extremely knowledgeable, kind, funny and has a great bedside manner. She also has a crazy good memory so don't try and pull one past her because she will remember. Be prepared if she prescribes herbs or tea because I will admit that sometimes the mixtures smell scary and taste like dirt, but they always work and once you're done you're usually good to go. None of this refill crap for a "virus," if you know what I mean. Parking is a pain, it is Clement after, just be sure to give yourself plenty of time to circle the block and bring lots of quarters. Even better, try to find non-metered parking because a typical appointment will be over an hour and those meters are 1 hour max. and you won't be able to feed the meter during your treatment. read more

Dear Angela, first of all really thank you for your wonderful and magic advices I found in your book. Some months ago, knowing that I was planning my IVF, a friend of mine offered me your book, and I immediately felt it was something worth to have a look at. As I started to enter the philosophy of chinese medicine related to fertility, I saw that I totally agreed with its logic. Unfortunatelly I couldn't take advantage of the enhancing of fertility, because I used previously verified eggs, but I tried to do all you say about preparing the body to the implantation of the embryo. And it worked!! I'm pregnant with twins! I'm in the 7th week now: so really thank you for your precious help! I'm 50, actually turning 51 tomorrow, My history of searching a baby is a long one. I've tried several IVF cycles also in San Francisco, but unfortunately all the 3 times did t work. In italy, I've started with cycles when I was 46 the last time and than I had to try abroad because for Italian law I'm too old. The laws just changed 5 months ago but they are not really applied now. Again thanks a lot for your precious help/tips from this book! read more

this is an over due review . in short, i believe that Dr. Wu and her dedicated staff saved my life, and i am filled with gratitude. I felt safe in the hands of Dr Wu , like being treated by Wisdom herself.. i can compare getting a treatment here to a guided healing meditation. everything feels intentional and lovingly cared for. The treatments encouraged and relied upon observation and self awareness of body and mind and the interplay of body and mind. You will be asked to communicate, and listened to in a clean, warm lovely atmosphere of healing. Each treatment room has heaters and air purifier, and the real sheets are changed with every client. The entire office is clean and Covid protocols are in place. The body work, acupuncture, cupping, moxa, herbs, dietary and other recommendations are life changing and enhancing. After the treatment you may sit in the comfort of their waiting area and regroup with a cup of warm or cold spring water, get your herbs and guidance . The treatment for me was costly and i looked at this as an investment in my house. I highly recommend Dr. Wu and her staff and wish all a very happy and healthy lunar new year. read more

Please don't go see this woman. Here's my brief story of how Angela Wu not only didn't help my situation--but actually made it worse. Like many women desperate to get pregnant, I spared no expense on the latest treatments and doctors. So when it was time to find a new acupuncturist, I went straight to the top--or so I thought. Dr. Wu is heralded as the best around, a bona fide doctor of Oriental Medicine (OMD) in addition to expert acupuncturist, specializing in tough fertility cases. I considered my case "special" (but then again, aren't we all?) because I had a history of thyroid trouble on top of my high FSH level. I carefully explained my complete medical history with her and began treatment in early 2006. She put me on several different supplements and Chinese herbs, one of which was a soy supplement. Seemed harmless enough, I already loved my soy lattes and she encouraged me to eat/drink as much soy as possible. The months passed and I was feeling terrible. Whenever I expressed to her that I wasn't feeling "right", she'd assure me that my "signs" were looking stronger and would remind me of all the women she'd helped to become preggo. I suspected my troublesome thyroid was to blame. I went to my regular M.D. to have it tested, and low and behold, it was way out of whack. I decided to do a little investigative work of my own, and came to find out that soy is exactly what you DON'T want to take if you have hypothyroidism--very bad idea. When I confronted Dr. Wu with this information, she simply said, "Well, you don't have to take it if you don't want to." Huh?? No explanations, no apologies. You'd think a "doctor" would know better. It took me six months and hundreds of dollars seeing an out-of-network specialist to get my thyroid back on track. All in all, I'd give her no stars if I could, but, I did really dig the massages you get at her office. And, her receptionist was cool. read more

I have received help from Dr. Wu for back pain, twin pregnancy and postpartum issues, allergies, and immune strengthening over the years. She is my go-to doctor because she is an incredibly talented healer. She also strives to educate her patients so we can learn to help ourselves too. She is always collaborating with western doctors, herbalists, other healers, so care in her clinic is above and beyond what I would call acupuncture. Its a full service traditional chinese medicine clinic rolled up into one appointment. I was pregnant with twins and was comfortable throughout my pregnancy and carried them to full term. My boys who shared a placenta were/are totally healthy and thriving, thanks to Dr. Wu. read more

Finding Dr. Wu's Healing Center has been a life-altering experience for me - literally! I first came to see Dr. Wu for fertility issues, because I just wasn't ready to jump on the IVF bandwagon that everyone had been pushing on me as my only option left to get pregnant. I was emotionally in a very bad way and I could barely bring myself to go through anymore fertility treatments, because I couldn't handle anymore disappointments. What you get at Dr. Wu's Healing Center is whole person treatment program, NOT just acupuncture. I realize in reading other people's reviews that that is something maybe they just didn't understand and coming from a primarily Western medical based culture, is natural. What I found here was that I received a bi-weekly treatment which addressed not only my fertility issues, but also my general physical and mental health. It had never been my experience before in working with doctors that they would take all these aspects into account when diagnosing or recommending a form of treatment - they are usually reactive to problems and focused on their specialization. At Wu's Healing Center, Dr. Wu follows your progress and constantly alters your treatments with little changes here and there as you change from week to week. She addresses your diet, your lifestyle and your own perceptions of things. This kind of treatment is time consuming and changes don't happen overnight, but it is incredibly effective. After reviewing my course of recommended treatment, Dr. Wu told me she thought she could help me get my body into a more balanced state and that I should be able to get pregnant in six months. Six months to the day of following her course of treatment and embracing her fertility philosophy as best I could, I got pregnant without any use of fertility drugs or assisted reproductive treatments. What I found most amazing about her methods, is that even if I hadn't gotten pregnant at that point, I physically felt terrific and mentally, I was ready to move on to IVF or even accept that maybe I would eventually adopt, because I was no longer at odds with my body and myself. I continued to see Dr. Wu throughout my pregnancy and when I was put on bed rest for four months, members of her staff even came to my home to give me treatments. Dr. Wu and co. helped me to recover after my pregnancy and have been treating my son, with great success, for digestive issues. Needless to say, Dr. Wu and her staff are like family to me. They have and continue to help me through difficult health and emotional periods in my life. Dr. Wu is a unique spirit and has a most wonderful and profound philosophy of living. The treatments are expensive, but considering how much time the staff here spends on each patient, they are actually very reasonable if not worth every penny. The total amount I spent on my fertility regime here, still came no where near the $80,000 I was going to have to shell out for IVF or the very expensive ARTS treatments and fertility drugs that I had, which got me no where and were invasive to boot. I can't recommend Dr. Wu or her staff enough - to my mind, they are worth their weight in gold. read more

After enduring daily migraines for over 3 decades, I was hoping Devin might be able to help me. Coming from Utah, I had been traveling most of the day and had developed a roaring stress headache on a Friday afternoon. After 30 minutes of treatment, the headache was 100% gone. Devin combined his education in physical therapy with acupressure and acupuncture. He treated me twice, and it's been two weeks since the last treatment. Initially, the frequency of my headaches dropped to one mild episode a day . . . I normally take 2 or 3 doses of Imitrex and NSAIDS every day. Today marks the sixth day with zero medication, and zero migraine pain. I'll return to see Devin whenever necessary to make sure this miracle of living pain free continues. "Healing Center" is the perfect name for this practice. read more

I mistakenly posted the following review in 2009 for Wu's Wellness Center, instead of Wu's Healing Center. I'm moving it to the right place on Yelp and it's still true: "I have been seeing Dr. Angela Wu at Wu's Healing Center, 1014 Clement St, SF, for over a year and a half. I have also seen her son Devin, who focuses on acupuncture and physical therapy, on two occasions. Angela Wu is a great rarity--she is an elder in a powerful medicinal tradition, trained in the traditional methods, but also using revolutionary methods (she needles pregnant women, for example). Angela Wu's specialty is fertility and a trip to Wu's Healing Center is like going to a spa for mind, body and heart (known to the Chinese as the Three Treasures). I kid you not--this is nothing like going to see a Western doctor. Appointments are long and detailed, offering several types of massage in addition to acupuncture and cupping. Every time I go there I feel exquisitely cared for and respected and listened to. My body/mind health has never been better. My husband, in his 30's, just last year experienced his first-ever winter without depression, after seeing Dr Wu regularly. Wu's Healing Center is not inexpensive, but it is well worth the price for those who want fine care for their fine selves and for those who are on a journey through the wilds of in/fertility, I'd almost have to call it mandatory. There is simply no one better." read more

Wu's Healing Center has a peaceful and nurturing environment that made me feel so positive, plus, I knew that I was in the capable and devoted care of Dr. Wu and her staff. Being under the care of Wu's Healing Center takes a high level of commitment (and expense), but I believe that this creates a good, healthy focus and a feeling of empowerment and accomplishment. It also makes each visit exciting, knowing that you have done your best towards achieving your goal and awaiting what comments Dr. Wu might share with you. Sometimes, she probably does not communicate everything, but even then it is fun to wonder what her thoughts are, and I always felt that her thoughts were positive or at least constructive about what to do given the situation. Having full faith in Dr. Wu is a wonderful feeling during a time of general uncertainty. Entering the Center is like being cocooned on your journey, and, even though I always felt uplifted when leaving, I always still wished I was in a treatment session! The staff is superb in terms of knowledge, ability, and kind spirit. It is evident that they undergo exacting training. The office itself is also run with a high degree of professionalism (very organized), which is appealing to a patient. I remain very fond of the staff there. read more

Dr. Wu and her staff are truly amazing. They've been working together so long and are so warm, it feels like they are a family. After struggling with unexplained infertility for 3 years, and at a relatively young age (33), I decided to start seeing Dr. Wu. I had read her book and knew it would be a significant commitment financially and otherwise. And it is. But I trusted Dr. Wu immediately, even if I sometimes hated her advice! She and her staff were sensitive to our financial constraints, and worked with us to create a budget. After 5 months under her care, my husband and I got our very first positive pregnancy test. It is still very early on, but I feel so much better knowing Dr. Wu will see me through this pregnancy. She is well connected in SF and knows how to get things done. I am lucky to live in the city and have easy access to the center, as many travel long distances to see her. I would recommend Dr. Wu to anyone. She and her staff are healers. She'll make you commit and hold you accountable (like a good doctor should), but in return she'll heal you and help you to conceive. I am proof. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions :). read more

I can't thank Dr Wu and her team enough for all her help. I was told that I would never be able to get pregnant due to my high FSH levels. We had tried everything. I had heard great things about Dr WU so I thought I would give it one more try. She said she couldn't make any promises but we should see how my body responded. She said to give her 6 months before we did our next fertility treatment to work on my body. I followed her instructions to a T- from the herbs and diet. As the weeks moved on I felt better- lost weight and gained a better balance in my life. My body hadn't been pain free in years. After several months, my husband and I scheduled our next IVF appointment but had to cancel because I was already pregnant- naturally. As I read in the prior reviews- it can be expensive. However, we ended up saving money as we didn't have to do another round of IVF. As with everything, I can't promise that you will have the same experience but I can say that I believe Dr Wu was able to get my body and mind in a place where I was very healthy and content which resulted in my pregnancy. I know have a darling healthy boy. I am now seeing Dr Wu to maintain my health. I am grateful for all her help. read more

I went to Dr Wu for help with having a healthy, successful pregnancy and to feel great all along the way and that is exactly what happened. Dr Wu and her staff became like family to me as I went through my pregnancy. I am incredibly thankful to Dr Wu for all of acupuncture work, wisdom, dietary help, and advice. The combination of the acupuncture and and acupressure and body work was so relaxing and healthy for me and my growing baby. It is obvious that she cares deeply about each of her clients and creates individualized programs for each person and makes adjustments along the way to help with whatever would come up throughout a pregnancy. I felt great throughout my pregnancy and now have a healthy happy little girl. Thank you Dr Wu and your staff! read more

My first visit to Wu's Healing Center was very relaxing and healing. Dr. Angela Wu's energy was the most calm and compassionate I have ever felt and I felt stronger in her presence. As the treatments progressed my life started changing for the better. Step by step I learned how to heal my body and mind. I looked forward to each visit knowing I would reconnect with my body and heal. I feel like Dr. Wu gave me my life back. I would highly recommend her to any person willing to live life to the fullest! She is truly the best! read more

Wu's Healing Center is a remarkable acupuncture experience. It is not just acupuncture, but a holistic healing experience. Dr. Wu performs the acupuncture and her skilled staff perform the organ and meridian acupressure. The sessions feel like a wonderful treat and at the same time truly healing. In addition to the treatments, Dr. Wu recommends eating and drinking guidelines and herbs to fully create change for better health, a better chance of conception and a healthy pregnancy. And most importantly Dr. Wu addresses the emotional state of her patients by teaching toaist meditations and by offering her wise advice about life. The mind and the body are connected, and this is honored as the whole patient is healed at Wu's Healing Center. I am grateful for the physical and the deeper emotional wellness that I have gained from my time with Dr. Wu. read more