Julian Lange, OMD, L.Ac. had
the good fortune to have had a Holistic Medical Doctor as a father. So, when Julian experienced an acute
appendicitis in 1972 it was acupuncture rendered by his unconventional father,
Hannes Lange, MD, Acupuncturist and Homeopath, that cured him and not the scalpel!
Following an apprenticeship with his father
in acupuncture and more formal training at the first Oriental
Medical Colleges
in the United States and an
internship in The People’s Republic of China he received his license to
practice acupuncture from the state of California
in 1982. He acquired the degree of
Oriental Medical Doctor in 1988.
He has attended a four year training in
Classical Homeopathy at the Hahnemann College in Albany,
California, as well as training
with Dr Roy Martina, MD, in Complex Homeopathy and the Vega test method. He also participated in a two year training
in Pre-Natal and Birth Therapy with Dr Ray Castellino, DC, in Santa Barbara, California
and has continued his education in the field of trauma therapy.
He has served on the board
of the California Acupuncture Association and been an examiner for the
California State Board of Medical Quality Assurance, Acupuncture
Committee.
For two years he was the
staff acupuncturist at the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital’s Pain Management
Center.
In 1990, together with his
wife, Susan Lange OMD, L.Ac, he pioneered the first “Non Toxic” or “Green” Multi Disciplinary
Alternative Health
Center in the United States, the award winning Meridian Center for Personal
and Environmental Health in Santa Monica,
California.
He has taught at The
European University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Curentur University
and has served on the faculty of Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental
Medicine.
Currently he maintains a
practice in Santa Monica, California and teaches workshops.
From Hysterectomy and Despair to Hope and Healing Excerpt from a Testimonial by Catherine, about the benefits of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. If only she had come for treatment before her hysterectomy! “My name is Catherine and I first came to Dr Julian Lange probably about a year ago following a hysterectomy in which I fought for my right to keep my ovaries. What began to happen is that the ovaries, particularly my left ovary, began to swell and I was in a considerable amount of pain on a daily basis, but also had intermittent, what I called, attacks, where basically I was bedridden. These attacks came once a month, once every couple months, as time went on they became more and more regular. My GI tract was completely stopped up and I was in pain whenever I ate. [The] surgeons recommended that I have surgery again. “I began to receive acupuncture treatments from Dr. Julian Lange once a week [and] literally after the first acupuncture session with Dr. Lange, I began to feel relief. Over the course of [10 months or 26 treatments] the relief translated into, basically, getting my life back; where I had energy because I wasn’t in pain every day. I have not had an attack in several months now. Dr. Lange took the time to explain the thinking behind the acupuncture and why it would work, or not work. Most amazing and heretical, given the standard main stream medical treatment that I was being given and experiencing with the surgeons, was the intake that Dr. Lange conducted prior to, and throughout my treatment. I have never had any doctor, including my therapist do such a comprehensive intake of my entire history; my entire psycho, social, emotional, physical history since I was a child. And Dr. Lange used and relied on that history to glean clues and insights into where I was now as an adult, and why my disease, my illness, was what it was. “Because of the pain and the kind of hopelessness I felt after all the invasive tests and vague descriptions and theories about what was wrong with me, I began to lose hope that there was any change to be had. One of the critical components of his treatment is to give a sense of power and control back to his patients, he certainly did to me. He assured me that I would not have to have a treatment every week for the rest of my life. And I am finding that I am o.k. going three, four weeks in a row and now I’ve reached, I think, a five week mark. In retrospect, I feel like maybe I did not need to have the hysterectomy. The only relief that I’ve had has been because of the acupuncture treatments. Dr. Lange gave me my life back, gave me a sense of hope, gave me, again, a sense of power and control, a sense of control over my own life. I am [also] finding that I can handle stress on a physical and emotional level so much more effectively in terms of my outlook on life and ability to be productive than I ever have been before. I have to say having gone through what I’ve gone through, I would encourage anybody to seek out alternative medical treatment before resorting to surgery. “ Free audio download available