My visit with Dr. Zhang

[Bali05]

I went to see Dr. Zhang after reading different posts in various forums
from people who claim to have lowered and even normalized their enzymes.
While we all know that this is not a "cure" , we still prefer normal enzymes
over elveated ones in any given situation.
Dr. Zhang explained to me how you can live an almost normal life span
with the virus by keeping inflammation and anything else that is bad to the
liver at bay.
He uses herbal formulas that have been applied for hundreds of years to
millions of chinese (China has very high rates of hepatitis)

Does Dr. Zhang pass the medhelp legitamacy test ?

[Kristina538]

I tried most things over the years including a very expensive Naturopath who managed to make me feel fantastic and keep the enzymes down with a protocal not much different that what Gauf was taking with tx.

I've spend heaps on healthcare to try to keep myself in better shape until I was re-eligible for tx.  All roads lead to Rome and I think the psychological and physical benefits of well-respected alternative tx's helped me with SOC when it was my turn to do it.

[Marcia2202]

Money, money, money...

So is the way of the world, everything costs money, nothing is free.

One even has to pay for using public bathrooms.

Mind you, I wasn't aware that Dr. Z's protocol was that expensive.

[mhudnall]

I've been doing Dr. Zhang's herbs for about a month and a half. I am doing it to lower enzymes. He also has a formula that addresses autoimmune skin rashes, and it was effective in stopping the rashes. Dr. Zhang told me to quit taking it when the rashes disappeared, which I did. Then later they started coming back, but were eliminated again by the formula.

I will be doing labs in a couple of months, so I will post my results as far as liver enzymes.

Dr. Zhang is trained in western medicine - a two-year fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He worked as a research fellow for a year at the Wakai clinic in Nagoya, Japan. He also taught for a year at UC Davis as a visiting professor.

His formulas are Traditional Chinese Medicine, but are made for him in the US. Dr. Weil recommends him because he has referred hepatitis c patients to Dr. Zhang and has followed their outcomes.

Dr. Zhang has written a very well-written book called "Healing Hepatitis C with Modern Chinese Medicine".

The cost of the herbal therapy is expensive ($230/month for me); pennies on the dollar compared to conventional treatment however.

China has a high rate of hepatitis b. Still, the chronic damage in both hep b and c are similar; also the remedies for both are the same in TCM.

[copyman]

Here we go again. Another doctor that preys on the weak. I personally know about this one. I consulted with Dr Z a few years back. The conversations always lead back to money. All these off the wall docs have a interesting concept but none can prove anything or back it up with studies.

Bottom line with these medicine men is..........Show me the money !!!!!

[Bali05]

The proof is in the pudding.
I still need to see bloods after his protocoll.

Zhangs standard protocoll consists of:

Hepa Formula #2  = 2  x3/day
Lingustrin Cap     = 1   x3/day
CirculationCap     = 1  x3/day
Glycerin cap       = 1or 2  3x/day

Cost is somewhere between $ 200 - $300 /mo
Actually I forgot Dr. Zhang wants you to take Silimarin x3day as well.

[Marcia2202]

I don't think that any discussion on any 'approval' has ever come up in connection with him. If not, I might have missed it.