About Us
Yunguang (Lily) Yang
Acupuncturist and Herbalist
Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAOM)
Registered ACC Provider
Ms. Yang (Lily) is a registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner with the Chinese Medicine Council of New Zealand (CMCNZ), the Responsible Authority (RA) under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCA Act). She is also a certified member of Acupuncture NZ, the largest of the professional bodies representing Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine practitioners in New Zealand. She is a licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist under the Texas Medical Board jurisdiction and has previously obtained a National Board certification as an Acupuncturist and Herbalist under the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She holds a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree from the American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) in Houston, Texas. She has completed her internship at the Houston Methodist Hospital and the ACAOM affiliated clinic and gained substantial post-graduate experience at the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital as well as the Guang An Men Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Beijing, China. After that, Lily operated her own acupuncture clinic under the name Amaranth Acupuncture PLLC in Houston, Texas (USA) until she moved to the Netherlands in 2016, where she continued to operate her clinic under the Dutch name Amarant Acupunctuur. Lily moved back to New Zealand in 2020, where she opened her latest acupuncture clinic in New Plymouth under the name Amaranth Acupuncture. Lily is excited and proud to serve New Plymouth and the larger Taranaki area by providing professional, traditional, yet modern natural healing and healthcare through rebalancing the body and mind, based on the art and wisdom of thousands years of Chinese Medicine and modern medical knowledge.