Dr Yu graduated from Hei Long Jiang Traditional Chinese Medicine University in 1986. She is a highly experienced doctor trained in both Western and Chinese medicine. She was a neurological consultant in Bejing and Harbin University hospitals and has taught Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine to western doctors. She has published articles in a variety of Chinese medical journals on acupuncture for stroke victims; depression and fatigue; irritable bowel syndrome; weight loss; and a training manual "Acupuncture for Beauticians". Dr Yu came to the United Kingdom in 2004 and worked in a Chinese Traditional Medicine clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne for two years prior to opening Sun Hie in 2007.