The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text

GIOVANNI MACIOCIA - University education: M.A. in Economics from Naples University, 1968. - Chinese Medicine education: Giovanni Maciocia trained at the International College of Oriental Medicine in England, graduating in 1974 as a Bachelor of Acupuncture. He has been practising acupuncture since then. In 1976, he also graduated as a medical herbalist with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, England. In 1980, 1982 and 1987 he attended three post-graduate courses in China on acupuncture and herbal medicine at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. From 1984 to 1986 he learned Chinese herbal medicine with Dr Ted Kaptchuk and he has been practising Chinese herbal medicine since then. From 1988 to 1991 he was co-director of the School of Chinese Herbal Medicine in England. He is the author of 6 books which have been adopted as standard textbooks by many colleges all over the world: Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine (1987), The Foundations of Chinese Medicine (1989), The Practice of Chinese Medicine (1994), Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Chinese Medicine (1997), Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine (2004, The Channels of Acupuncture (2006) and the Psyche in Chinese Medicine (2008). Giovanni Maciocia was appointed Honorary Professor by the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.