Dr. Chen Jirui (, also known as Chen Jirui; 1930–2004) was a Chinese research scientist, medical doctor and teacher. He played a key role in introducing

Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of acti ...

to English-language speaking medical professionals. His book ''Acupuncture Case Histories from China'' was essential reading for the California State Acupuncture Board.

Professional life

Chen graduated from

Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College (), founded in 1906, is a selective public medical college based in Dongcheng, Beijing, China. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class University Plan university. The school is tied to the Peking Un ...

in 1957. In the early 1980s he was one of the founders of the ''Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine'', the first English language periodical on TCM published in China. He was also a member of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He was co-editor (with Nissi Wang) of ''Acupuncture Case Histories from China'' (Eastland Press, 1988), a book which marked "the first original collection of acupuncture case histories in English. Included are over one hundred case histories contributed by prominent practitioners of acupuncture in China."Description by the publisher. https://atwhsbhjm02.storage.googleapis.com/MDkzOTYxNjA3Ng

02.pdf In 1990, he emigrated to the United States, where he held several posts, again serving as an intermediary between Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and

acupuncture Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientif ...

. He was also director of research at the East West Medical Research Institute in Los Angeles, co-editor-in-chief of the ''International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture'', research scientist at

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a nonprofit, tertiary, 886-bed teaching hospital and multi-specialty academic health science center located in Los Angeles, California. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over 2 ...

, an instructor at SAMRA University and Emperor's College, and director of research at Tongyuan International.

Publications

* ''(co-ed. with Nissi Wang) Acupuncture Case Histories from China (Eastland Press, 1988) '' * ''(co-ed. with Nissi Wang, tr. François Beyens) Acupuncture: observations cliniques en Chine (Vigot, 1999) '' * ''(co-ed. with Nissi Wang, tr. Josef Fallbacher) Akupunktur aus China in 101 Fallbeschreibungen : Diagnose und Therapie gemäss den Grundlagen der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin (Wilhelm Maudrich, 2000) '' * ''(co-ed. with Nissi Wang) Casos Clinicos de Acupuntura da China''

''References''

External links

Chen Jirui on Worldcat
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