About the Authors

Chen Jia-xu (陳家旭)

Prof. Chen Jia-xu, born in 1966, is native of Hubei, China. He is a professor, state approved doctoral supervisor, and director of the state-level subject of Chinese Medicine Diagnostics in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM). He is one of the well-known and highly respected practitioners and teachers with many years of professional experience. Dr. Chen has spent virtually his entire career at this prestigious university, where he has been teaching, conducting research, and practicing at the hospital since 1988.

Dr. Chen is a specialist in Chinese medicine, and a scholar in the diagnostics of Chinese medicine. In recent years, he has been concentrating his efforts on publishing books, academic papers and essays on the diagnostics of Chinese medicine. Dr. Chen brings over twenty years of experience to this book, his most recent work being theDiagnostics of Chinese Medicine. This book is a complete, easily available and highly illustrated guide to Chinese medicine diagnostics. Professor Chen has also received many awards in recent years.

In 2004 his Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine was awarded as the National Elaborate Course from the Ministry of Education of China, and then was supported by the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists in 2008.

Dr. Chen is a distinguished professor of Changjiang Scholar, Ministry of Education, Dean of School of Chinese Medicine, Jinan University (JNU), Director of TCM Formula-pattern Research Center of JNU.

Jane Frances Wilson

Jane Frances Wilson has been a senior lecturer at Westminster University since 1998 in The School of Life Sciences; Department of Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture. She was trained as a physiotherapist at The Royal London Hospital, and has been a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health Professionals' Council since qualification, as well as an Advanced Member of the Acupuncture Association of Physiotherapy for many years.

Jane worked in the National Health Service from 1977-1987, qualified as a teacher in 1984 and was awarded a Diploma in Teaching Physiotherapy from The Middlesex Hospital in central London, later moving to teach biomedical subjects at the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Jane completed courses in Shiatsu and spent one year training at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture under Prof. Xiao, Prof. Zhou and many others. In 1995 she became a member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) and completed a Master's degree in research methods from Kings College University of London.

In 1994 she started up her own practice, The Treatment Room, which since 1998 is situated in a creative media hub in Shoreditch, near the City of London, where she continues to have a vibrant private practice.