Dr. Allen Tsaur, D.O.M., Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®, L.Ac 

Allen Tsaur is a translator, author, and instructor specializing in classical Chinese medicine. His work focuses on the interpretation, transmission, and clinical application of canonical medical texts.

He serves as faculty in doctoral-level programs, where he teaches courses on the Inner Canon, Treatise on Cold Damage, the historical schools of classical herbalism, and the historical development of acupuncture diagnostic and clinical frameworks. His teaching emphasizes close textual reading, historical context, and the relationship between classical theory and modern clinical practice.

Allen is the translator and editor of multiple volumes of Chinese medical literature, including Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases, Complete Compendium of Zhang Jingyue, Explanation of Channels and Points, and Professor Huang Huang’s Guide to Clinical Application of Classical Formulas. His work is recognized for its rigor, extensive annotation, and attention to the complexities of transmission across time.

His current focus is on long-term translation projects, webinars, and lectures aimed at supporting practitioners and scholars in engaging more directly with classical sources.

In addition to his academic and translation work, Allen maintains a limited clinical practice in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in Maryland.