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

• Doctor Oriental Medicine, Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)®

• Licensed Acupuncturist in Maryland and Washington DC

• Published Author of Chinese Medical Translations

Allen Tsaur earned his doctorate in Oriental Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health. He currently practices in Maryland and is nationally board certified in Oriental Medicine by the NCCAOM. In addition to his institutional training in Worsley Five Element Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, he has pursued postgraduate studies in Master Tung Acupuncture and “Jing Fang” Classical Herbal Medicine.

Allen serves on the DAOM faculty at Academy of Chinese Culture & Health Sciences (ACCHS), where he lectures on subjects including textual study of the Inner Canon (1st cen. CE), the Canon of Difficult Issues (2nd cen. CE), and the Treatise of Cold Damage (3rd cen. CE), pulse diagnosis in early literature, excavated medical literature from 2nd and 3rd century BCE, historical lineages of Shanghan Lun, history of acupuncture and imperial medicine, and historical schools of Chinese medicine.

In collaboration with Michael Brown and Purple Cloud Press, Allen has translated, edited, and published Explanations of Channels and Points (Vols. 1-2) by Yue Hanzhen, Complete Compendium by Zhang Jingyue (Vols. 1-3, 50-51) by Zhang Jingyue, Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases, Part 1 by Wu Jutong, as well as several contemporary Daoist commentaries. He also served as chief editor of the 4th bilingual edition of Huang Huang’s Guide to Clinical Application of Jingfang.

Besides Chinese medicine, Allen is a Buddhist practitioner who regularly attends meditation retreats. He also conducts weekly charity acupuncture clinic at a local temple to serve underprivileged immigrants and elderlies who may not have access to healthcare or afford acupuncture treatments.