Shen Huisheng Xie, DVM, PhD is a third generation Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner who was born and educated in China. His teaching reflects a deep commitment to this way of life, and he specializes in making this rather complex information palatable and understandable to the western mind. After teaching university students these techniques for a number of years, he recognized the need to simplify and organize this information in a user-friendly way so as to clarify it to dovetail with the Western approach, and make it practical and useful for everyday application. In 1998, Dr. Xie founded the Chi Institute in Reddick, Florida to train veterinarians in Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. He is a head-clinician of TCVM in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida. Please see our website at http://www.tcvm.com for detailed information on his training and background.