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About US
Ioannis Solos PhD., MMed., MD (China)., LAc, holds a Master’s of Medicine from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and a Medical PhD in Integrative Medicine from the Jinan University in Guangzhou. He has been practicing Chinese medicine for over 25 years. He has been licensed in Arizona since 2019.
Dr. Solos is classically trained in Acupuncture and Canonic Herbalism (Jing Fang). He has lived, studied and worked in China for 17 years, before settling down in the United States.
His expertise and current clinical focus include:
• Neuro-acupuncture for neurological disease rehabilitation,
• Orthopedic acupuncture for spinal and musculoskeletal problems,
• Tendon and fascia reconditioning for joint and spinal diseases.
Ioannis is also an established academician with many books and peer-reviewed articles, and a popular lecturer. He is currently serving in the editorial boards of several academic journals and is involved in numerous committees for the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.
BOOKS AND PUBLISHED WORKS
Dr. Solos is a leading figure on classical tongue diagnosis, and his published research focuses on the application of tongue observation in historical and modern epidemics.
He is the author of the “Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections”, and the “Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice”.
He has also co-authored the “Ao Shi Shang Han Jin Jing Lu –Shi Sheng Du Shu Bi Ji” (in Chinese), and the “Chinese Medicine Diagnostics” for the World Textbook Series for Chinese Medicine Core Curriculum (Chinese and English).
INTERNAL MARTIAL ARTS
Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture
Dr. Solos has privately studied Yi Quan (Intent Boxing) with renowned Beijing Master Cui Fu-shan (Yao Zong-xun and Bu Enfu’s lineage) from 2002 to 2009.
He has also pursued the study of Xin Yi Liu He Ba Fa (Six Harmonies and Eight Methods) with Master Huang Hao and Zeng Ming-qiang of the Guangzhou Dragon Boxing School (Zeng Gen, Sun Di and Liang Zi-peng’s lineage), from 2013 to 2017.
His martial training allowed him the meta-synthesis of classical body mechanics, ancient bone setting and martial philosophy, and the development of new clinical applications, including his own set of Tendon and Fascia Reconditioning Manipulations.
Some of his training ideas can be found in his book “Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice”.