R icard Teh-Fu Tan, O.M.D., L.Ac first attracted professional attention through the publication of his two books, Twelve and Twelve in Acupuncture and Twenty-Four More in Acupuncture, co-authored by Stephen Rush, L.Ac., longtime friend, student and associate. In 1996 Dr. Tan completed Shower of Jewels, a book of Feng Shui legends, case studies and guidelines with co-author Cheryl Warnke, L.Ac.

Dr. Tan's talent in medicine originated from a wealth of knowledge gained through studies with masters of Zang-Fu, Five Elements, Channel Theory and herbal medicine. In Taiwan, he worked as an acupuncturist in an Army hospital where he often treated numerous patients per day in conjunction with their western medical treatment. Today, several M.D.s are among the may observers from around the world who come to watch him treat patients at his clinic in San Diego, California. Though Dr. Tan has never advertised his practice, it has grown by word of mouth into one of the busiest in town.

During years of treating patient, Dr. Tan asked himself why it is that some of his patients respond so well to treatment, and others do not. This question led him to direct dialogue with not only his patients, but with a wider audience thru his newly formed radio talk show Dialogue with a Master. Dr. Tan's program aired on a local station, KCEO, broadcasting from the affluent coastal area of Del Mar, California.

People have been so favorably impressed with Dr. Tan during years of acupuncture treatments, people feel that the universe has blessed us with a spiritual and a skilled professional, and it would be a tragedy for his "voice" not to benefit many versuse the few.

Specifically, Dr. Tan tell us to undo, to relax, to create more down time so that our body has an opportunity to regain its own balance and energy - thus not depleting it to the point of dis-ease. The balance that he speaks of is not just physical like the Chi Cultivation, nor is it in the time management, as many would think in arranging their calendars, but in the time spent with the immer realm of oneself - the spiritual.

Everything that Dr. Tan touches has a spireitual aspect to it - one that comes from the inner soul and the moral heart. He embraces the philosophical and the spiritual in his talk show which the demonstrated though stories that spark the mind, touch the soul, and leave you with philosophical thoughts to ponder. Dr. Tan's medicine is timely spiritual wisdom and we want to bring it to many - not just a few.

Dr. Tan, also a master of Chi Cultivation and Feng Shui, is easy-going and flexible by nature. He teaches his private apprentices the value of discipline derived from logical thinking while maintaining a flowing natural lifestyle. The importance of Chi Cultivation, for patient and doctor alike, is strongly emphasized.

Possessing advanced university degrees in engineering and mathematics, Dr. Tan never wavers from his insistence that above all else, a theory or practice must work in real life or be set aside for one that does.