About the Author

Dr. Arya Nielsen is an American acupuncturist taught in the classical lineage of Dr. James Tin Yau So and in practice for over 35 years. She graduated in the first class of the first acupuncture college in the United States in 1977. She is a practitioner, teacher, author, and researcher and is considered the Western authority on the traditional East Asian medical technique Gua sha. Dr Nielsen has a faculty appointment at a New York teaching hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center, where she see patients and also directs the Acupuncture Fellowship for Inpatient Care through the Department of Integrative Medicine (anielsen@chpnet.org).

Arya is the author of Gua Sha: A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice (revised 2012) and Gua Sha Step-by-Step, a teaching video.

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